STATESBORO – Georgia Southern Baseball puts its four-game win streak on the line on Tuesday Night against Kennesaw State. The Eagles make their annual trip to Kennesaw's Stillwell Stadium for the 6 p.m. game.
Jonathan Edwards will make his first start on the mound for the Eagles on Tuesday night. Tuesday's game opens the stretch run of the 2019 season with the final four regular season games over five days in Atlanta.
GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern
Kennesaw State
TUESDAY (5.14.19)
Georgia Southern at Kennesaw State
6 p.m. – Stillwell Stadium (Kennesaw, Ga.)
RADIO –
Georgia Southern Sports Network
VIDEO –
Facebook Live
LIVE STATS
GS – RHP –
Jonathan Edwards
KSU – RHP – Josh Coburn
STORYLINES
- Georgia Southern travels to Cobb County to open the final week of the regular season on Tuesday night against Kennesaw State. The team will remain in Atlanta before taking on Georgia State in the final series of 2019.
- The Eagles completed the series sweep over Arkansas State with an 11-6 win on Sunday. A three hit game from
Mason McWhorter, while home runs from
Steven Curry and
Christian Avant helped the Eagles take a one game lead into the final week of league play.
- Tuesday's game is the 29th meeting all-time between the Eagles and Owls in a series that dates back to the 2007 season. The Eagles have won six of the last seven games between the teams and took a 7-2 win earlier this year.
- Sun Belt games have been a boon for
Mason McWhorter this season. In 27 games, Mason is hitting .385 with 12 doubles and 11 home runs while driving in 49 runs. He is slugging .786 from the No. 2 slot in the lineup. All of his home runs this season have come in league play. His season has been highlighted by a three-home run day in the finale at Troy and a career-high seven RBis in game two against South Alabama.
- Among the many tools in his kit,
Steven Curry has shown a knack for wearing pitches. In his 164 career games with the Eagles, Steven has been hit 60 times, surpassing J.R. Revere's previously held school record of 58. He has been hit 19 times this season with 10 of those coming in the final game of the weekend series.
- For the 19th time in the last 20 years under Head Coach
Rodney Hennon, Georgia Southern has reached the 30-win plateau. The Eagles reach the milestone with four games remaining in the regular season. Georgia Southern has scored 40+ wins three times under Coach Hennon, most recently in 2014. In 22 total seasons, Coach Hennon has had 21 30+ win seasons.
- Six has been the magic number over the last six years for Georgia Southern Baseball with a 142-20 record when scoring six or more runs. The Eagles are 24-4 this season when scoring six or more.
UP NEXT
Following Tuesday's game at Kennesaw State, the Eagles will remain in Atlanta in preparation for the final regular season series of the 2019 campaign against Georgia State. The set of three games against the Panthers starts on Thursday evening at the Georgia State Baseball Complex.
