Friday, March 19
Murray, KY
3:00 P.M.
Jax State
at
Murray State
3/18/2021 2:43:00 PM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville State opens its final Ohio Valley Conference schedule with a trip to Murray, Kentucky to face the Racers of Murray State in a three-game weekend series.
JSU and MSU will begin the series on Friday with a 3 p.m. first pitch, followed by a noon doubleheader on Saturday to wrap up the series. All three games will be streamed on ESPN+ and carried on the Gamecock Sports Network.
The Gamecocks (7-8) are coming off a series win at South Alabama last weekend in Mobile. JSU took the first two games 11-2 and 8-2 before dropping the series finale, 7-5. The Racers (8-8) began OVC play with a series win on the road at Eastern Illinois. MSU knocked off Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky during the midweek, 13-8, in Lexington, Kentucky.
The Gamecocks own a 25-14 overall record against the Racers and have claimed 12-of-the-15 series-played between the two programs. The last time the two clubs met in 2019, the Racers won the series with a pair of one-run games at Johnny Reagan Field.
Reigning OVC Player of the Week, Alex Webb, looks to keep swing a hot stick as he raised his average to .339 with a 9-for-167 weekend against USA and delivered eight RBI. n the series, he collected eight of the nine hits, including a four-hit contest in the series finale on Sunday. Webb posted a pair of doubles in the series. The Columbia, Tennessee catcher had two hits and four RBI in the opening game of the weekend and added two more hits and an RBI in Saturday's 8-2 series-clinching win. Webb had an on-base percentage of .556 and a slugging mark of .824.
JSU enters the weekend with the best earned run average in the league at 4.16, while ranking second in the OVC in hitting with a .268 team batting average. Jax State's pitching staff will be tested this weekend as the Racers lead the OVC in slugging percentage (.476) and have posted 28 home runs in 16 games.
Following the weekend trip to the Bluegrass State, the Gamecocks will wrap up the eight-game road trip with a short drive over to Kennesaw State on Wednesday, March 24. JSU will host Tennessee Tech next weekend, March 26-27 in the first OVC home series of the 2021 season.
For more information on the JSU baseball team, follow the Gamecocks on Twitter (@JSUGamecocksBB) and Instagram (@JSUGamecocksBB). For more on all Gamecocks sports teams, follow the official social media accounts of JSU Athletics on Twitter (@JSUGamecocks), Facebook (Facebook.com/JSUGamecocks) and Instagram (@JSUGamecocks).
JSU and MSU will begin the series on Friday with a 3 p.m. first pitch, followed by a noon doubleheader on Saturday to wrap up the series. All three games will be streamed on ESPN+ and carried on the Gamecock Sports Network.
The Gamecocks (7-8) are coming off a series win at South Alabama last weekend in Mobile. JSU took the first two games 11-2 and 8-2 before dropping the series finale, 7-5. The Racers (8-8) began OVC play with a series win on the road at Eastern Illinois. MSU knocked off Southeastern Conference foe Kentucky during the midweek, 13-8, in Lexington, Kentucky.
The Gamecocks own a 25-14 overall record against the Racers and have claimed 12-of-the-15 series-played between the two programs. The last time the two clubs met in 2019, the Racers won the series with a pair of one-run games at Johnny Reagan Field.
Reigning OVC Player of the Week, Alex Webb, looks to keep swing a hot stick as he raised his average to .339 with a 9-for-167 weekend against USA and delivered eight RBI. n the series, he collected eight of the nine hits, including a four-hit contest in the series finale on Sunday. Webb posted a pair of doubles in the series. The Columbia, Tennessee catcher had two hits and four RBI in the opening game of the weekend and added two more hits and an RBI in Saturday's 8-2 series-clinching win. Webb had an on-base percentage of .556 and a slugging mark of .824.
JSU enters the weekend with the best earned run average in the league at 4.16, while ranking second in the OVC in hitting with a .268 team batting average. Jax State's pitching staff will be tested this weekend as the Racers lead the OVC in slugging percentage (.476) and have posted 28 home runs in 16 games.
Following the weekend trip to the Bluegrass State, the Gamecocks will wrap up the eight-game road trip with a short drive over to Kennesaw State on Wednesday, March 24. JSU will host Tennessee Tech next weekend, March 26-27 in the first OVC home series of the 2021 season.
For more information on the JSU baseball team, follow the Gamecocks on Twitter (@JSUGamecocksBB) and Instagram (@JSUGamecocksBB). For more on all Gamecocks sports teams, follow the official social media accounts of JSU Athletics on Twitter (@JSUGamecocks), Facebook (Facebook.com/JSUGamecocks) and Instagram (@JSUGamecocks).
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