2021 GEORGIA BASEBALL 1990 National Champions 6 College World Series App
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2021 GEORGIA BASEBALL 1990 National Champions 6 College World Series App. SEC TOURNAMENT: GEORGIA (30-23, 13-17 SEC) 1987, ’90, 2001, ’04, ’06, ’08 Finals Georgia’s Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach: Scott Stricklin (583-372-1) 17th Season, (8th at UGA) TV- SEC Network: Dave Neal, Kyle Peterson, Todd Walker 6 SEC Titles Radio: Georgia Bulldog Sports Network (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston) 1933, ’53, ’54, 2001, ’04, ’08 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUP Game GEORGIA (W-L, ERA, R/L, Cl.) OPP. Rotation (W-L, ERA, R/L, Cl.) GEORGIA (30-23, 13-17 SEC) G54 TBA #11 Landon Marceaux (6-4, 2.04, RHP, Jr.) Home: 20-13; Away: 10-10; Top 25: 7-11 #Ranking is highest in the polls Date Opponent (TV/Stream) ET/Result POS. # PROBABLE LINEUP CL. HOMETOWN B-T AVG.-HR-RBI MAJOR Feb. 19 Evansville (SECN+) L, 3-2 CF 44 Ben Anderson RJr. LaGrange L-R .206-4-17 Biochem./Biology Feb. 20 Evansville (DH) (SECN+) W, 7-3 & 6-5 2B 28 Josh McAllister RJr. Cumming R-R .352-9-29 Sport Management Feb. 21 Evansville (SECN+) W, 4-1 SS 15 Cole Tate Sr. Bishop R-R .320-2-20 Sport Management Feb. 24 @ Georgia State W, 6-2 DH/C 6 Corey Collins Fr. Suwanee L-R .276-7-35 Criminal Justice Feb. 26 Gardner-Webb (SECN+) PPD/Rain 3B/DH 24 Garrett Blaylock Sr. Asheville, N.C. L-R .250-9-29 Sport Management Feb. 27 Gardner-Webb (DH) (SECN+) W, 3-2, 5-1 Feb. 28 Gardner-Webb (SECN+) W, 17-3 LF/RF 31 *Riley King Gr Lawrenceville R-R .269-6-33 Sport Science March 3 @ Kennesaw State L, 6-4 1B/OF 20 Chaney Rogers Sr. Ringgold L-L .276-4-29 Sport Management March 5 North Florida (SECN+) L, 7-4 C/DH 13 Fernando Gonzalez Fr. Marietta R-R .268-2-13 Sport Management March 6 North Florida (SECN+) W, 6-0 3B/1B 8 Parks Harber Fr. Atlanta R-R .260-3-19 Management March 7 North Florida (SECN+) W, 7-4 LF/CF 4 Randon Jernigan Jr. Brunswick R-R .227-0-6 Sport Management March 9 @ Georgia Southern (ESPN+) W, 5-2 RF 7 Garrett Spikes Fr. Lawrenceville L-R .206-0-2 Engineering March 12 Lipscomb (SECN+) W, 10-0 March 13 Lipscomb (SECN+) W, 7-0 March 14 Lipscomb (SECN+) W, 3-2 (12) *Note: King (knee) listed as day-to-day due to injury while Connor Tate (ankle) is out for SEC Tournament March 17 @ ~Wofford PPD/rain RF 23 *Connor Tate RJr. Bishop R-R .344-10-33 Sport Management March 19 #10 *Tennessee (SECN+) L, 11-6 March 20 #10 *Tennessee (SECN+) W, 5-4 March 21 #10 *Tennessee (SECN+) L, 4-1 2021 TEAM STATS TWIBB NOTES (This Week In Bulldog Baseball) u March 23 Kennesaw State (SECN+) W, 3-2 (10) UGA LSU Georgia (30-23, 13-17 SEC) enters the SEC Tournament as the No. 8 March 26 @ *Texas A&M (SECN) L, 6-3 Runs/Game 5.6 6.9 seed and will face the No. 9 seed LSU Tigers (34-21, 13-17). They did not March 27 @ *Texas A&M (SECN+) L, 7-6 play each other during the regular season. The last meeting came in Athens Batting Avg. .275 .274 March 28 @ *Texas A&M (SECN+) W, 6-4 in 2019 when Georgia claimed an SEC series two games to one. LSU leads HR 56 80 March 30 @ Clemson (ACCN) W, 2-0 the all-time series 68-23-2 including 9-2 in the SEC Tournament. They last Apr. 2 #8 *South Carolina (SECN+) W, 5-3 SLG% .422 .460 Apr. 3 #8 *South Carolina (SECN+) L, 13-7 squared off in Hoover in 2009 as LSU won a pair of seven-inning affairs. Apr. 4 #8 *South Carolina (SECN+) L, 5-1 OB% .352 .367 u Apr. 6 Ga. Southern (SECN+) L, 2-1 SB/ATT. 21/31 47/67 Georgia is 30-46 all-time at the SEC Tournament in 25 appearances, and Apr. 8 @ #1 *Vanderbilt (SECN) W, 14-2 ERA 3.87 4.44 its best finish is second three times (1985, 1986 and 1989). The Bulldogs Apr. 9 @ #1 *Vanderbilt (SECN+) L, 5-2 BB 241 188 are making their fifth consecutive SEC Tournament appearance, their lon- Apr. 10 @ #1 *Vanderbilt (SECN+) W, 9-1 gest stretch since making six in a row from 1985-90. Georgia finished tied K 535 494 Apr. 13 Georgia State (SECN+) W, 10-7 for third at the 2019 event. The 2020 SEC Tournament was canceled due to Apr. 16 *Kentucky (SECN+) L, 6-1 FLDG% .978 .975 Apr. 17 *Kentucky (SECN) W, 8-7 the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Apr. 18 *Kentucky (SECN+) W, 17-6 u Apr. 20 Clemson (SECN) W, 8-7 Georgia has shown tremendous grit during the 2021 campaign after injuries and illnesses have decimated Apr. 23 @ *Missouri (SECN+) L, 6-4 the pitching staff as it has had to lean on 10 freshmen including Liam Sullivan (1-1, 3.82), Luke Wagner Apr. 24 @ *Missouri (SECN) W, 7-5 (10) (3-3, 4.75) and Jaden Woods (3-1, 4.93). Now the offense is missing two of its top veteran run producers. Apr. 25 @ *Missouri (SECN+) W, 9-4 Still, Georgia enters the SEC Tournament with 13 wins, good for the No. 8 seed, including three victories over Apr. 27 Georgia Tech (SECN) L, 7-5 teams ranked No. 1. Georgia was never swept in league play and won a series over top-ranked Vanderbilt Apr. 29 *Auburn (SECN) W, 4-0 Apr. 30 *Auburn (SECN+) L, 10-6 (14) in Nashville. The Bulldogs aim to make their 13th overall NCAA Regional appearance and third straight after May 1 *Auburn (SECN) L, 9-7 being a National Seed in 2018 and 2019. Georgia ended 2020 ranked as high as No. 2. May 7 @ #1 *Arkansas (SECN+) L, 3-0 Here’s a snapshot of the pitchers injured with only RHP Jonathan Cannon still in the rotation out of May 8 @ #1 *Arkansas (SECN) W, 7-3 the projected starters. LHP Ryan Webb (Preseason All-American 1st start delayed until Feb. 27/illness, then May 9 @ #1 *Arkansas (SECN+) L, 5-3 OUT for season since May 10/elbow); Cannon (Returning Freshman All-American 1st start delayed until May 14 @ #7 *Florida (SECN+) L, 4-3 March 9/illness); LHP C.J. Smith (Opening Day Starter limited to 3 starts, OUT since March 5/arm) RHP May 15 @ #7 *Florida (SECN+) L, 9-2 Garrett Brown, RHP Will Childers, RHP Logan Moody, LHP Patrick Holloman --- OUT All Year/elbow.) May 16 @ #7 *Florida (SECN) W, 6-1 May 18 @ Georgia Tech (ACCN Ex.) L, 7-6 (14) u May 20 #11 *Ole Miss (SECN+) L, 2-0 Georgia’s freshmen pitchers have combined to go 13-8 with five saves in 26 starts with a 4.46 ERA. In 206 May 21 #11 *Ole Miss (SECN+) L, 8-5 (11) innings, they have allowed 102 earned runs with 120 walks and 204 strikeouts. May 22 #11 *Ole Miss (SECN+) W, 13-2 May 25-30 ^SEC Tournament TBA u Since the Florida series (May 14-16),Georgia has been missing two of its best power hitters and RBI men May 25 ^LSU (SECN) 5:30 pm ET in outfieldersConnor Tate (ankle) and Riley King (knee). Meanwhile, the team’s top hitter Josh McAllister (.352-9-29) has missed a total of 15 games this year due to a hamstring issue. June 4-7 +NCAA Regionals TBA u June 11-14 +NCAA Super Regionals TBA Redshirt junior right fielderConnor Tate (.344-10-33), who had a chance at the Bulldog Triple Crown, will June 19-30 $College World Series TBA miss the SEC Tournament due to an ankle injury. He was hit by a Hunter Barco pitch in the ankle against Florida on May 15th and has played just one inning since (tried to go against #11 Ole Miss this past Thursday Home games in Bold; ~Fluor Field, Greenville, S.C.; *SEC game; and went 0-for-1 to end a 28-game on base streak and 11-game hitting streak, both career highs). His identi- ^Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.; +Campus Sites, TBA; cal twin Cole has started 49 games at shortstop this year. He is batting .320-2-20. Georgia is hopeful that $TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb.; graduate OF/INF Riley King (.269-6-33) can go. He’s been bothered by a sore knee that has sidelined him Note: All dates/times Eastern and subject to change. All Georgia baseball games will be carried locally on WRFC 960 AM, for four of the last six games. He did start on Senior Day and went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI in a 13-2 win over No. and most in Atlanta on WFOM 1230 AM. An array of affiliates around the 11 Ole Miss this past Saturday. His two-out, two-run single put Georgia in front for good at 4-2. state carry selected contests too. Fans can listen to every game online for free through georgiadogs.com, the UGA Gameday App and TuneIn. u Georgia’s roster now features nine graduates. The latest are Ben Anderson, Darryn Pasqua, C.J. Smith, Cole Tate and Connor Tate along with student assistant coach Nelson Ward, who played for the Bulldogs Georgia Media Guide Online: www.georgiadogs.com Official Georgia Baseball Twitter Account: @BaseballUGA from 2012-14.