Baseball | 2/20/2017 4:04:00 PM

STATESBORO, GA. - After taking two of three from Middle Tennessee to start the 2017 season, Georgia Southern Baseball hosts in-state foe Georgia Tech on Tuesday night. The 6 p.m. game can be seen live on ESPN3 as Danny Hall's Yellow Jackets venture down I-16 to face Rodney Hennon's Eagles.

Season tickets are still available by visiting GSEagles.com/tickets. Single game tickets may also be purchased at the J.I. Clements Stadium Box Office located directly behind home plate at the stadium's main entrance.

2017 TEAM RECORDS
Georgia Southern - 2-1
Georgia Tech - 3-0

GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
Georgia Tech

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
TUESDAY (2.21.17)
6:00 p.m. - J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
#WRECKTECH
It's time for all of Eagle Nation to come together and show support as we battle Power-5, ACC opponent Georgia Tech.
BULLOCH COUNTY SCHOOLS WINTER BREAK WONDERLAND
If you're on winter break from Bulloch County schools, the only and best place to be is the wonderland of J.I. Clements Stadium
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - ESPN3
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Zach Strickland (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
GT - LHP - Ben Parr (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

QUICK HITS
- English rocker Ian Hunter said it first in 1979, but we reiterate the sentiment now after Ryan Cleveland's rocking start to the 2017 season. The senior first baseman hit .556 in the Middle Tennessee series to kick start his campaign. After taking four walks in the opener, Cleveland slashed a double to right in the ninth inning of game two that scored three runs and tied the game at 6-6. He recorded a double in each game of the series and is slugging .889 on the year with seven RBIs.
- Georgia Southern trails the Yellow Jackets 31-98 in the all-time series including five-straight losses to the "other" team from Atlanta. The Eagles had a chance to defeat Tech last year in Statesboro, but a two-out error in the ninth allowed Tech to even the game, which went 16 innings and resulted in a 6-5 loss.
- Two Eagles were selected to the All-Sun Belt Preseason Poll with Ryan Cleveland and Evan Challenger earning spots on the team.
- The Eagles were picked third in the new East Division of the Sun Belt Conference which features defending National Champion Coastal Carolina, NCAA Tournament entrant South Alabama, Georgia State, Appalachian State and Troy. The Eagles earned a first place vote in the poll of the league's coaches.
- The Road to Omaha for 2017 leads through Statesboro with the Sun Belt Championships coming to Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium in May. The league's top teams will decide the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament on the hallowed home of the Eagles.
- The Eagles have 11 seniors on this year's squad while returning seven of the eight position starters from 2016. The sharp end of the pitching staff is still intact with all three weekend starters from last year back for 2017.

COMING UP NEXT
Georgia Southern's run of eight home games to start the 2017 season continues this weekend with a three-game set against the Georgia Bulldogs. First pitch on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m. with the remaining games on set for 3 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. All three contests can be seen live on ESPN3 with the opener and finale on the Georgia Southern Sports Network's radio partners.

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