Georgia Southern on Deck for College of Charleston

Wednesday, May 10

Patriots Point

6 PM

College of Charleston

Georgia Southern

Tickets

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CHARLESTON, S.C. – College of Charleston and Georgia Southern complete their home-and-home Wednesday night with Charleston seeking a season sweep and win No. 30 of the campaign while the Eagles look to split.

Charleston jumped out to a 7-0 lead in their first matchup thanks to a two-run first-inning single from Jared Kirven then two-run homers by Cole Mathis and Trotter Harlan in a five-run second inning that chased the Georgia Southern starter early.

The Eagles came roaring back though scoring five of the final six runs in the ballgame, but four costly errors proved to be too much to overcome in the end with Charleston walking away 8-5 winners.

Charleston enters the midweek fresh off a series win at North Carolina A&T as the offense posted 33 runs over three games and the largest comeback recorded in the program's Division I history.

Georgia Southern is in the midst of a lengthy road swing that saw a series loss at Troy over the weekend and matchup with bitter rival Georgia State coming after their visit to Charleston. Head coach Rodney Henson also collected his 900th career win in a 9-7 Sunday win at Troy.

Scouting the Eagles

Georgia Southern enters Wednesday fresh off a win at Troy to salvage a game in their Sun Belt series to remain tied with Louisiana at 14-10 in fourth place.
The Eagles are hitting .294 overall sitting sixth and have an on-base percentage of .411, good for second in the offensively loaded Sun Belt.
Jesse Sherrill leads the Georgia Southern offense with a .429 batting average and .524 on-base percentage while walking 27 times and only striking out on 23 occasions. In their first meeting, Sherrill finished 3-for-4 with 2RBI and a double from his leadoff spot.
Georgia Southern ranks 11th in the conference with a 6.58 Team ERA allowing the most home runs to the opposition (78) through 47 games played. Charleston hit two home runs in the 8-5 win April 26 with Cole Mathis and Trotter Harlan hitting two-run homers in a five-run second inning. Zachary Harris got the start for the Eagles but only last 1.1 innings allowing four runs.
The Eagles are just 4-7 in their midweek games this season but have a 12-2 win over Georgia to close the month of March in Athens.

Series History vs. Georgia Southern

Charleston's 8-5 win on April 26 brought the series back to a 38-36 tally in Georgia Southern's favor. The win was also Charleston's third in their previous four trips to Statesboro.
Neither side has won more than four-straight in series history with Georgia Southern doing so twice and Charleston once. Wednesday is the first meeting from Patriots Point since the 2021 season. Charleston leads the series 19-12 in games played in the city of Charleston, but the Eagles have won the last three dating back to 2018.
Since moving their separate ways to the Sun Belt and CAA, the Cougars and Eagles have met at least twice in seven of the eight full seasons played with 2022 being the only exception.

Cougar Notes

Entering Wednesday's contest with Georgia Southern, four Cougars carry an on-base streak of at least 20 games and two sitting north of 30. Joseph Mershon has reached base safely in all 34 games (.444 OBP), Cole Mathis has been on in 30-straight and Trotter Harlan extended his streak to 20 over the weekend.
Trotter Harlan carried a 12-game hit streak through Saturday's historic comeback win at North Carolina A&T – the longest streak from a Cougar hitter this season. During that streak, Harlan raised his batting average 72 points and hit .447 over that span between April 14 and May 6.
Charleston's pitching staff ranks fourth in the CAA in ERA (4.37), second in innings pitched (422.2), third in strikeouts (382) and third in opponents' batting average (.253).
Ty Good leads the CAA by a wide margin in strikeouts (83) and just passed Bailey Ober (254) for third-most strikeouts in a Charleston uniform his last time out. Good also ranks second in opponents' batting average (.206) and sixth in ERA (3.37).
All three of Ty Good, Trey Pooser (3.39) and Cole Mathis (3.53) rank among the league's top eight in ERA and top-15 in extra base hits allowed.
Good, Pooser and Mathis are a combined 16-4 on the season and Good and Pooser have each won their last four decisions.

Clear Bag Policy
A reminder that the clear bag policy is in place for anyone attending games at Patriots Point this spring. The College of Charleston clear bag policy can be found following THIS LINK.

Tickets
Single game tickets for Charleston baseball are still on sale. Single game prices for the weekend are $10 for adults and $5 for youth and can be purchased by following THIS LINK.

Promotions
College of Charleston head basketball coach Pat Kelsey will make a special guest appearance during Wednesday's game and will participate in various activities during the game.