Baseball | 4/24/2017 1:07:00 PM

STATESBORO, GA. - After taking a series win over Coastal Carolina this weekend, Georgia Southern Baseball has a pair of games scheduled this week against Mercer. The Eagles visit Macon on Tuesday at 6 p.m. in a game that can be seen live on ESPN3. The same teams return to Statesboro on Wednesday for a 6 p.m. at the friendly confines.

2017 TEAM RECORDS
Georgia Southern - 26-14
Mercer - 35-7

GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
Mercer

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
TUESDAY (4.25.17)
6:00 p.m. - Claude Smith Field at OrthoGeorgia Park (Macon, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - ESPN3
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Seth Shuman (3-0, 3.89 ERA)
MERCER - RHP - Sawyer Gipson-Long (1-0, 3.97 ERA)

WEDNESDAY (4.26.17)
6:00 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
FRATERNITY NIGHT
All Fraternities are invited out to J.I. Clements Stadium!
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - GS All-Access
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Brian Eichhorn (1-4, 4.87 ERA)
MERCER - RHP - Zach Graveno (6-0, 2.70 ERA)

QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern puts its Sun Belt-best 26-14 record on the line this week with a pair of games against the Mercer Bears.
- Georgia Southern rallied late to take a 3-2 win over Coastal Carolina. The Eagles scored a run in the seventh and two in the eighth to take the lead and eventually the win. The Eagles won the final two games of the series to win their 11th consecutive road league series.
- Georgia Southern owns a 117-46-2 lead in the all-time series between the clubs and has won two-straight games. The Eagles hit .397 in two games last season behind a 6-for-9 series from Logan Baldwin. The Eagles took the opener 11-10 in Macon, then won 8-5 in Statesboro last season.
- The Georgia Southern offense in 2017 has been buoyed by the bats of three freshman who have announced their presence with authority.  Mason McWhorter went .383 in the Coastal Carolina series to raise his average to .350 with four home runs. Steven Curry is hitting .340 from the leadoff spot in the order.  Mitchell Golden is hitting .308 between shortstop and third base.
- Georgia Southern Baseball has truly been at home on the road over the last three seasons, winning 12-straight conference road series. After dropping their first Sun Belt road series at Troy in 2015, the Eagles have taken 12-straight weekends away from Statesboro. The Eagles won their most recent series in dramatic fashion, handing the defending National Champions their first home series loss since 2015 with a 6-5 win on Saturday and a 3-2 win on Sunday.
- In 2017 Georgia Southern has done well to hold on to their leads. The Eagles are 18-0 when leading after six innings, 18-0 when leading after seven and 21-0 when leading after eight. The Eagle bullpen has blown just one save this year, but came back to take the win in the 11th over Savannah State.
- For the third straight season, Georgia Southern Baseball has partnered with the Vs. Cancer Foundation to help fight childhood cancer. The Eagles raised more than $8,000 this season, culminating with members of the team shaving their heads on April 15th. Fans can still contribute by visiting https://team.vs-cancer.org/gs2017.
- Freshman Seth Shuman improved to 3-0 as a starting pitcher on March 22nd with five innings of two-hit shutout ball. He struck out a career-high six in the Eagles' 1-0 win. Recently, he earned his first collegiate save in the finale against App State, working a clean ninth with two Ks. The righty is the most experienced returning quarterback for the Eagles football team and was a 39th round pick by Baltimore in the 2016 draft. Eagle football opened spring practice on March 9th.
- The 2017 Sun Belt Tournament is coming to Statesboro starting on May 23, 2017. The new format features two play in games that pit the No. 7 and No. 10 seeds and the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds for the final spots in the field of eight.

COMING UP NEXT
After the games against Mercer, Georgia Southern welcomes Little Rock to Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium for the second-straight year for a three game series. First pitch on Friday and Saturday is set for 6:30 pm with Sunday's finale set for 1 p.m.

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