STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Baseball will open a four game road swing on Wednesday night with a trip to Cobb County to face Kennesaw State. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. on Wednesday night with the game available on Facebook Live via the Kennesaw State Owls page. The Eagles will travel on for a three game weekend series at Arkansas State this weekend.
GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
Kennesaw State
WEDNESDAY (5.9.18)
6 p.m. - Stillwell Stadium (Kennesaw, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - Facebook Live (KennesawStateOwls)
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP -
Zach Cowart (1-2 - 12.67 ERA)
KSU - RHP - Rhian Mann (0-0 - 3.38 ERA)
QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern opens its final road swing of the 2018 regular season on Wednesday night with a trip to Cobb County to face Kennesaw State. The Eagles dropped a 12-3 result to the Owls on April 10.
- Georgia Southern fell 7-0 to Troy on Sunday as the Trojans avoided the series sweep. The Eagles struck out 16 times and were shutout for just the second time this season.
- The Eagles are 14-11 all-time against the Owls and have won three-straight games at Stillwell Stadium including a 6-0 whitewash over the Kennesaw State. Georgia Southern has also taken five of the last seven contests over their in-state foe.
- Defensively the Eagles not had the greatest season, ranking 11th in the Sun Belt with a .962 fielding percentage. The story behind the number was an injury to shortstop
Austin Thompson which forced him to miss 27 games. The Eagles fielded at a .956 average without Thompson, committing 42 errors. With Thompson, the Eagles have raised that mark to .970, conceding just 20 errors.
- After sustaining an injury in the second game of the season,
Tyler Martin missed the next 33 games. He made his return on April 17th against the College of Charleston. He hit his first home run of the season on Saturday, April 21st with a solo home run to left.
- Through the season's first 46 games, Georgia Southern batters have been hit by 70 pitches to lead the Sun Belt and rank 26th in the nation.
Steven Curry has been hit 19 times to rank ninth in the nation and tops in the Sun Belt while
Christian Avant has worn 13 pitches to rank third in the league and 54th in Division I.
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Brian Eichhorn was one with the force on May 4, tossing a complete game, one-hit shutout to stymie Troy, the league's top hitting team entering the series. Brian fanned nine and walked just one while taking his no-hitter bid to the seventh inning, before the Trojans only hit, a single through the left side. The one-hitter was the first for the Eagles since five pitchers combined for a one-hitter in February of 2001 against Tennessee Tech.
- Six has been the magic number over the last five years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 114-16 record when scoring six or more runs. The Eagles were 30-6 last year with six or more.
COMING UP NEXT
Georgia Southern's final road series of the 2018 regular season starts on Friday night in Jonesboro, Arkansas. First pitch against Arkansas State is set for 7:30 p.m. (ET) / 6:30 p.m. (CT) on Friday night.
