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Eagles try to keep up momentum
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It was no secret that the last six games on Georgia Southern's schedule - three at Charleston and last weekend's series against Elon - were going to be big.That's even more evident now.The Eagles (17-15, 9-6 Southern Conference) were swept by the Cougars after seeing ninth-inning leads in each of the first two games erased and bounced back to take two out of three with strong pitching against the Phoenix. All of a sudden, all three teams are tied for third in SoCon play.GSU got 18.1 innings out of its weekend starters and two huge appearances by closer Dexter Bobo against Elon, so as the Eagles prepare for Jacksonville (17-16, 9-6 Atlantic Sun) today, it's time to get the rest of the staff some work.Freshman Justin Hess (2.70 ERA, 20 IP, 16 K, 6 ER) will get the start, but he won't be the only one getting a look."The way the schedule's played out with no midweek games last week and our starters giving us length, some of those guys haven't thrown as much," said GSU coach Rodney Hennon. "We need to get guys like (Charles) Matthews, (Michael) Hester, we're going to have to get them back in the mix because we're going to need to use guys down the stretch."Georgia Southern beat the Dolphins 4-2 a year ago, and owns a 59-56 record against JU in a series dating back to 1948."Record-wise, they're very similar to where we're at.