STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern welcomes the Fairfield Stags to Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium this weekend for a three game series. The Eagles look for their first home win of the season as the Stags open their 2018 campaign in the Peach State. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. on Friday night. Watch all three games of the series for free on True Blue TV at GSEagles.com.
Single game tickets are available at GSEagles.com/Tickets, giving fans the opportunity to beat the lines on gameday. Tickets can also be purchased at the J.I. Clements Stadium Box Office, located directly behind home plate at the stadium's main entrance.
GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
FRIDAY (2.23.18)
6:30 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP -
Brian Eichhorn
FAIRFIELD - RHP - John Signore
SATURDAY (2.24.18)
3:00 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP -
Seth Shuman
FAIRFIELD - RHP - Peter Horn
SUNDAY (2.25.18)
Noon - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP -
David Johnson
FAIRFIELD - RHP - Austin Pope
QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern hosts its first weekend series of the 2018 season as Fairfield comes to town for a three game set. The Eagles have won their first home series for the last seven seasons, dating back to the 2011 campaign.
- Georgia Southern dropped a 7-1 decision to Georgia Tech on Tuesday night.
Mason McWhorter went 2-for-4 with the team's only RBI, plating
Steven Curry with a ground out in the seventh inning.
- Georgia Southern faces the Stags for the first time in the history of both programs. Fairfield, located in Fairfield, Connecticut just outside of New York City on Connecticut's Gold Coast along the Long Island Sound.
- Freshman
Noah Searcy completed a rare feat on February 16, 2018. While making his debut with the Eagles, Searcy hit his first collegiate home run with a two-run job that cleared the fence in center field in his first collegiate at bat.
- Redshirt Junior
Matt Geiger joined the Eagles in 2015, pitching well as a freshman. He missed the 2016 season after undergoing surgery. While rehabbing from that surgery, Geiger sustained another injury which kept him out of the lineup for 2017. When he returns to the lineup, he will rejoin the Eagles with more than 1,000 days on the shelf, ranking as one of the longest active injury layoffs in Division I Baseball.
Clay Conway (Delaware) // 4/14/15 to 2/18/18 // 1,041 Days
Matt Geiger (Georgia Southern) // 5/8/15 to Present // 1,023 Days
Alex Daily (Cal State Bakersfield) // 5/15/15 to 2/16/18 // 1,008 Days
Alex McIntosh (Milwaukee) // 5/23/15 to 2/16/18 // 1,000 Days
- Six has been the magic number over the last four years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 101-14 record when scoring six or more runs. In 2018, the Eagles are 1-1 when scoring six or more.
- Georgia Southern had a banner year in the 2017 MLB draft with five selections to tie the program record for most picks in a single draft season.
Landon Hughes (7th Round - ATL),
Jordan Wren (10th Round - Boston),
Connor Simmons (13th Round - ATL),
Logan Baldwin (21st Round - SF), and
Jacob Condra-Bogan (32nd Round - TOR) made up the draft class, matching the 1996 season with five picks over that season's 40 rounds.
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