Friday, April 2
Cape Girardeau, MO
5:00 P.M.
Jax State
at
Southeast Missouri
4/1/2021 4:14:00 PM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE – Jacksonville State baseball will look to maintain its momentum in the Ohio Valley Conference this weekend with a weekend trip to Cape Girardeau, Missouri for a three-game series with Southeast Missouri.
The series will get underway with a 5 p.m. Friday contest, followed by a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday at SEMO's Capaha Field. The opening game will be available via the SEMO radio broadcast, while Saturday's double dip will be streamed on ESPN+.
The Gamecocks are coming off a series sweep of Tennessee Tech last weekend at home, while the Redhawks dropped a series with Eastern Illinois on the road last weekend. Both clubs are coming off midweek losses as Jax State fell 5-4 to Samford on Tuesday, while SEMO dropped a 9-8, 10-inning affair to Missouri State at Capaha Field on Tuesday.
JSU holds a two-game, 27-25, lead in the series with Southeast Missouri and the Gamecocks have claimed nine of the 16 weekend series played between the two programs. Jax State won 2-of-3 from the Redhawks in its last trip to SEMO.
Jax State rank among the OVC leaders in all three categories – hitting, pitching and fielding. Heading into the weekend, JSU ranks second in overall batting average with a team mark of .280. Jax State moved to the top of the league in overall pitching with a 4.66 earned run average. Defensively, the Gamecocks lead the conference with a fielding percentage of .979.
The Gamecocks will stick with the same pitching rotation from last week after the staff put together an earned run average of 1.00 and posted back-to-back shutouts last Saturday against TTU. Junior Christian Edwards will start in Friday's opener. In his last four starts, Edwards had accumulated 36 strikeouts in 25.1 innings and allowed six hits and three runs, His ERA is 1.07 with opposing batters hitting .074 against him. Redshirt junior Dylan Hathcock set the tone for the pair of shutouts last Saturday after working 8.0 shutout innings and tallying seven strikeouts. Hathcock will pitch in game two of the series. Junior Colin Casey followed Hathcock's lead with seven hitless frames and a career-high seven strikeouts. Redshirt junior Jackson Tavel and senior Corley Woods finished off the combined no-hitter for JSU. Casey will get the nod in the series final on Saturday.
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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The series will get underway with a 5 p.m. Friday contest, followed by a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday at SEMO's Capaha Field. The opening game will be available via the SEMO radio broadcast, while Saturday's double dip will be streamed on ESPN+.
The Gamecocks are coming off a series sweep of Tennessee Tech last weekend at home, while the Redhawks dropped a series with Eastern Illinois on the road last weekend. Both clubs are coming off midweek losses as Jax State fell 5-4 to Samford on Tuesday, while SEMO dropped a 9-8, 10-inning affair to Missouri State at Capaha Field on Tuesday.
JSU holds a two-game, 27-25, lead in the series with Southeast Missouri and the Gamecocks have claimed nine of the 16 weekend series played between the two programs. Jax State won 2-of-3 from the Redhawks in its last trip to SEMO.
Jax State rank among the OVC leaders in all three categories – hitting, pitching and fielding. Heading into the weekend, JSU ranks second in overall batting average with a team mark of .280. Jax State moved to the top of the league in overall pitching with a 4.66 earned run average. Defensively, the Gamecocks lead the conference with a fielding percentage of .979.
The Gamecocks will stick with the same pitching rotation from last week after the staff put together an earned run average of 1.00 and posted back-to-back shutouts last Saturday against TTU. Junior Christian Edwards will start in Friday's opener. In his last four starts, Edwards had accumulated 36 strikeouts in 25.1 innings and allowed six hits and three runs, His ERA is 1.07 with opposing batters hitting .074 against him. Redshirt junior Dylan Hathcock set the tone for the pair of shutouts last Saturday after working 8.0 shutout innings and tallying seven strikeouts. Hathcock will pitch in game two of the series. Junior Colin Casey followed Hathcock's lead with seven hitless frames and a career-high seven strikeouts. Redshirt junior Jackson Tavel and senior Corley Woods finished off the combined no-hitter for JSU. Casey will get the nod in the series final on Saturday.
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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