STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Baseball returns to the hallowed turf of Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium on Tuesday night for an in-state tilt against Kennesaw State. First pitch on Tuesday night is set for 6 p.m. with the game available on True Blue TV and the Georgia Southern Sports Network, powered by Learfield.

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
Kennesaw State

TUESDAY (4.9.18)
Georgia Southern vs. Kennesaw State
6:00 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - David Johnson
KSU - LHP - Ryan Kennedy

QUICK HITS
- The Eagles open a big week with a non-conference battle against in-state foe Kennesaw State. The Eagles are hot after winning a pair of frigid games in Little Rock to take a weather-altered series.
- Seth Shuman made his case for Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week, dealing over a career-long nine innings to pick up the complete game shutout in the series finale against Little Rock. A single run in the first inning was the difference for the Eagles who swept the Trojans in Rock Town.
- The Eagles lead the series with KSU 14-10 with all 24 games coming in the Rodney Hennon era. Brian Eichhorn went the distance in a complete game shutout to win the second game in 2017.
- Through the season's first 1 games, Georgia Southern batters have been hit by 47 pitches to lead the Sun Belt and rank 30th in the nation. Steven Curry has been hit 12 times to lead the league and rank 15th in Division I while Christian Avant has worn 11 pitches to rank third in the league and rank 33rd in the nation.
- Seth Shuman had a day like no other on April 8, tossing his first nine inning complete game to record his first collegiate shutout. It was the first whitewash for a single Eagle twirler since Eichhorn blanked Kennesaw State in May of 2017.
- Jason Swan did his impression of the Frozone, looking out for the greater good, by driving a career-high five runs in the 12-7 win over The Citadel including the go-ahead run.
- 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.
- For the first 19 games of 2017, the job description for junior Cole Whitney was middle relief and spot starts during the week. On March 18th, Whitney got the call to enter game three against Louisiana in the third inning and quickly put out the fire. He went on to throw a career-high five and a third innings, striking out six and retiring the final 12 batters to take his first win in an Eagle uniform.
- Six has been the magic number over the last five years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 109-15 record when scoring six or more runs. The Eagles were 30-6 last year with six or more.

UP NEXT
The Eagles are back on the road this weekend with a trip to the Gulf Coast. Georgia Southern will play a three game set against South Alabama at Eddie Stanky Field starting on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. (ET).

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