KENNESAW, Ga. - Kennesaw State baseball sent Stillwell Stadium and the 2024 regular season out in style Saturday afternoon with an 11-run offensive onslaught to complete the series sweep versus Lipscomb (21-32, 15-15 Atlantic Sun Conference), 11-4.
The Owls (29-23, 19-10 ASUN) improved to 8-1 this season when hitting multiple homers in a single game with two no-doubters from
Jamarie Brooks and
Brayden Eidson. The victory secured the longest win streak for KSU this season (4).
Brooks posted three hits and two RBI including his first home run this season while
Brayden Eidson sent a fifth-inning grand slam over the center field fence, his fifth homer of 2024.
Isaac Bouton,
Nick Hassan and
Donovan Cash posted their 19th, 15th and ninth multi-hit outings of 2024, respectively.
Chris Cole and
Jackson Chirello pushed their reached-base streaks to a team-high 13 games.
Kennesaw State extended its home scoring streak to 176 games, the fourth-longest streak in the nation. KSU finished the 2024 regular season winning all but two ASUN series and was not swept in a three-game series at any point during the campaign.
KSU honored the 1994 NAIA National Championship team, the 2014 Tallahassee Regional Championship team and the Stillwell family prior to first pitch. Saturday marked the Owls' final game in their longtime home of Stillwell Stadium.
The Black and Gold await their final seed to determine their opponent and game time for Tuesday, May 21 in pool play of the 2024 Atlantic Sun tournament. KSU ended the 2024 season with 19 regular season conference wins, tying its most in a single season under head coach
Ryan Coe.
Cash ripped a double to left-center to keep his hot streak alive and was brought home on an RBI single from Brooks to equalize a Lipscomb run from the top of the second frame.
Chirello launched a double to left center to score Hassan and Bouton, giving the Black and Gold a 3-1 advantage in the bottom of the third.
With a runner on third and one out in the fourth, reliever
Tanner Franklin forced a flyout to center to end the scoring threat. The Bisons added one in the fifth to cut into the Owl lead, 3-2.
Zac Corbin added on for the Owls in the fifth with a two-run single to right, sending Cash and Hassan home. A fielder's choice from Bouton scored Corbin from third to extend it to 6-2.
Eidson drilled a 412-foot rocket to center for a grand slam that plated Bouton, Cole and
Shamaar McDuffie. KSU led 10-2 after five.
Lipscomb added two in the seventh, 10-4.
Brooks belted a solo shot to right to leadoff the seventh, extending the Owl lead back out to seven, 11-4.
Lipscomb added three in the ninth but could not complete the comeback as KSU secured the 11-7 win.
UP NEXT
Kennesaw State begins its run in the 2024 Atlantic Sun tournament Tuesday, May 21 in DeLand, Fla. Seeding, opponents and times are to-be-determined.
The Owls' next home game will take place in 2025 as a member of Conference USA.
