Tuesday, February 27
JACKSONVILLE
6:00 PM
Jacksonville State University
vs
Kennesaw State
Jax State Hosts Kennesaw State In Home Midweek Action
2/26/2024 8:30:00 PM | Baseball
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State baseball team will play seven-of-its-next eight games on Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium, beginning with Tuesday's first home midweek encounter with Kennesaw State.
Tuesday's contest is set for a 6 p.m. first pitch. Tickets are available online at JaxStateSports.com. All Jax State students and fans 18 years old and younger are admitted free. The match up will be streamed on ESPN+ and carried on the Gamecock Sports Network.
For Tuesday's tussle with the Owls, there will be a beer special at Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium. All draft beer and Busch cans will be $3 throughout the contest.
The -KSU-Jax State outing will be a match up of former conference rival and future league member as the Owls will join Conference USA for the 2025 athletic season. The Gamecocks and Owls renew a regional rivalry on Tuesday. The two clubs have met 40 previous times with KSU holding a 22-18 lead in the series that dates back to the 1991 season. Jax State and KSU met every single season from 2006 to 2016. After not playing each other in 2017 and 2019, the two clubs have faced off against each other in a home-and-home set in 2020 and 2021. Jax State will travel to Kennesaw on May 14.
Jax State will be looking to get back on track after dropping a weekend series to in-state foe South Alabama last weekend. The Gamecocks bounced-back from a Friday setback to even the series on Saturday with a 9-3 win over the Jaguars. The Owls enter the weekend 3-5 on the season with one of those wins being an 18-1 decision over No. 11 Clemson to open the series last weekend.
Through the first seven games of the season, the two mainstays in the Jax State lineup have been freshman outfielder Gabe Young and sophomore shortstop Caleb Johnson. Young, who had an RBI on Sunday begins the week hitting .400 as he shares the team lead for total hits with Johnson. The duo has combined for 20 of the 60 hits on the season so far. Johnson is coming off a solid weekend in Mobile with a pair of home runs on the weekend and pushing his RBI mark to nine on the season. He and junior Brennen Norton have three home runs each on the season to pace the Gamecocks in that category.
The Gamecocks will send junior Austin Cornelius to the mound for his third start of the season. The Hoover, Alabama righty was the opening day starter against Memphis on Feb. 16 and tossed the first 2.2 innings last Tuesday at Samford.
Tuesday's contest is set for a 6 p.m. first pitch. Tickets are available online at JaxStateSports.com. All Jax State students and fans 18 years old and younger are admitted free. The match up will be streamed on ESPN+ and carried on the Gamecock Sports Network.
For Tuesday's tussle with the Owls, there will be a beer special at Rudy Abbott Field at Jim Case Stadium. All draft beer and Busch cans will be $3 throughout the contest.
After playing the last four games on the road, the Gamecocks lone road contest over the next two weeks will be a trip to Tuscaloosa, Alabama on March 5. Jax State will host Mid-American Conference front runner Kent State in a three-game series beginning on Friday evening at 6 p.m. The Golden Flashes and Gamecocks will continue the series on Saturday at 6 p.m. and wrap up the first-ever weekend series between the two programs on Sunday at 1 p.m. Jax State's final home non-conference series brings nationally-ranked Iowa to Jacksonville for a weekend set on March 8-10.Drink Special! Join us on Tuesday night for the first home midweek contest of '24! Gamecocks host future @ConferenceUSA member Kennesaw State at #TheJim
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The -KSU-Jax State outing will be a match up of former conference rival and future league member as the Owls will join Conference USA for the 2025 athletic season. The Gamecocks and Owls renew a regional rivalry on Tuesday. The two clubs have met 40 previous times with KSU holding a 22-18 lead in the series that dates back to the 1991 season. Jax State and KSU met every single season from 2006 to 2016. After not playing each other in 2017 and 2019, the two clubs have faced off against each other in a home-and-home set in 2020 and 2021. Jax State will travel to Kennesaw on May 14.
Jax State will be looking to get back on track after dropping a weekend series to in-state foe South Alabama last weekend. The Gamecocks bounced-back from a Friday setback to even the series on Saturday with a 9-3 win over the Jaguars. The Owls enter the weekend 3-5 on the season with one of those wins being an 18-1 decision over No. 11 Clemson to open the series last weekend.
Through the first seven games of the season, the two mainstays in the Jax State lineup have been freshman outfielder Gabe Young and sophomore shortstop Caleb Johnson. Young, who had an RBI on Sunday begins the week hitting .400 as he shares the team lead for total hits with Johnson. The duo has combined for 20 of the 60 hits on the season so far. Johnson is coming off a solid weekend in Mobile with a pair of home runs on the weekend and pushing his RBI mark to nine on the season. He and junior Brennen Norton have three home runs each on the season to pace the Gamecocks in that category.
The Gamecocks will send junior Austin Cornelius to the mound for his third start of the season. The Hoover, Alabama righty was the opening day starter against Memphis on Feb. 16 and tossed the first 2.2 innings last Tuesday at Samford.
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