STATESBORO – The Georgia Southern baseball team will host Mercer in J.I Clements Stadium on Tuesday, May 17, for the final midweek game of the season. First pitch between the teams is set for 6 p.m. in Statesboro.
Georgia Southern owns a 118-49-1 record over Mercer in their 75-year history of playing against each other. The Eagles and the Bears have met once this season already, when the Eagles defeated Mercer by a final score of 8-3 at OrthoGeorgia Park in Macon, Ga. The game was highlighted by
Austin Thompson's 100
th-career RBI from a solo home run to give the Eagles a three-run lead earlier in the game.
Georgia Southern carries a 34-17 overall record into the match-up, most recently winning their Sun Belt Conference series over Little Rock. Mercer comes in with a 38-13 record, after taking the two final games in a three-game series against SoCon opponent VMI.
Georgia Southern will start LHP
Hayden Harris (0-0, 8.10 ERA) on Tuesday night, and Mercer will start LHP Colton Cosper (2-0, 5.33 ERA).
TUESDAY (5.17.22)
Mercer at Georgia Southern
6:00 p.m. (ET) – OrthoGeorgia Park (Macon, Ga)
RADIO – Georgia Southern Sports Network
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LIVE STATS
GS – LHP –
Hayden Harris
MER – LHP – Colton Cosper
UP NEXT
The Eagles will conclude their regular season campaign with a three-game Sun Belt Conference series against outgoing-member UT-Arlington. This final series will be a Thursday through Saturday series, with first pitch times set for 6:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., and 2 p.m. respectively.
