Baseball | 3/2/2015 3:40:00 PM

Game Notes

STATESBORO, Ga. – The Georgia Southern baseball team continues a seven-game homestand against the Mercer Bears on Tuesday at J.I. Clements Stadium.

First pitch in the final non-conference game before Sun Belt play starts this weekend is set for 6 p.m.

The Eagles dropped a pair of mid-week games against The Citadel, 3-2, and at North Florida, 5-4, but rebounded with a series sweep of #18 Georgia over the weekend. GS is 8-4 after five-straight one-run games.

Jason Richman was named a Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week after posting two wins over the Bulldogs, no earned runs and 14 strikeouts over 9.1 innings.

Chase Griffin leads the team with a 3.54 batting average and eight RBI. Griffin is off to a stellar start to his senior campaign with hits in all but three contests and six multi-hit games. The catcher drove in the game-winning runs with a single in Sunday's come from behind 4-3 victory over UGA.

Freshman Matt Geiger will make his second start on the mound on Tuesday. Geiger (0-0) held North Florida to two runs on four hits over six solid innings of work last Wednesday. He struck out six batters and did not allow a walk in his first career start.

Mercer (7-5) will counter with senior righthander Eric Nyquist. Nyquist (0-0) will be making his first start on the season. 

The Eagles hold a 115-45-2 edge in the all-time record and are 27-8 at J.I. Clements Stadium. The two teams did not meet in 2014 and split a mid-week series in 2013.

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