JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville State has a busy final week of April on the baseball diamond with a pair of midweeks contests before hitting the road for week seven of ASUN West Division action.

The Gamecocks (18-19) will wrap up home-and-home sets with nationally ranked Auburn on Tuesday before welcoming Mercer to campus on Wednesday. Both games are set for 6 p.m. on Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case stadium. Tickets are available online at JSUGamecocksports.com. JSU students and fans 18 years old and younger are admitted free. Both contests will be streamed on ESPN+ and carried on the Gamecock Sports Network.

Wednesday's battle with Mercer will be Military Appreciation Night in conjunction with JSU's ROTC program. The JSU ROTC will present the colors in pregame activities. Free admission to any individuals that show a valid military ID or are in uniform at the stadium box office. JSU patriotic shirts will be tossed out in the grandstand throughout the game. Tickets for the AFC X: Army Guns, a live mixed martial arts event on April 30, in Pete Mathews Coliseum will be sold at the Auburn and Mercer games.

The Alabama Fighting Championship is a mixed martial arts sports league in the state of Alabama that features events throughout the state. The Army Guns event will begin at 5 p.m. on Saturday April 30, in Pete Mathews Coliseum and will feature 13 MMA fights. The main event will feature a historic fight between Diamond Long and Amanda Macioce, marking the first MMA main event fight between two females in the state of Alabama. It will also be the first ever MMA event held in Pete Mathews Coliseum and on the campus of Jacksonville State University.

JSU is coming off a solid weekend of ASUN play by claiming a series over Lipscomb after scoring 24 runs combined on Saturday and Sunday. The Tigers, who are 12-4 since the Gamecocks posted a 5-2 win in Auburn on March 29, enter the midweek match up at 29-12 after a sweep of South Carolina. The Bears start the week at 32-8 overall following a tough weekend against Wofford.

Wednesday's meeting will be the 21st meeting all time between Jax State and Mercer after the Bears recorded a 7-2 win in Macon on March 23. The rematch will be the second meeting since the 2003 season when both were conference mates in the ASUN. The Gamecocks lead the series 11-9 and won the regular season series against the Bears in 2003.

Junior outfielder T.J. Reeves continues to be an offensive producer for the Gamecocks. Through 37 games this season, the Birmingham, Ala. native is hitting a team-best .368 with 49 hits, including 10 doubles and five home runs. He enters the week having reached base in 35-of-the-37 games this season. He has hits in 30-of-37 games and has multiple hits in 10 games and has recorded multi-RBI games five times this season.