WEEKEND PREVIEW - Eagles Host Troy For Graduation Weekend Series

Friday, May 4

6:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern University

Troy

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WEEKEND PREVIEW - Eagles Host Troy For Graduation Weekend Series

5/3/2018 2:17:00 PM | Baseball

Three more series remain before the 2018 Sun Belt Tournament

STATESBORO - Georgia Southern Baseball is back on the diamond this weekend for three games against the Troy Trojans beginning on Friday night. The Eagles have had the week off for final exams and return to the field for an important East Division matchup with Troy who sits a half game above the Eagles in the standings.

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
Troy

FRIDAY (5.4.18)
Georgia Southern vs. Troy
6:30 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 - Brian Eichhorn
TROY - RHP - Andrew Crane

SATURDAY (5.5.18)
Georgia Southern vs. Troy
3 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
Cinco de Mayo
Watch out for in-game promotions reflecting the spirit of Cinco de Mayo.
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Seth Shuman
TROY - Daren Osby

SUNDAY (5.6.18)
Georgia Southern vs. Troy
1 p.m. - Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
RADIO - Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - True Blue TV
LIVE STATS
GS - TBA
TROY - RHP - Levi Thomas

QUICK HITS
- The Eagles enter the stretch run of the 2018 regular season this weekend as Troy comes to town to open the final three weeks of the regular season. The Trojans sit just a half game ahead of the Eagles for third place in the East Division. Both teams are coming off series wins over teams from the Lone Star State last weekend.
- The Eagles pounded out a season-high 15 hits in a 10-7 win over Texas State to take the weekend series. Golden, Swan and Avant each had three-hit games as the Eagles went above .500 to close the month of April.
- The Eagles won their first weekend series over Troy last season, improving to 4-10 in the all-time series between the clubs. The Trojans make their second trip to Statesboro where the Eagles dropped a series in 2016, two games to one.
- Through the season's first 43 games, Georgia Southern batters have been hit by 68 pitches to lead the Sun Belt and rank 25th in the nation. Steven Curry has been hit 19 times to rank fourth in the nation and tops in the Sun Belt while Christian Avant has worn 13 pitches to rank third in the league and 43rd in Division I.
- The Eagles had a strange streak in the month of April, hitting six-straight leadoff home runs. The Eagles started innings in style with leadoff bombs in the 15 game stretch, with three coming off the bat of Mason McWhorter. Overall, eight of Georgia Southern's 18 home runs have been of the leadoff variety with McWhorter accounting for four of them.
- 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.
- Six has been the magic number over the last five years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 113-16 record when scoring six or more runs. The Eagles were 30-6 last year with six or more and 13-3 this year.

UP NEXT
After this weekend's three game series with Troy, The Eagles will strike out on the road for their final road swing of the 2018 season. Georgia Southern visits Kennesaw State on Wednesday night before opening a series with Arkansas State next weekend in Jonesboro.