Baseball | 3/29/2016 12:33:00 PM

GAME NOTES | UPCOMING PROMOTIONS

STATESBORO, GA. – With three rounds of Sun Belt play in the books, Georgia Southern will travel to Midtown Atlanta for a midweek tilt at Georgia Tech. The Eagles dropped a 6-5 result to the Yellow Jackets back in February in a game that lasted 16 innings. The Eagles will look for revenge on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. Danny Reed and Kris Draper will be on hand to call the action on the Georgia Southern Sports Network from Learfield Sports.

TEAM RECORDS
Georgia Southern - 15-8 (6-3 Sun Belt)
Georgia Tech - 18-5 (5-4 ACC)

GAME INFORMATION
WEDNESDAY (3.30.16)
6 p.m. – Russ Chandler Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
RADIO – Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO – None
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP – Lawson Humphries (0-0 – 3.38 ERA)
GT - RHP – Cole Pits (1-1 – 6.00 ERA)

QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern will look to avenge its 16-inning, 6-5 loss to Georgia Tech on Wednesday evening in Midtown Atlanta. The Eagles have dropped four-straight games to the Yellow Jackets and trail in the all-time series 97-31.
- Georgia Southern is ranked in a three-way tie for second in the Sun Belt standings after three rounds of league play at 6-3. The Eagles are tied with Texas State (6-3) and UL Lafayette (6-3), but trail South Alabama (9-0).
- For Georgia Southern, the magic number is six. The Eagles are 10-0 this season when scoring six or more runs. Over the past five season the Eagles are a combined 102-17 including 31 wins in 2014.
- Ryan Cleveland went .500 last weekend with two home runs and eight RBIs. He is currently on a 13-game hit streak, hitting .340 over that stretch, going 17-for-50 with 13 RBIs and 11 runs scored.

EAGLES PARTNER WITH VS. CANCER FOUNDATION
- Georgia Southern Baseball will join with the Vs. Cancer Foundation to raise money to end childhood cancer on Sunday, April 3rd following the Texas State series finale.
- The Eagles will shave their heads as a team following the game while fans are encouraged to donate to the cause at http://team.vs-cancer.org/georgiasouthern

GA. SOUTHERN TAKES 2-of-3 FROM ARKANSAS STATE
- The Eagles won the opening game of the series 8-3 behind 10 strikeouts from Evan Challenger. C.J. Brazil led the offense with three hits.
- On Saturday evening the Eagles scored four runs in the seventh to tie the game at 5-5, but a run in the ninth gave Arkansas State the 7-6 win.
- In the series finale, Georgia Southern tallied 13 hits and stranded 12 runners aboard. The Eagles got 20-straight outs from Brian Eichhorn after he gave up three runs in the first inning.
- Landon Hughes picked up his first Division I save in the series finale.

CLEVELAND ROCKS!
- Ryan Cleveland is on a team-high 13-game hit streak entering Wednesday's midweek contest at Georgia Tech.
- Cleveland is hitting .340 over the last 13 games, going 17-for-50 with three home runs, five doubles and nine walks. He has driven in 13 runs while stealing four bases.

COMING UP NEXT
After four-straight road games, the Eagles return to the friendly confines for a crucial pair of home series in league play. The Eagles host Texas State this weekend before welcoming UL Lafayette to town next weekend.

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