South Alabama Jaguars 
(25-16)
vs.
No. 25 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
(30-12)

Tue., April 25 • 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:  Live streaming will be 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
Tue., April 25
USA - RHP  Sean Trimble (2-0)
USM - RHP  Calder Mikell (0-0)

All-Time Series
South Alabama holds a 61-34 all-time lead over Southern Miss in a series that began in 1967. The Golden Eagles, ranked 23rd nationally at the time, defeated the Jaguars 4-2 in Hattiesburg earlier this season on March 28.

Last Time Out
USA took two of three games from Arkansas State in Jonesboro, Ark., over the weekend. The Jags dropped the series opener, which was postponed until Saturday as part of a doubleheader due to weather, but rebounded for a 12-2 win in game two of the series and a 15-5 series-clinching win on Sunday's finale. South Alabama defeated No. 11 Mississippi State last Tuesday and Alabama State on Wednesday in Mobile prior to its weekend series at Arkansas State.

On Southern Miss
The Golden Eagles, ranked 25th in this week's D1Baseball.com and Baseball America polls, dropped two of three games to Old Dominion last weekend in Hattiesburg. USM defeated ODU 10-2 in the series opener, but dropped the final two games of the series 13-11 and 9-2, respectively. Southern Miss is 10-5 on the road this year, 

JAGS IN NATIONAL RANKINGS
South Alabama enters the game ranked second nationally in walks (251), ninth in on-base percentage (.413) and runs per game (8.1), 10th in runs scored (333), 15th in sacrifice flies (23) and 19th in home runs (47).

LABOUNTY, SWAGGERTY IN NATIONAL RANKINGS
Shortstop Drew LaBounty ranks third nationally in walks per game (1.06) and 13th in walks (35), while center fielder Travis Swaggerty ranks 11th in on-base percentage (.497). 

JAGS AT STANKY FIELD 
USA enters the game 11-3 in 14 home contests this season. The Jags are batting .322 with 28 doubles, five triples, eight home runs, 124 RBI, 142 runs scored, 24 stolen bases and a .477 team on-base percentage in those 14 games. Travis Swaggerty leads the team with a .432 home batting average this season.

TWO OR FEWER TO WIN
USA is 11-1 when allowing two or fewer runs, but is 14-15 when surrendering three or more. The Jags allowed five runs in Sunday's series-finale win at Arkansas State.

LEADING AFTER SEVEN
USA is 21-1 when leading after seven innings this season, but is 1-11 when trailing and 2-4 when tied after seven frames. 

TWO-OUT RBI
Of USA's 302 team RBI, 121 have come with two outs which accounts for 40 percent of the Jaguars' team RBI total. Travis Swaggerty leads the squad with 17 two-out RBI this season, while Jared Barnes, Brendan Donovan and Eddie Paparella have 12 apiece.

JAG OFFENSE LEADS THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE 
South Alabama leads the SBC in batting average (.299), slugging percentage (.464), on-base percentage (.413), runs scored (333), RBI (302), total bases (648) and walks (251), tied with Arkansas State for the league-lead in sacrifice flies (23), and ranks second in home runs (47) and hits (418).

JAGS WITH BASES LOADED
South Alabama is hitting .486 (34-for-70) with the bases loaded this season, led by Travis Swaggerty who has six hits and is hitting .667 with the bags full of Jags. USA has hit six grand slams this season, led by Eddie Paparella with two, following Jared Barnes' game-winning grand slam on April 11 at New Orleans.

RUNNERS IN SCORING POSITION
The Jags are batting .325 (151-for-465) with runners in scoring position.Travis Swaggerty leads the team with 18 hits with RISP. The Jags hit .385 (15-for-39) with runners in scoring position in last weekend's series at Arkansas State.

TEN OR MORE RUNS
USA is 11-1 when scoring 10 or more runs this season after its 12-10 loss at Arkansas State in the series opener. The Jaguars are 19-6 when scoring six or more, but are 6-10 when scoring five or less. 

EARLY/LATE-INNING RUN PRODUCTION
South Alabama has outscored the opposition 34-12 in the first inning and 28-4 in the ninth inning this season. USA has allowed more runs (36) in the third inning than any other inning this season.

JAG BATS LAST WEEK
South Alabama hit .318 with six doubles, three triples, seven home runs, 41 RBI, 48 runs scored and eight stolen bases in five games last week. Wells Davis led the team with a .450 batting average in five contests.

ON-BASE, HITTING STREAKS
Junior infielder Will Luft carries a career-best 22-game on-base streak into the game, while Dylan Hardy has reached safely in 16 straight contests and Hunter Stokes in 13. Brendan Donovan carries a team-best five-game hitting streak into the contest.

HARDY LEADING THE SUN BELT
Outfielder Dylan Hardy enters Tuesday's game as the Sun Belt Conference leader in batting average (.380), followed by Travis Swaggerty (.378). Hardy has hit safely in seven of his last eight games, including a four-hit performance in Sunday's series finale at Arkansas State which tied a career high. During that span, he is hitting .459 with two doubles, one triple, seven RBI, eight runs scored and five stolen bases while posting a .512 on-base percentage with six multi-hit performances.

JAGS SWEEP SBC WEEKLY AWARDS
Senior right-hander Matt Peacock was named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week and sophomore Brendan Donovan was named the SBC Player of the Week on Monday. Peacock went 1-0 with one save in two relief appearances last week. The right-hander struck out four and allowed two unearned runs on one hit in 2 1/3 innings to record his fifth save of the season in Tuesday's win against No. 11 Mississippi State. Peacock earned his first career win on Sunday at Arkansas State, and struck out a career-high five batters against one walk and allowed three hits in five scoreless innings. Donovan batted .429 (9-for-21) with a triple, two home runs, six RBI, six runs scored and one stolen base while posting a .480 on-base percentage and .810 slugging percentage in five games last week. Donovan hit safely in all five games, and recorded multiple hits in four of those contests. He drove in at least one run in four of five games, including a pair of multi-RBI performances.