From the desk of "the Old Lefty" himself, Jack Duggan.
Overall: 11-4 (Not Ranked) C-USA: 0-0
Last Week
Tue., March 4– Southern Miss vs. Mississippi State at Pearl, Miss./Postponed due to rain
Fri., March 6 – at Southern Miss 11, Little Rock 4 (Four Golden Eagles each collect two RBI)
Sat., March 7 – at Southern Miss 4, Little Rock 1 (Gabe Montenegro collects a two-run single to put the game away)
Sun., March 8 – Little Rock 5, at Southern Miss 1 (Eagles are no hit until the sixth)
This Week
Tue., March 10 – vs. Troy, 6 p.m. (Riverwalk Stadium, Montgomery, Ala.)
Fri., March 13 – vs. FIU*, 6 p.m.
Sat., March 14 – vs. FIU*, 2 p.m.
Sun., March 15 – vs. FIU*, 1 p.m.
* C-USA game
C-USA Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Player: Ben Ethridge_____________ School:_Southern Miss__________________
Opponent Dec. IP H R ER BB SO Pitches
Little Rock W 7.0 4 1 1 3 5 99/64
Supporting Information for Pitcher of the Week Nominee: Ben Ethridge threw seven strong innings in only his second career start for the Golden Eagles to improve to 3-0 this season. He surrendered his lone run in the second on a wild pitch. Ethridge retired nine batters in a row at one point and did not allow a hit from the second through the fifth inning. He fanned five batters and has registered at least that many strikeouts in all four appearances this season. His 26 strikeouts for the year ranks first on the squad. Both of his starts were quality starts – six or more innings while allowing three earned runs or less.
Team Notes
* The Golden Eagles won their third, three-game weekend series to start 2020 over Little Rock. They also captured three of four games at the Lake Area Classic in Lake Charles.
* In the two wins over the Trojans in the weekend series, the big inning came in the sixth for the Golden Eagles as they scored five times on Friday and three times on Saturday. The only run in the Sunday tilt came in the sixth as well.
* Senior Matt Guidry extended his reached base streak to 71 games after drawing a fourth-inning walk against Little Rock Sunday. Guidry may have been 1x6 for the weekend, but reached base via walk seven times (twice intentionally) and was hit by a pitch once. He now has a team-high on-base percentage of .577 and now has drawn 123 career walks, which ranks sixth on the Golden Eagle career charts.
* Charlie Fischer had the team’s season-best nine-game hitting streak snapped Sunday versus Little Rock.
* Freshman Dustin Dickerson leads the team in multi-hit games with five, all being two-hit contests.
* Walker Powell threw seven innings in a win in the Friday night game over Little Rock and he now has lasted at least seven innings in all four starts this season. Powell is 3-0 on the year with a team-low 1.24 ERA.
* In 10 2/3 innings, closer Hunter Stanley has fanned 19 and walked just one. He got a save in two appearances against the Trojans.
* The Golden Eagles begin their 25th season of Conference USA play next weekend. Southern Miss has five C-USA regular-season titles and five tournament crowns, including four each under Scott Berry. In fact, the Golden Eagles have won at least one championship since the 2016, for a total of five (two regular season and three tournament championships).
