STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Baseball is back on the road this week, making the short trip up I-16 for a Tuesday night game against Mercer. The Eagles go for the season sweep against the Bears starting at 6 p.m. Game coverage is available on ESPN+ and the Georgia Southern Sports Network.

GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
Mercer

TUESDAY (3.26.19)
Georgia Southern at Mercer
6 p.m. - OrthoGeorgia Park (Macon, Ga.)
RADIO - Georgia Southern Sports Network
VIDEO - ESPN+
LIVE STATS
GS - RHP - Tyler Owens
MER - RHP - Andrew Kane

The Georgia Southern Athletic Foundation and Alumni Association will be hosting a True Blue Social starting at 5:30 p.m. at OrthoGeorgia Park. Learn more and RSVP at http://bit.ly/2T1A7A4.

WE'RE COMING…TO YOUR CITY
Georgia Southern will make an appearance in Savannah on April 3rd for a non-conference game against Charleston Southern at Historic Grayson Stadium. Tickets are on sale now for the game at GSEagles.com/Tickets. Due to high demand, fans are encouraged to purchase their tickets in advance for the 6 p.m. game. Georgia Southern will run a special bus from the Statesboro campus to Grayson Stadium for students, to register, visit GSEagles.com/Grayson_Bus.

STORYLINES
- Georgia Southern makes the 90 minute trip up I-16 on Tuesday night for a non-conference test against the Mercer Bears. The game opens a week that includes four road games. It also opens a stretch where the Eagles play eight of their next nine games away from Statesboro.
- Georgia Southern took the series win over Little Rock on Sunday with a 15-10 win over the Trojans. Mason McWhorter had a 3-for-6 game with a career-best five RBIs. Noah Ledford hit his fourth home run of the year and leads the Eagles in that category.
- One of Georgia Southern's oldest foes, the Eagles lead the all-time series against Mercer 115-48-3 after taking a 13-3 win over the Bears three weeks ago.
- The Eagles scored seven run in the sixth inning to take a 13-3 win over Mercer on March 6th. Tyler Martin went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Tyler Owens worked four and a third innings, allowing three runs, one earned off three hits with seven strikeouts. Cole Whitney took the win, getting the Eagles out of a jam in the fifth inning, his first decision of the year.
- Junior Seth Shuman had a dominant outing on Friday night against Little Rock, striking out a career-high 13 batters. His big day set the table for the Eagles to fan 21 batters, one off a school record set back in 1975. Shuman went seven innings and scattered two runs off five hits with two walks. Seth was named to Collegiate Baseball News' National Players of the Week list on March 25th.
- Georgia Southern's trip to the Lone Star State was beneficial for junior Mason McWhorter who was phenomenal in the three game series. He hit .545 with a 1.455 slugging percentage. He opened the weekend on the bench, coming on as a pinch hitter and blasting a two-run home run. He got the start on Saturday, going 2-for-4 as the Eagles evened the series. On Sunday, Mason had a 3-for-5 game with three runs scored, three RBIs and a pair of home runs. He hit home runs in back-to-back leadoff chances in the 7th and 8th innings of the 15-7 win.
- Among the many tools in his kit, Steven Curry has shown a knack for wearing pitches. In his 135 career games with the Eagles, Steven has been hit 52 times to rank fourth in school history, only six behind J.R. Revere's career total. In 2019, Curry has been hit 10 times with seven coming in the weekend finale.

UP NEXT
After missing ULM in the 2018 season, Georgia Southern will travel to Monroe for a three game series against ULM this weekend. First pitch on Friday night is set for 7 p.m. (ET) with games on Saturday and Sunday set for 3 p.m. (ET) and 2 p.m. (ET).