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Georgia Southern advances to SoCon championship game
Celebrate
The Georgia Southern Eagles rush from the dugout to celebrate with relief pitcher Tripp Sheppard (40) after the final out was recorded in the 12th inning in a semifinal elimination game against Furman in the Southern Conference baseball tournament on Saturday in Charleston, S.C. The Eagles won 10-7. The Eagles will face Samford for the conference championship today. - photo by SoCon Photos
CHARLESTON, S.C. -- After 21 innings, 12 hours and two Furman near-comebacks, the Georgia Southern Eagles are back in the Southern Conference championship game. The Eagles plated three runs in the top of the 12th inning of the second game of a doubleheader and, finally, eliminated the Furman Paladins with a 10-7 win and advanced to the title game of the tournament on Saturday at Riley Park.. The Eagles committed two errors, dropped three balls in foul territory and gave up three tuns in the bottom of the ninth to allow overtime, but three bases-loaded RBI singles in the 12th by Garren Palmer, Hunter Thomas and Chase Griffin sealed the win.