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KENNESAW, Ga. – The Kennesaw State baseball team put up five runs on nine hits, but the Owls couldn't put a stop to the Savannah State offense as the Tigers took a 7-5 win in Stillwell Stadium on Wednesday night.
 
The Owls had won three in a row up until the loss, putting KSU at 3-2 on the early season while Savannah State moves to 1-3 after mustering up 13 hits.
 
Jacob Bruce knocked a pair of hits for Kennesaw State, the only Owl with multiple hits, picking up one of the three doubles hit by the home team on the night.
 
KSU put up the first run of the contest early on, scoring in the first on a Max Pentecost double to leftfield that scored Bruce from first base. But Savannah State came up with six runs in the top half of the second with a two RBI double from Todd Hagen leading the charge to give the Tigers the lead.
 
After both teams went scoreless through the next two innings, KSU  put up a two-spot in the fifth, Bruce driving in one with a double and Chris McGowan sending in the other on a fielder's choice. The Owls added two more in the next frame, capitalizing on three SSU errors to bring home Brennan Morgan and Alex Liquori to make it a one-run ballgame at 6-5 Tigers.
 
Savannah State would tag on one more in the top of the seventh and that's all it would take as the Tigers picked up the win.
 
After Gabe Friese earned his first collegiate start, Mason Ward came in in relief, throwing four innings allowing just one hit and striking out three.
 
All but one KSU player in the starting lineup came up with a hit as KSU has now put up 48 runs in the first five games of the year.
 
Fans will have four opportunities to see the Owls this weekend as KSU hosts Gardner-Webb in a four-game series starting this Friday, Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET.

To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State baseball news, follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlNation and @KSUOwlsBaseball or by liking Kennesaw State University on Facebook.

For more information on how to purchase tickets, please call the KSU ticket office at 770-423-6957, or by visiting KSUOwls.com/tickets.
 

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