STATESBORO, Ga. – Brendan Donovan’s RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning scored Dylan Hardy from third base with the winning run as South Alabama took a thrilling 7-6 win over host Georgia Southern in the championship game of the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship.
Donovan, named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, lined a 2-2 pitch over the head of drawn-in Eagle left fielder C. J. Ballard for the game-winner as the Jaguars (39-19) won their first league tournament since 2005 and claimed the Sun Belt’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. The pairings for that tournament will be announced Monday afternoon at 11 a.