STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Baseball is "Deep in the Heart of Texas" this weekend for a three game series with Texas State. The Eagles visit Bobcat Ballpark for the first time in the regular season since 2015 look for their first series win over Texas State since entering the Sun Belt. First pitch on Friday evening Is set for 6 p.m. (CT) / 7 p.m. (ET).

Georgia Southern got back to the .500 mark on Tuesday afternoon with a win over College of Charleston. The Eagles sit fourth in the East Division with a 10-7 record, 3.5 games behind Coastal Carolina for first place and a half game behind Troy for third. If the season ended today, Georgia Southern would be the No. 5 seed for the Sun Belt Tournament.

GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
Texas State

FRIDAY (4.27.18)
7 p.m. (ET) / 6 p.m. (CT) - Bobcat Ballpark
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - Bobcats All-Access (Premium)
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Brian Eichhorn (3-2 - 3.27 ERA)
TEXAS STATE - RHP - Nicholas Fraze (4-3 - 2.39 ERA)

SATURDAY (4.28.18)
5 p.m. (ET) / 4 p.m. (CT) - Bobcat Ballpark
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - Bobcats All-Access (Premium)
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Seth Shuman (4-5 - 5.10 ERA)
TEXAS STATE - RHP - Connor Reich (5-2 - 3.92 ERA)

SUNDAY (4.29.18)
1 p.m. (ET) / Noon (CT) - Bobcat Ballpark
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - Bobcats All-Access (Premium)
LIVE STATS
GS - TBA
TEXAS STATE - TBA

QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern Baseball looks for its second-straight league series win this weekend as the Eagles visit Texas State for the first time since 2015. The Eagles are 1-2 against the Bobcats all-time in San Marcos, but hold a 4-3 record at Bobcat Ballpark with a 3-1 trip to the 2016 Sun Belt Championship Game.
- The Eagles got three hits from Mason McWhorter, on Tuesday afternoon, scoring five runs off 13 total hits to take a 5-4 win over College of Charleston to take the three-game non-conference series in 2018.
- Georgia Southern trails 2-5 all-time against the Bobcats, dropping both series since the Eagles joined the Sun Belt before the 2015 season. The Eagles defeated the Bobcats in the last meeting, an 11-5 win on May 27, 2017 in the Sun Belt Tournament.
- 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 40 games, Georgia Southern batters have been hit by 62 pitches to lead the Sun Belt and rank 24th in the nation. Steven Curry has been hit 16 times to rank 10th in the nation and tops in the Sun Belt while Christian Avant has worn 13 pitches to rank third in the league and 36th 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
The Eagles enter the stretch run of the 2018 season this week as they break for final exams. The Eagles open the final three weeks of the regular season next weekend as Troy comes to town for a three game series.