THE BASICS
Records: Kennesaw State (20-22) vs. Georgia Southern (25-17)
Final Score: KSU 1, Georgia Southern 4
Starting Pitching Matchup: RHP Lawson Humphries vs. RHP Tony Dibrell
Key Players: Tony Dibrell (11 K's, 7.0 IP); Chris Erwin (2-for-4, RBI); Brennan Morgan (1-for-3); Corey Greeson (1-for-4)
 
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THE STORYLINE: 
·Georgia Southern used six pitchers to hold off Kennesaw State, taking a 4-1 final at Stillwell Stadium on Tuesday night in a mid-week clash.
· In a pitchers' duel, the Eagles' staff out-dueled KSU's Tony Dibrell – who tossed a career-high 11 strikeouts and tied his career-high in innings pitched for his outing.
· With the loss, KSU dropped to 20-22 overall, while Georgia Southern improved to 25-17 on the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: 
· Dibrell, an Alpharetta, Ga. native, had a career night, tying his longest outing in his career in which he worked 7.0 frames throughout the mid-week contest.
· The righty tossed 115 pitches in which 66 were thrown for strikes – 58 percent of his pitches were in the strike zone.
· Dibrell, in fact, threw for three 1-2-3 innings and did not allow a hit after the fourth inning keeping the Eagles off-balanced in the batter's box.
· The righty also recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts in his seven frames, retiring five of the last six hitters.
· Even with Dibrell rolling on the bump, Georgia Southern managed to produce two runs –one in the second and one in the fourth—to take a slight 2-0 lead.
· The Owls finally broke the Eagles' pitching staff's shutout bid in the sixth, as Chris Erwin's two-out RBI single up the middle knocked home Grant Williams to cut the deficit in half at 2-1.
· Georgia Southern extended its lead to two once more with an RBI triple in the eighth to take a 3-1 lead.
·  The lead proved to be enough as the Eagles added an insurance run in the ninth to take a 4-1 final.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: 
· Tony Dibrell previously recorded a career-high in strikeouts in a single game against these very same Eagles on March 8 with nine punch outs.
· Over Dibrell's last two starts against Georgia Southern, he has totaled 20 combined strikeouts.
· In fact, over the last three games against Georgia Southern, Tony Dibrell (two starts) and Chris Erwin have combined for 35 strikeouts.
· Corey Greeson has extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a single in the ninth inning.
 
UP NEXT
 The Owls will continue their week taking on crosstown rival Georgia State at the GSU Baseball Complex. The game will be played at 6 p.m. in downtown Atlanta.