Baseball | 2/28/2017 4:56:00 PM
STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Baseball wraps up an eight game homestand to open the 2017 season on Wednesday evening with a 6 p.m. contest against the College of Charleston Cougars. Wednesday's game is Social Media Night with followed of @GSAthletics on twitter eligible to win a free t-shirt if they post a selfie at the game and use the tag #GSBaseball. Fans can watch the game live on ESPN3 with radio coverage on the Georgia Southern Sports Network.
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 - 3-4
College of Charleston - 4-3
GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
College of Charleston
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY (3.1.17)
6:00 p.m. - J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
SOCIAL MEDIA NIGHT
Follow us @GSAthletics on twitter, post a selfie of yourself at the game, and use #GSBaseball. Best selfie of the day will receive a DM for a free t-shirt.
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - ESPN3
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP -
Seth Shuman (0-0, 8.31 ERA)
COFC - RHP - Max McKinley (0-1, 12.27 ERA)
QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern will have a chance to even up the series against College of Charleston on Wednesday night. The Eagles trail 30-31 all-time, but have won two-straight games over the Cougars. The Eagles are 13-11 all-time at J.I. Clements Stadium vs. CofC while Coach Hennon owns a 35-27 record against CofC dating back to his days at Western Carolina.
- A 39th round draft pick by Baltimore out of high school,
Seth Shuman played four games on the gridiron for Georgia Southern Football. He began practicing with Eagle Baseball in January and has split time between football and baseball this spring. On February 21st, Shuman participated in "mat drills" with the Football team in the morning only to pitch two innings against Georgia Tech that evening. He will make his first collegiate baseball start on Wednesday against the Cougars.
- 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.
- 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.
COMING UP NEXT
Georgia Southern Baseball travels this weekend for a three game set against the Memphis Tigers. The Eagles and Tigers square off beginning Friday night at 7:30 p.m. (ET). The games can be seen on the Memphis Tiger Network, the premium video channel at GoTigersGo.com.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by visiting GSEagles.com/Tickets.
