Friday, May 3
Pete Taylor Park
6 p.m.
Southern Miss
vs
Florida Atlantic
Battle for First Place at Stake with Florida Atlantic Series This Weekend
5/2/2019 6:59:00 PM | Baseball
Stats: Southern Miss  - Florida Atlantic | Live Stats | Webstream (C.USA.TV/$): Friday | Saturday | Sunday
Radio Network: Hattiesburg (WXHB-FM, 96.5; 97.7 and 104.5 HD2), Jackson (WJDX-AM 620), Columbia (WFFF-FM, 96.7), Southern Miss Gameday App (free), Tune In | Free AudioÂ
Pitching Probables (Southern Miss vs. Florida Atlantic):
Friday - RH Walker Powell, Jr. (5-2, 3.02) vs. Blake Sanderson, RSr. (7-2, 3.67), 6 p.m.
Saturday - RH Cody Carroll, Jr. (2-0, 3.32) vs. RH Mike Ruff, Jr. (4-3, 6.29), 2 p.m.
Sunday - TBA vs. TBA, 1 p.m.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss continues its quest for a third consecutive Conference USA regular season crown when they play host to second-place Florida Atlantic this weekend at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
The two teams open the series with a Friday contest starting at 6 p.m., followed by a 2 p.m., affair, Saturday. The series concludes with a Sunday 1 p.m. tilt. The Golden Eagles (30-13 overall, 17-4 C-USA) welcome back the 2009 College World Series team and also will give away a Corky Palmer bobble head to the first 1,000 fans in the gates on Saturday.
Two games separate the first-place Golden Eagles and Florida Atlantic (30-14, 15-6) in the league standings as Scott Berry's club holds a three-game winning streak over the Owls, which includes a 12-3 victory in last year's C-USA Tournament championship game.
Southern Miss continues to be the hottest team in the league after winning its ninth-straight contest Wednesday night in a 5-3 decision over nationally ranked Ole Miss. Matt Wallner homered twice in the game and robbed the Rebels off one as the Golden Eagles snapped a five-game losing streak to its in-state rival.
Wallner ended his night with three hits, which pushed him over the .300 mark in batting at .307. He now has hit seven homers in the last nine games to give him 14 for the year and 49 for his career. He is one homer shy of tying Jeff Cook (2000-03) for second on the school's career chart.
Bryant Bowen, who also homered against the Rebels, continues to lead the team with a .362 batting average. Senior Hunter Slater ranks second on the club in hitting at .324, while freshman Hunter LeBlanc is batting at a .319 clip. Fellow freshman, Danny Lynch, holds a .315 batting mark, while sophomore Gabe Montenegro is at .309.
Tickets can be purchased at SouthernMissTickets.com or by visiting the Pat Ferlise Athletic Tickets Office during normal weekday business hours. The Pete Taylor Park Box Office will open two hours prior to each day's first pitch.
The game can be heard on the Southern Miss Sports Network from Learfield IMG College, including the flagship stations of 96.5 FM and 97.7 FM, as well as 104.5 HD2 in the Hattiesburg area. The can also be accessed through Tune In and for free on the Southern Miss Gameday App. A paid webstream is also available through C-USA.TV.
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Radio Network: Hattiesburg (WXHB-FM, 96.5; 97.7 and 104.5 HD2), Jackson (WJDX-AM 620), Columbia (WFFF-FM, 96.7), Southern Miss Gameday App (free), Tune In | Free AudioÂ
Pitching Probables (Southern Miss vs. Florida Atlantic):
Friday - RH Walker Powell, Jr. (5-2, 3.02) vs. Blake Sanderson, RSr. (7-2, 3.67), 6 p.m.
Saturday - RH Cody Carroll, Jr. (2-0, 3.32) vs. RH Mike Ruff, Jr. (4-3, 6.29), 2 p.m.
Sunday - TBA vs. TBA, 1 p.m.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss continues its quest for a third consecutive Conference USA regular season crown when they play host to second-place Florida Atlantic this weekend at Pete Taylor Park/Hill Denson Field.
The two teams open the series with a Friday contest starting at 6 p.m., followed by a 2 p.m., affair, Saturday. The series concludes with a Sunday 1 p.m. tilt. The Golden Eagles (30-13 overall, 17-4 C-USA) welcome back the 2009 College World Series team and also will give away a Corky Palmer bobble head to the first 1,000 fans in the gates on Saturday.
Two games separate the first-place Golden Eagles and Florida Atlantic (30-14, 15-6) in the league standings as Scott Berry's club holds a three-game winning streak over the Owls, which includes a 12-3 victory in last year's C-USA Tournament championship game.
Southern Miss continues to be the hottest team in the league after winning its ninth-straight contest Wednesday night in a 5-3 decision over nationally ranked Ole Miss. Matt Wallner homered twice in the game and robbed the Rebels off one as the Golden Eagles snapped a five-game losing streak to its in-state rival.
Wallner ended his night with three hits, which pushed him over the .300 mark in batting at .307. He now has hit seven homers in the last nine games to give him 14 for the year and 49 for his career. He is one homer shy of tying Jeff Cook (2000-03) for second on the school's career chart.
Bryant Bowen, who also homered against the Rebels, continues to lead the team with a .362 batting average. Senior Hunter Slater ranks second on the club in hitting at .324, while freshman Hunter LeBlanc is batting at a .319 clip. Fellow freshman, Danny Lynch, holds a .315 batting mark, while sophomore Gabe Montenegro is at .309.
Tickets can be purchased at SouthernMissTickets.com or by visiting the Pat Ferlise Athletic Tickets Office during normal weekday business hours. The Pete Taylor Park Box Office will open two hours prior to each day's first pitch.
The game can be heard on the Southern Miss Sports Network from Learfield IMG College, including the flagship stations of 96.5 FM and 97.7 FM, as well as 104.5 HD2 in the Hattiesburg area. The can also be accessed through Tune In and for free on the Southern Miss Gameday App. A paid webstream is also available through C-USA.TV.
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