Game Notes
Weekend Parking Map

South Alabama Jaguars
(12-9, 2-1 SBC)
vs.
Georgia State Panthers
(11-10, 1-2 SBC)

March 24-26 • Stanky Field • Mobile, Ala.

Media Information
On the Radio:  Jaguar baseball games are broadcast live in Mobile on 99.5 FM The Jag, and also available via the iHeartRadio app. 

Live Streaming:  All three games will be broadcast live and available for free through JagNationTV.com.

Live Stats:  Live stats for every South Alabama baseball game are available through the multimedia section of USAJaguars.com.

Twitter:  Follow the official Twitter account of South Alabama baseball — 
@SouthALBaseball — for news and updates.

Probable Starting Pitchers
Fri., March 24 - 6:30 p.m.
USA - RHP Randy Bell (0-2)
GSU - RHP Bryce Conley (2-3)

Sat., March 25 - 6:30 p.m.
USA - LHP Thomas Huston (1-1)
GSU - RHP Hunter Gaddis (3-0)

Sun., March 26 - 1 p.m.
USA - RHP Tyler Carr (1-0)
GSU - LHP Brandon Baker (0-3)

All-Time Series
South Alabama holds an 18-4 all-time lead over Georgia State in a series that began in 1979. The Jaguars took two of three games from the Panthers last year in Atlanta, and has won six of the last seven meetings in the series. USA swept GSU in a three-game series in 2015 the last time the schools met at Stanky Field.

Jag Notes
• South Alabama enters the weekend leading the Sun Belt Conference in slugging percentage (.450), on-base percentage (.406), runs scored (172) and walks (119), and ranks second in the league in batting average (.296), hits (213), triples (5), home runs (22) and total bases (324). USA ranks 10th nationally in walks, and 21st in runs scored. 

• The Jaguar pitching staff enters this weekend's series ranked third in the SBC in walks allowed (69), runs allowed (93).

• USA ranks second in the conference in fielding percentage (.980), which ranks 22nd nationally.

• South Alabama enters the weekend with a three-game winning streak, which ties its longest streak of the season which came in a three-game sweep of Eastern Illinois to open the 2017 campaign.

SWAGGERTY IN NATIONAL RANKINGS
Center fielder Travis Swaggerty enters the weekend as the SBC leader in OBP (.530), which ranks 14th nationally. Swaggerty also leads the league in batting average (.400), and ranks fourth in slugging percentage (.646).

TWO OR FEWER TO WIN
USA is 5-1 when allowing two or fewer runs, but is 7-8 when surrendering three or more. 

TWO-OUT RBI
Of USA's 154 team RBI, 73 have come with two outs. Travis Swaggerty leads the team with 13 two-out RBI this season.

LEADING AFTER SEVEN
USA is 10-0 when leading after seven innings this season, but is 1-9 when trailing or tied after seven frames.

JAGS WITH BASES LOADED
South Alabama is hitting .475 (19-for-40) with the bases loaded this season, led by Travis Swaggerty and Eddie Paparella who have four hits each with the bags full of Jags.

RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION
The Jags are batting .324 (79-for-244) with runners in scoring position. Eddie Paparella leads the team with 11 hits with RISP.

TEN OR MORE RUNS
USA is 6-0 when scoring 10 or more runs this season and 9-3 when scoring six or more, but is 3-6 when scoring five or less. 

HITTING, ON-BASE STREAKS
Shortstop Drew LaBounty carries a team-best six-game hitting streak into the weekend series, while second baseman Hunter Stokes has hit safely in five straight games. Travis Swaggerty carries a team-best 18-game on-base streak into the weekend, while Brendan Donovan has reached base safely in seven consecutive contests.

STOKES DURING HITTING STREAK
Hunter Stokes is batting .438 (7-for-16) with one double, one home run, four RBI and six runs scored during his current career-long five-game hitting streak. Stokes hit his first career home run and drove in a career-high three runs in Tuesday's win at Alabama State. 

BELL IN SEARCH OF FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR
Right-hander Randy Bell enters the weekend 0-2 with a 3.66 ERA in five starts this season. He ranks tied for fourth in the SBC in fewest walks allowed (5), and tied for fifth in the league in strikeouts (36). Bell has pitched into the seventh inning or further in three of his five starts this season.

PEACOCK AMONG LEAGUE LEADERS
Jaguar right-hander Matt Peacock enters the weekend series tied for third in the conference in saves (3). In six relief appearances this season, Peacock has recorded 10 strikeouts against three walks in 10 2/3 innings pitched. He has not allowed a run in back-to-back appearances, which spans 4 1/3 innings, and has allowed just one earned run in his last four outings which covers 8 1/3 innings.