STATESBORO, Ga. - Georgia Southern baseball will hit the road once again to open their season series against No. 4 Georgia on Tuesday. The Eagles and Bulldogs will play three games this season, with two played at campus sites and the third being played at a neutral venue. 

The new format begins with a road game in Athens on Tuesday. The Eagles will then travel to North Augusta, South Carolina to take on the Bulldogs in the second meeting at SRP Park, home to the Augusta GreenJackets. The third and final meeting between the two programs will return to Statesboro next week, for a Wednesday midweek at J.I. Clements Stadium.

TUESDAY (3.3.20)
Georgia Southern at No. 4 Georgia
5:00 p.m. (ET) – Foley Field (Athens, Ga.)
RADIO – Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO – SEC Network
LIVE STATS
GS – RHP – Tyler Owens
No. 4 UGA – RHP – Garrett Brown

WEDNESDAY (3.4.20)
Georgia Southern vs. No. 4 Georgia
6:35 p.m. (ET) – SRP Park (North Augusta, S.C.)
RADIO – Ga. Southern Sports Network
VIDEO – 
LIVE STATS
GS – TBA – TBA
No. 4 UGA – TBA – TBA

QUICK HITS

• The Eagles and Bulldogs meet for the eighth consecutive year, but this season the format of where the games are played has changed.
• No. 4 Georgia enters play on Tuesday with a 11-1 record, coming off a weekend sweep of No. 19 Georgia Tech.
• GS enters play on Tuesday, getting back to .500, defeating Radford on Sunday 19-2 to take the series from the Highlanders.
• The Eagles will send Tyler Owens to the mound for game one against the Bulldogs. Owens has appeared in three games for the blue and white, while starting one. He has allowed one run, on six hits and struck out 10 batters in his eight full innings.
• UGA will send Garrett Brown to the bump for the first game of the series. Brown has started and appeared in two games for the red and black, allowing three runs, on six hits and striking out 10 in his nine full innings. 
• The Eagles have not won the season series over UGA since 2015, when they swept the Bulldogs in Statesboro.

UP NEXT                                                        
The Eagles will return home to friendly confines of J.I. Clements Stadium to host Valparaiso in a three-game set. The series will be the final non-conference weekend series, before opening conference play.