MIDWEEK PREVIEW - Eagles Welcome The Citadel and Mercer for Midweek Games

Tuesday, April 3

6 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

The Citadel

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MIDWEEK PREVIEW - Eagles Welcome The Citadel and Mercer for Midweek Games

4/2/2018 1:22:00 PM | Baseball

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STATESBORO, GA. - Georgia Southern Baseball puts a bow on a five-game homestand this week with games against The Citadel (Tuesday - 6 p.m.) and Mercer (Wednesday - 6 p.m.). The Eagles will look to get the series sweep over the Bulldogs after taking a win in February in Charleston. Wednesday's game gives the Eagles a chance to even the series sweep with Mercer after the Bears took game one on March 14.

Fans can listen along to the call of the game on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. Patrons in attendance at J.I. Clements Stadium can hear the broadcast without delay in the stadium on 95.9-FM.

Single game tickets are available at GSEagles.com/Tickets, giving fans the opportunity to beat the lines on gameday. Tickets can also be purchased at the J.I. Clements Stadium Box Office, located directly behind home plate at the stadium's main entrance.

GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
The Citadel
Mercer

TUESDAY (4.3.18)
Georgia Southern vs. The Citadel
6:00 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
Sorority Night
All Georgia Southern sororities are invited to the game. The house with the highest percentage of their members will receive a check of $100 to their philanthropy.
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - David Johnson
CIT - LHP - Will Pillsbury

WEDNESDAY (4.4.18)
Georgia Southern vs. Mercer
6:00 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
Fraternity Night
All Georgia Southern fraternities are invited to the game. The house with the highest percentage of their members will receive a check of $100 to their philanthropy.
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Zach Cowart
MERCER - RHP - Zach Graveno

QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern wraps-up a run of five-straight home games this week as The Citadel and Mercer come to Statesboro for a split midweek series.
- The Eagles got five runs in the fifth inning to take a 5-1 lead and held on in the final two innings to take the 5-4 win over Coastal Carolina, handing the Chanticleers their first loss in league play.
- Georgia Southern leads the all-time series with The Citadel by a 51-40 margin, winning five-straight games including a 9-3 victory over the Bulldogs in Charleston on February 27.
- The Eagles own a 109-44-1 lead in the all-time series with Mercer, but lost 11-8 to the Bears on March 14. The Eagles hit a season-high three home runs in the game, all off the Bears' starter, Sawyer Gipson-Long.
- Through the season's first 27 games, Georgia Southern batters have been hit by 3 pitches to lead the Sun Belt and rank 25th in the nation. Christian Avant and Steven Curry have been hit 10 times to lead the league and rank 26th in Division I.
- Georgia Southern's sweep over Appalachian State was the first sweep in league play since March 11-12, 2016 when the Eagles swept the Mountaineers in Boone. The Eagles won 14 of the 20 series during that span, but none in a clean fashion.
- The March 14th loss to Mercer was a big night for the long ball with three Eagles going deep at OrthoGeorgia Park. Matt Anderson and Steven Curry each hit their first collegiate home runs, while Chandler Corley hit his second with the Eagles this season. The three home run haul was a season-high for the Eagles.
- On March 10, Seth Shuman was written into the annals of history at Georgia Southern Baseball as the first pitcher to hit for himself in the Coach Hennon Era. Shuman went 1-for-3 in the game with a walk. He also threw a complete game with eight strikeouts, but took the first loss of his career on the walk-off home run.
- Redshirt junior Matt Geiger joined the Eagles in 2015, pitching well as a freshman. He missed the 2016 season after undergoing surgery. While rehabbing from that surgery, Geiger sustained another injury which kept him out of the lineup for 2017. He returned to the lineup against Coastal Carolina on March 30, closing a span of 1,058 days on the shelf. That total ranks as the longest layoff between games among active players in Division I Baseball.
Matt Geiger (Georgia Southern) // 5/8/15 to Present // 1,058 Days
Clay Conway (Delaware) // 4/14/15 to 2/18/18 // 1,041 Days
Alex Daily (Cal State Bakersfield) // 5/15/15 to 2/16/18 // 1,008 Days
Alex McIntosh (Milwaukee) // 5/23/15 to 2/16/18 // 1,000 Days
- Six has been the magic number over the last five years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 108-15 record when scoring six or more runs. The Eagles were 30-6 last year with six or more.

UP NEXT
After a pair if midweek games, the Eagles will travel to The Natural State for a three game series against Little Rock which starts on Friday night. The trip to Little Rock is the first for Georgia Southern since April 2015 in the program's first trip around the league.

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