STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern baseball team will host the James Madison Dukes for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series to finish off the regular season. Action from J.I. Clements Stadium will begin Thursday night, with first pitch srt for 6:30 p.m.
The Eagles and the Dukes have played a total of 15 times, with Georgia Southern holding an 11-4 record over JMU as well as a seven-game win streak over the Dukes. The last time the two teams played was in 1999, where the Eagles swept a two-game series over JMU with a 12-4 victory on March 9, 1999, and a 8-5 victory on March 10, 1999. All 15 games between the two have been in Statesboro.
Georgia Southern comes into the series with a 25-27 overall record, including a 14-13 mark in conference, after ending a Jacksonville Dolphins comeback and taking a 9-8 victory. JMU comes into the weekend with a 29-21 overall record and a 14-11 record in conference play. JMU last played Old Dominion, winning that series two games to one, with a midweek against Virginia Tech being canceled.
Georgia Southern will start southpaw
Ty Fisher (3-6, 7.07 ERA) on Thursday night's contest, with the other days being listed at TBA at the time of writing. JMU will send out RHP Todd Mozoki (1-3, 4.21 ERA) on Thursday night and RHP Ryan Murphy (5-3, 4.94 ERA) on Friday night.
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Friday will see the return of a fan favorite promotion, Bark in the Park. Please review the guidelines at the bottom of this release before bringing your dog to the park.
Saturday will be Senior Day, where we will honor eight seniors for their last game at J.I. Clements Stadium, including
Troy Britts,
Blake Evans,
Kyler Hultgren,
Noah Ledford,
Thomas Ross,
Jesse Sherrill,
Jay Thompson, and
JP Tighe.
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