Eagles Head North to Face Catamounts
4/18/2013 7:58:23 PM | Baseball
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Fri.-Sun., April 19-21
Time: 5 p.m., 4 p.m., 1 p.m.
Site: Cullowhee, N.C./Hennon Stadium (1,500)
TV/Video Stream: catamountsports.com
Play-by-Play: None; Analyst: None
Baseball Radio Network: gseagles.com/watch-listen
103.7 FM - WBMX - Metter/Statesboro
900 AM - WJLG - Savannah
1370 AM - WLOP - Jesup
Play-by-Play: Ryan Chambers; Analyst: Kris Draper
Live Stats: catamountsports.com
Twitter Updates: @GSAthletics/@GSScores
Series: Ga. Southern leads 55-45 (100 games)
Statesboro: Ga. Southern leads 23-14
Away: Western Carolina leads 10-8
Neutral Site: Series tied 2-2
Unknown: Western Carolina leads 4-2
First Meeting: 1970 - W, 7-2
Last Meeting: 5/13/12 - Statesboro - W, 2-1
Last Series Win: 2012
Last Series Loss: 2010
Streak: Ga. Southern, 2 wins
STORY LINES
Georgia Southern (21-16, 10-8 SoCon) heads north for a three-game weekend series against Western Carolina (23-16, 12-6 SoCon). The series opens with a 5 p.m. first pitch on Friday and continues on Saturday with a 4 p.m. game and a 1 p.m. contest on Sunday.
All three games can be heard on the Georgia Southern Radio Network and will be streamed online for free at gseagles.com/watch-listen.
The Eagles will send a rotation of Justin Hess, Jason Richman and TBA to the mound. Western Carolina will counter with Jeremy Null, Morgan McKinney and Jordan Smith.
Georgia Southern is looking to snap its current five-game losing streak. The Eagles last win came on April 9th at Charleston Southern.
GSU is hitting just .164 with four extra-base hits during its current losing streak. The Eagles have tallied just 27 hits and scored eight runs in their last five games.
Georgia Southern holds a 55-45 edge in the 100 game all-time series against the Catamounts after winning the series in Statesboro a year ago.
Head Coach Rodney Hennon is 26-20 against his alma mater as the Eagles’ skipper.
Stryker Brown hit GSU’s first home run in the month of April on Wednesday against Kennesaw State and combined with Robbie Dodds for the team’s first multi-homer game since March 24th.
Robbie Dodds is hitting .372 with one homer and six RBIs over his last 10 games.
The trio of T.D. Davis, Chase Griffin and Ben Morgan have combined for 16 of the team’s 23 home runs.
Chase Griffin has started all 37 games behind the plate for the Eagles this season. In his two-year career, Griffin has started 84 times as the team’s catcher. He and first baseman T.D. Davis are the only two Eagles to start every game this season at the same position.
WATCH & LISTEN
All Georgia Southern home games will be video streamed on gseagles.com/watch-listen for free. The stream will carry the Georgia Southern Radio Network’s feed with long-time play-by-play voice Ryan Chambers and color commentator Kris Draper on the call.
The Radio Network will also air the entire baseball schedule on 103.7 FM in Metter/Statesboro, 900 AM in Savannah and 1370 AM in Jesup.
MID-WEEK RECAP
Georgia Southern dropped a pair of mid-week games against Mercer and Kennesaw State.
Josh Stevenson and the bullpen combined to allow just one run over the final seven innings against the Bears.
Evan Challenger allowed just two runs over 4.2 innings against Kennesaw State in his first start since March 19th against Georgia Tech.
Stryker Brown and Robbie Dodds both homered in the game, the first multi-homer game for the Eagles since March 24th against Davidson.
QUICK HITS
The Eagles sit five games above .500 and have only fallen below .500 twice this season.
Georgia Southern is 14-0 this season when recording as many hits or more than their opponent. The Eagles are 10-0 when out-hitting the opponent.
Chase Griffin is the only Eagle with 10 or more multi-hit games and 10 or more multi-RBI games. Griffin has 12 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games.
Stryker Brown is five for 11 (.455) with a double and four RBIs off the bench this season.
Georgia Southern is 16-2 when scoring six or more runs and is 16-5 when allowing five runs or less.
The Eagles are 18-2 when leading after the fourth inning and 16-1 when leading after six frames.
GSU is 16-3 when Arthur Owens is the starting designated hitter. Owens is hitting .333 with five doubles and 10 RBIs in 20 games as the team’s designated hitter.
Georgia Southern ranks 36th in total attendance (29,852) and ranks 42nd in average attendance (1,492) in the nation.
In his 16th season at the helm of a Southern Conference program, head coach Rodney Hennon is the second winningest active coach in the SoCon.
WESTERN CAROLINA SERIES HISTORY
Georgia Southern holds a 55-45 edge in the 100 game all-time series.
The series opened in 1970 with a pair of Eagle wins. Georgia Southern won 7-2 in the first game and 3-2 in the second.
Georgia Southern holds a 23-14 mark in the series in Statesboro but trails 8-10 in the series in Cullowhee.
Head Coach Rodney Hennon is 26-20 all-time against his former club and alma mater.
GSU holds a two-game winning streak in the series after winning the final two games of the series a year ago.
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