Baseball | 5/15/2017 2:44:00 PM

STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Baseball opens the final week of the regular season with a Tuesday night visit to Georgia Tech. The Eagles look to even the season series against the Yellow Jackets and take the program's first win at Russ Chandler Stadium since March 19, 2013. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. in Midtown Atlanta. The game can be seen live on ACC Network Extra at WatchESPN.com.

2017 TEAM RECORDS
Georgia Southern - 35-17, 17-10 Sun Belt
Georgia Tech - 25-24, 10-17 ACC

GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
Georgia Tech

GAME INFORMATION
TUESDAY (5.16.17)
6:00 p.m. - Russ Chandler Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - ACC Network Extra
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Brian Eichhorn (2-4, 3.79 ERA)
GT - RHP - Ben Schneiderjans (2-4, 4.30 ERA)

QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern visits Georgia Tech for the second time this season for a 6 p.m. game at Russ Chandler Stadium. Tuesday's game opens a run of four games in the Atlanta Metro Area.
- Tyler Martin's third inning home run helped the Eagles to a 6-1 win over Arkansas State to close the weekend series. Seth Shuman earned his sixth win of the season by going six innings on the bump.
- The Eagles trail 99-31 in the all-time series against the Yellow Jackets including six-straight losses to the "other" team from Atlanta. The Eagles fell earlier this year 10-3 on February 21st with 17 runners left on base. Kel Johnson hit three home runs to power Tech to victory.
- The Georgia Southern offense in 2017 has been buoyed by the bats of three freshman who have announced their presence with authority. Steven Curry is hitting .327 from the leadoff spot in the order to make a run at Sun Belt Freshman of the Year. Curry has a team-best .433 on base percentage and a perfect 1.000 fielding mark. Mason McWhorter is hitting .318 with four home runs.   Mitchell Golden is hitting .295 between shortstop and third base.
- Senior right fielder Jordan Wren had a career night at No. 22 Mercer on April 25th. He clobbered a pair of home runs and added a double in a 3-for-5 day. He drove in eight runs, the highest total since Dustin Langley drove in eight on March 6, 1999 against Appalachian State. He was just one RBI shy of tying Mark Strucher's school record which was set in 1978.
- In 2017 Georgia Southern has done well to hold on to their leads. The Eagles are 26-0 when leading after six innings, 26-0 when leading after seven and 29-0 when leading after eight. The Eagle bullpen has blown just one save this year, but came back to take that win in 11 innings.
- Six has been the magic number over the last four years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 96-10 record when scoring six or more runs. The Eagles are 28-3 this season with six or more and haven't dropped a game when scoring six since March 18th in a 19-6 loss to South Alabama.
- After a late night return from Louisiana, Georgia Southern rose early on May 8th to celebrate the graduation of four Eagles. Adam Kelly, Colt Ramsey, Evan Challenger and Anthony Paesano were awarded their degrees in a special commencement ceremony at Bishop Fieldhouse, officiated by University Provost Dr. Jean Bartels.
- Georgia Southern Head Coach Rodney Hennon has consistently reached the 30 win mark in his career, crossing the threshold 19 times in his 20 total seasons and 17 of 18 years at Georgia Southern. The Eagles have twice reached 42 overall wins in 2001 (42-20) and 2009 (42-17).
- The 2017 Sun Belt Tournament is coming to Statesboro starting on May 23, 2017. The new format features two play in games that pit the No. 7 and No. 10 seeds and the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds for the final spots in the field of eight.

COMING UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will stay in Atlanta this week, facing Georgia State in the final regular season series of the 2017 season. The Eagles open the "weekend" set on Thursday night at 6 p.m. at the Georgia State Baseball Complex in Decatur. Friday's game is set for 6 p.m. with the Saturday finale scheduled for 2 p.m.

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