Georgia Southern's baseball team hits the road for the first time this season and opens a home-and-home four-game series at 6 p.m. today against North Florida. The first two games of the series take place in Jacksonville, Fla., and the final two games will be held at J.I. Clements Stadium on Saturday and Sunday.
    GSU (5-3) dropped the first of five games this week to Mercer on Tuesday and is looking to bounce back when Justin Hess takes the mound in game one. Hess is coming off a relief outing against Radford in which he allowed just one run and one hit in four innings. Chris Beck, Lucas Hart and Kyle Rowe round out the weekend rotation.
    The Eagles are hitting .292 and rank second in the Southern Conference with a .410 on-base percentage. Eric Phillips leads the team with a .424 batting average, five doubles and 12 RBIs. Michael Burruss is second on the team with nine RBIs, a .364 average and has scored a team-best 13 runs.
    North Florida (4-3) won three-straight games before dropping its series finale to Jacksonville State on Sunday.
    The Osprey's are hitting .319 with seven home runs and have posted a 3.59 ERA in 62.2 innings. Drew Weeks is red-hot with 15 hits in 26 at-bats and leads the squad with four doubles. Joe Iorio is hitting just .188 but is tied for the team lead with six RBIs, and has a double and a home run among his three hits this season.
    The Ospreys' pitching staff has used five different starters in seven games and all five have ERAs better than 4.00. Kyle Westwood is set to get the start on today and is coming off a 9-1 win against South Florida. Westwood owns a 1-0 record and a 3.86 ERA in seven innings this season.
    Michael Renner is scheduled start Friday. He has a 1-1 record and a 3.55 ERA in two starts. The final two spots in the rotation are yet to be determined.
    GSU holds a 6-4 record in the all-time series with North Florida dating to 2006. After dropping the first ever meeting, the Eagles won six-straight games from 2006-08. However, in the last four contests the Ospreys are 3-1, including a sweep of last season's two games.
    All games can be heard on Boomer 103.7 FM.