STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Baseball travels to the Holy City on Tuesday afternoon for a midweek game against the College of Charleston. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. in the Businessman Special as the Eagles and Cougars close their season series. The Eagles fell to the Cougars in February, but took a win a week ago to set up the rubber match at the Patriots Point Complex.
GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
College of Charleston
TUESDAY (4.24.18)
2 p.m. - Patriots Point Complex (Mount Pleasant, S.C.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - None
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP -
Braxton Johns (3-2 - 5.34 ERA)
COFC - TBA
QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern closes out a run of three games against the College of Charleston on Tuesday with a return trip to Mount Pleasant. The Eagles dropped a 3-0 decision on February 28, but took a 6-4 victory last Tuesday to even the season series.
- Georgia Southern scored three in the seventh inning to push past UT Arlington, 4-1 on Sunday in the series finale against the Mavs.
Austin Thompson went 3-for-4 while
Mason McWhorter drove in two runs.
- Georgia Southern leads the all-time series between the Eagles and Cougars by a 33-32 margin. The Eagles have taken five of the last six games between the teams and can win the 2018 season series with a win on Tuesday.
- The Eagles currently have a strange streak going with the last five home runs hit by the leadoff batter in the inning. Overall, six of the last seven home run are leadoff bombs.
- After sustaining an injury in the second game of the season,
Tyler Martin missed the next 33 games. He made his return on April 17th against the College of Charleston. He hit his first home run of the season on Saturday, April 21st with a solo home run to left.
- Through the season's first 39 games, Georgia Southern batters have been hit by 62 pitches to lead the Sun Belt and rank 21st in the nation.
Steven Curry has been hit 16 times to rank ninth in the nation and tops in the Sun Belt while
Christian Avant has worn 13 pitches to rank third in the league and 30th in Division I.
- Six has been the magic number over the last five years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 111-16 record when scoring six or more runs. The Eagles were 30-6 last year with six or more.
COMING UP NEXT
Georgia Southern will travel to the Texas Hill Country this weekend for a three game series against Texas State. The Eagles make their first trip to San Marcos since the 2016 Sun Belt Baseball Tournament and face the Bobcats on the road for the first time since 2015.
