Georgia Southern University
Mercer
MIDWEEK PREVIEW - Eagles Host Mercer Wednesday
2/25/2020 11:50:00 AM | Baseball
STATESBORO, Ga. - After weather altered yet another Georgia Southern baseball game, the Eagles and Mercer Bears will face off in the first of two games this season, Wednesday. GS enters plays with a 3-4 record, after being swept by No. 21 ECU this past weekend. The Bears completed their second sweep of the campaign to improve to 8-0.
Season and single game tickets are now available at GSEagles.com/Tickets, giving fans the opportunity to beat the lines on game day. Tickets can also be purchased on game day at the J.I. Clements Stadium Box Office, located directly behind home plate at the stadium's main entrance.
GAME NOTES
Georgia Southern (PDF)
Mercer (PDF)
SATURDAY (2.22.20)
Mercer at Georgia Southern
6:00 p.m. (ET) – J.I. Clements Stadium (Statesboro, Ga.)
RADIO – Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO – ESPN+
LIVE STATS
GS – RHP – Tyler Owens
MER – RHP – Josh Farmer
QUICK HITS
- Georgia Southern has dropped their last four games of the season, all being to top-25 opponents. The Eagles enter play on Wednesday with a 3-4 record.
- Wednesday's meeting will be the 166th time that these two programs meet on the diamond. GS currently leads the all-time series 116-48-1 and defeated Mercer twice last season.
- The Bears have been hot to start the 2020 season, defeating Maryland-Eastern Shore in three games, Florida A&M twice and sweeping Radford this past weekend at home. Mercer posts an 8-0 record and will look to defend that crown Wednesday.
- Mitchell Golden continues to lead the way for the Eagles with his bat. The junior DH missed the entire 2019 season due to injury, but has posted a .353 average throughout the first seven games of the year.
- Chandler Davis hit his first career home run this weekend at No. 21 ECU, hammering a shot over the right center fence and into the video board. Davis would single later in the game and collect and RBI to account for both of the Eagles runs that were driven in.
UP NEXT
The Eagles will stay at home this weekend, hosting Radford for a three-game set. First pitch on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m. Get your tickets now at GSEagles.com/Tickets.
