SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State baseball team looks to carry its momentum after upsetting 12th-ranked Texas A&M on Tuesday into this weekend's Sun Belt Conference series at Georgia Southern.
 
All three games will be played at J.I. Clements Stadium. Friday's contest is scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. CDT start and Saturday's contest is slated to begin at 2:30 p.m. CDT. Sunday's series finale will see first pitch at 11:30 a.m. CDT.
 
Entering the weekend, the Bobcats are 21-12 overall and 7-5 in the Sun Belt while the Eagles are 18-14 on the year and also 7-5 in conference play.
 
Both Friday's and Saturday's games will be streamed on ESPN+ while Sunday's is on True Blue TV through Georgia Southern's website and is free to view. Live stats will also be available for all three contests. There will not be any radio this weekend due to Saturday's spring football game.
 
Probable Starting Pitchers
Friday: TXST RHP Nicholas Fraze (4-3, 5.36 ERA) vs. GS RHP Seth Shuman (3-4, 3.32 ERA)
Saturday: TXST RHP Hunter McMahon (4-3, 3.58 ERA) vs. GS RHP Tyler Owens (4-0, 2.43 ERA)
Sunday: TXST RHP Connor Reich (4-2, 2.29 ERA) vs. GS RHP Daniel Collins (3-0, 4.74 ERA)
 
Scouting Texas State
Texas State looks to rebound in Sun Belt play after dropping two of three against Troy last weekend. The Bobcats are 8-4 in true road games this season with a 3-3 mark against conference foes.
 
Five batters are hitting over .300 led by Jaylen Hubbard at .338. The senior third baseman also paces the team with 44 hits, four triples and 11 hit by pitches. He has also scored 32 times, driven in 18 runs and shares the team lead of seven stolen bases with Dalton Shuffield, who is second with a .325 batting average.
 
Will Hollis improved his average to .325 after going 2-for-3 at the plate against the Aggies. His 10 doubles and 28 walks on the most by any TXST player. His 22 RBIs are the second most behind Skyler Valentine's 24.
 
Four home runs have come off the bat of Jaxon Williams. The junior infielder is hitting .315 with a team-high 35 runs scored. Also batting over .300 is Travon Benton at .310.
 
Along with his RBI total, Valentine also has a Texas State best five homers. He is tied for the team lead with two outfield assists with John Wuthrich.
 
Scheduled to start on the mound this weekend is Nicholas Fraze, Hunter McMahon and Connor Reich. Fraze is 4-3 with a 5.36 ERA and a team-high 51 strikeouts. McMahon comes in with a 4-3 record, 40 strikeouts, a 3.58 ERA and picked up his first save of the season on Tuesday in College Station, Texas. Reich leads the Bobcats with a 2.29 ERA and 51 innings pitched. He is also 4-1 and has struck out 50 while walking just eight.
 
Scouting Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern is coming off a 7-2 win on Wednesday over Kennesaw State at home. The win improved the Eagles to 9-6 at J.I. Clements Stadium this season.
 
Steven Curry leads GS in batting average (.374), hits (46) and runs scored (28) while recording one of the team's two triples. His 22 RBIs, eight doubles and 20 walks are the second most on the team. The only other player hitting over .300 is Tyler Martin at .302. He has hit two home runs and driven in a team-high 23 runs while ranking third with six steals.
 
Pacing the Eagles with six homers is Noah Ledford. He has also scored and plated 18 runs. Noah Searcy cranked to home runs against the Owls to give him three for the season, along with 14 RBIs and 12 runs scored.
 
Jason Swan and Austin Thompson lead the team with nine and eight stole bases, respectively.
 
On the mound, Seth Shuman enters with a 3-4 record, 3.32 ERA and a Sun Belt leading 65 striking outs in 43.1 innings. Tyler Owens, Saturday's starter, sports a 2.43 ERA, 4-0 mark and has struck out 31 in 37 frames. Daniel Collins, the scheduled starter for the series finale, is 3-0 with a 4.74 ERA and 30 strikeouts in 38 innings.
 
Both Hayden Harris (2-0, 1.61 ERA, 28 K) and Cole Whitney (3-2, 1.39 ERA, 29 K) have recorded four saves.
 
All-Time Series
Texas State leads the all-time series 6-4 but Georgia Southern has won three of the last four meetings. Last season saw the Eagles win the final two games of the three-game series in San Marcos.
 
When playing in Statesboro, the Bobcats are 3-1 all-time. They swept the series in 2016, which was the first-ever meeting between the programs, but lost in the 2017 Sun Belt Championship semifinals by the score of 11-5.
 
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