Friday, April 19
Harrisonburg, Va. / Eagle Field
6 PM
Georgia Southern University
at
James Madison
Photo by: AJ Henderson - Georgia Southern Athletics
SERIES PREVIEW: Eagles and Dukes Set to Battle in the Commonwealth
4/18/2024 4:53:00 PM | Baseball
Georgia Southern heads to Harrisonburg for the first time ever
HARRISONBURG, Va. - The Georgia Southern baseball team takes on the James Madison Dukes for a three-game Sun Belt Conference series starting on Friday, April 19. First pitch from Eagle Field at Veteran's Memorial Park is set for 6 p.m. Friday evening.
Georgia Southern comes into the contest with a 19-17 record, 9-6 and tied for second in conference, playing for the first time this week. A game at Kennesaw State was previously scheduled for Wednesday night, but Mother Nature prevented the game from taking place, sending the Eagles up I-75 early. JMU is 21-15 on the season, 7-8 in conference and sits tied for seventh place with ODU, most recently falling in midweek action to the VMI Keydets, 10-9.
Georgia Southern is 13-5 all-time against the Dukes, most recently taking a regular season-ending series against the Dukes last season at J.I. Clements Stadium. All of the previous 18 match-ups occurred in Statesboro, meaning this will be the first time in program history that the Eagles and Dukes will be meeting in Harrisonburg.
Georgia Southern debuts a slightly-reconfigured rotation, with RHP Thomas Higgins still in the Friday night spot, but LHP Ty Fisher moving up a day to the Saturday spot. JMU has announced its full weekend rotation of RHP Ryan Murphy on Friday, LHP Donovan Burke on Saturday, and RHP Casey Smith on Sunday.
Georgia Southern comes into the contest with a 19-17 record, 9-6 and tied for second in conference, playing for the first time this week. A game at Kennesaw State was previously scheduled for Wednesday night, but Mother Nature prevented the game from taking place, sending the Eagles up I-75 early. JMU is 21-15 on the season, 7-8 in conference and sits tied for seventh place with ODU, most recently falling in midweek action to the VMI Keydets, 10-9.
Georgia Southern is 13-5 all-time against the Dukes, most recently taking a regular season-ending series against the Dukes last season at J.I. Clements Stadium. All of the previous 18 match-ups occurred in Statesboro, meaning this will be the first time in program history that the Eagles and Dukes will be meeting in Harrisonburg.
Georgia Southern debuts a slightly-reconfigured rotation, with RHP Thomas Higgins still in the Friday night spot, but LHP Ty Fisher moving up a day to the Saturday spot. JMU has announced its full weekend rotation of RHP Ryan Murphy on Friday, LHP Donovan Burke on Saturday, and RHP Casey Smith on Sunday.
| FRIDAY | 6 p.m. (ESPN+) | SATURDAY | 6 p.m. (ESPN+) | SUNDAY | 1 p.m. (ESPN+) | |
| GS | #44 - Thomas Higgins (RHP) | #27 - Ty Fisher (LHP) | TBD |
| JMU | #18 - Ryan Murphy (RHP) | #34 - Donovan Burke (LHP) | #43 - Casey Smith (RHP) |
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