STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Baseball closes out a four-game home stand on Wednesday night as Holy Cross comes to town for a 6 p.m. game. The Eagles took the series finale over Elon on Sunday to get back to the .500 mark at 6-6 on the year. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. from Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium with coverage available for free on True Blue TV or on the Georgia Southern Sports Network.

Single game tickets are available at GSEagles.com/Tickets, giving fans the opportunity to beat the lines on game day. 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
Holy Cross

WEDNESDAY (3.7.18)
6 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 - Zach Strickland (0-1, 5.06 ERA)
HC - TBA

QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern closes out a four-game home stand on Wednesday night against the Holy Cross Crusaders. The Crusaders make a stop in Statesboro after playing three games against Mercer in a 24 hour span. Following Wednesday night's game the Eagles visit Southern Miss, while the Crusaders go to Charleston Southern.
- The Eagles took the series finale over Elon 5-4, scoring a run in the second and four more in the third to post a 5-0 advantage. The Phoenix whittled away at the lead, but the Eagle Bullpen was able to hold on and avoid the series sweep.
- Wednesday's game marks the eighth all-time meeting between the Eagles and Crusaders. Holy Cross came to Statesboro in 2010 and 2014. The Eagles took two of three in 2010, winning 19-7 and 13-10 before falling 3-2. In 2014 the Eagles swept all four games, winning 3-1, 7-1, 6-2, and 9-8.
- 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.
- After not sweeping a series in 2017, Georgia South-ern opened 2018 with a sweep in its first home series. The Eagles took all three games over Fairfield, an NCAA Tournament team from 2016 and the defending MAAC Regular Season Champions.
- 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 // 1,032 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 104-14 record when scoring six or more runs. In 2018, the Eagles are 4-1 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.

UP NEXT
The Eagles will visit the Magnolia State this weekend for three games against the nationaly ranked Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles. The series in Hattiesburg begins on Friday night at 6 p.m. (CT) / 7 p.m. (ET).

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