2013 GEORGIA BULLDOG BASEBALL 1990 National Champions GEORGIA (7-8) vs. APPALACHIAN STATE (8-4) 6 College World Series UGA Head Coach: David Perno (12th Season; 376-311-1 overall) 1987, ’90, 2001, ’04, ’06, ’08 Finals PROBABLE STARTERS CL. Hometown B-T AVG. HR RBI 6 SEC Titles C/DH 22 Brett DeLoach Sr. Blackshear, Ga. R-R .286 1 10 Hit .200 (3-15) with a 3B and 3BB last week 1933, ’53, ’54, 2001, ’04, ’08 C 16 Zack Bowers Fr. Acworth, Ga. R-R .323 4 9 2013 RESULTS (7-8) Batted .250 (2-8) with a HR, 2RBI last week Home: 6-5; Away: 1-3; Neutral: 0-0; Vs. Top 25: 0-0 1B 33 Daniel Nichols Fr. Leesburg, Ga. L-R .196 1 6 Date Opponent Time/Res. Rec. (SEC) Hit .231 (3-13) with 2RBI last week Feb. 15 @ Ga. Southern W, 6-5 1-0 2B 2 Nelson Ward So. Marietta, Ga. L-R .409 0 9 Feb. 16 @ Ga. Southern L, 3-2 1-1 Batted .333 (6-18) with 6R, 3RBI and 3BB last week; 8-game Hit Streak; Started all 15 games Feb. 17 @ Ga. Southern L, 11-2 1-2 3B 8 Curt Powell Sr. Knoxville, Tenn. R-R .415 0 10 Feb. 20 Kennesaw State L, 2-1 1-3 Feb. 23 Belmont W, 2-1 (10) 2-3 Hit a team-best .556 (10-18) with 2B, 3RBI last week; 11-game Hit Streak; Started all 15 games Feb. 23 Belmont L, 11-10 2-4 SS 17 Kyle Farmer Sr. Atlanta, Ga. R-R .382 0 17 Feb. 24 Belmont L, 5-4 (11) 2-5 Batted .333 (5-15) with 3R, 2B, 7RBI last week Feb. 26 @ Ga. State L, 10-7 2-6 LF 6 Hunter Cole So. Moore, S.C. R-R .322 1 13 March 1 UAB W, 14-2 3-6 Hit .462 (6-13), 5RBI, 5BB last week; Started all 15 games (11-CF, 4-LF) March 2 UAB W, 6-2 4-6 March 3 UAB W, 13-2 5-6 CF 24 DJ Smith RFr. Woodstock, Ga. R-R .214 0 1 March 5 Western Carolina L, 12-7 5-7 Batted .111 (1-9), 1 RBI, 3BB last week March 8 Liberty W, 12-0 6-7 RF/P 21 Jared Walsh So. Duluth, Ga. L-L .354 1 8 March 9 Liberty W, 3-1 7-7 Hit .471 (8-17), 7R, 42B, 2RBI last week; Also got a Save (1IP,2H,0R,1K) March 10 Liberty L, 11-8 7-8 OTHER POTENTIAL STARTERS March 12 Appalachian State 7 pm OF/P 3 Sean McLaughlin Fr. Johns Creek, Ga. L-R .263 0 3 March 13 Appalachian State 5 pm March 15 @ *Texas A&M 7:35 pm Won Friday night start (career-high 6 IP, 0R, 7K) vs. Liberty; Seeing time as DH/OF March 16 @ *Texas A&M 3:05 pm OF 12 Cody Sheedy Fr. Cataula, Ga. R-R .333 0 1 March 17 @ *Texas A&M (FoxSW) 1 pm Appeared in six games with 5 starts, Cut his hand Sunday on catch in LF foul territory March 19 Furman 5 pm PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS March 22 *Alabama 7 pm Game/Georgia CL. W-L, ERA Opponent (W-L, ERA), R/L, CL. March 23 *Alabama (CSS) 4 pm March 24 *Alabama 2 pm G16 RHP #19 David Gonzalez Fr. 0-1, 10.80 Chad Farmer (0-0, 6.00), L, Jr. March 26 Clemson (CSS) 7 pm G17 RHP #44 Austin Wallace Fr. 0-0, 0.00 TBA March 27 @ Clemson (CSS) 7 pm G18 RHP #3 Sean McLaughlin Fr. 3-0, 1.80 TBA March 29 @ *Kentucky 6:30 pm March 30 @ *Kentucky 2 pm G19 LHP #38 Patrick Boling RJr. 1-2, 4.87 TBA March 31 @ *Kentucky 1 pm G20 RHP #35 Luke Crumley So. 1-2, 6.91 TBA April 2 @ Kennesaw State 6 pm April 5 *Missouri 7 pm April 6 *Missouri (ESPNU) 8 pm Around the Bulldog Diamond April 7 *Missouri 2 pm *Georgia (7-8) wraps up a nine-game home stand with a midweek series against Appalachian State (8-4) April 9 Ga. Tech (CSS) 7 pm April 12 @ *Auburn 7 pm before hitting the road to open SEC action at league newcomer Texas A&M (10-7) Friday. Game three of April 13 @ *Auburn 4 pm the Aggies series will be televised by Fox Southwest at 1 p.m. ET. Georgia is batting .314 with a 4.73 ERA April 14 @ *Auburn 2 pm and a .978 fielding percentage. Friday will mark the first-ever meeting between the Bulldogs and Aggies. April 16 Presbyterian 5 pm April 19 *Vanderbilt 7 pm *Senior third baseman Curt Powell leads the team with a .415 batting average. He is riding an 11-game April 20 *Vanderbilt (CSS) 4 pm April 21 *Vanderbilt 2 pm hitting streak, his longest since a 14-gamer in 2012. Last week, Powell batted .556 (10-for-18) with three April 23 vs. &Ga. Tech (FSN) 7 pm RBI. Sophomore second baseman and leadoff hitter Nelson Ward (.409-0-9) has a career-best eight- April 26 *Arkansas (CSS) 7:30 pm game hitting streak. Last week, he batted .333 (6-for-18) with three RBI and three walks. April 27 *Arkansas (SS) Noon April 28 *Arkansas (CSS) 2 pm *Georgia’s rotation for the ASU series will be a pair of freshman right-handers in David Gonzalez (0-1, May 3 @ *Tennessee 6 pm May 4 @ *Tennessee (CSS) 7 pm 10.80) and Austin Wallace (0-0, 0.00 ERA). It will be the fourth start for Gonzalez and the first for Wal- May 5 @ *Tennessee (ESPNU) 1 pm lace. Against Texas A&M, the Bulldogs will employ the same weekend rotation they have used for the first May 8 @ College of Charleston 6 pm four weekend series: Sean McLaughlin (3-0, 1.80), Fr., RHP; Patrick Boling (1-2, 4.87), RJr., LHP; Luke May 10 @ *South Carolina (SS) 7 pm Crumley (1-2, 6.91), So., RHP. May 11 @ *South Carolina (CSS) 1 pm May 12 @ *South Carolina (SS) 1:30 pm May 14 @ Ga. Tech (CSS) 7:30 pm *Freshman RHP/OF Sean McLaughlin improved to 3-0, 1.80 ERA as the Friday night starter. In his last May 16 *Florida 7 pm outing, he tossed six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in a 12-0 win over Liberty. He has made six May 17 *Florida 7 pm starts in the outfield and appeared in nine games, batting .263-0-3. Five different Bulldogs have pitched May 18 *Florida 2 pm and hit this year. Sophomore RF/Closer Jared Walsh is a regular two-way player. Walsh is 1-1 with a 1.12 May 21-26 **SEC Tournament ERA and 2 saves in six outings to finish games. He is batting .354-1-8 in 12 games, all starts in right field. May 31-June 3 >>NCAA Regionals June 7-10 >>NCAA Super Regionals Last week in four games, he batted .471 with four doubles in 17 at bats. June 15-26 $College World Series *Freshman catcher Zack Bowers (.323-4-9) has half of Georgia’s home runs. Bowers has played in only All times Eastern and subject to change.; Home games in bold; #Baseball America national ranking when played eight games this year and has four home runs in 31 at bats. He splits time with senior Brett DeLoach *SEC games; &Turner Field, Atlanta, Ga.; **SEC Tournament, Hoover, Ala.; (.286-1-10). >NCAA Regional and Super Regionals, TBA; $Omaha, Neb.; CSS= Comcast/ Charter Sports Southeast; FSN=FOX Sports South; SS=SportSouth; ESPNU *Senior LHP Blake Dieterich leads the team with a 0.56 ERA in seven relief appearances covering a span All Georgia baseball games will be broadcast on either WRFC 960 AM or of 16 innings. He has 79 career appearances which ranks eighth in Bulldog history. WGAU 1340 AM as the Athens flagship station. An array of affiliates around the state will carry selected contests. These stations include WFOM 1230 AM (Atlanta), WCHM 1490 AM (Clarkesville), WXKT 103.7 FM (Gainesville), WJUL *Did You Know? Georgia has as many triples this year as home runs, eight! You have to go back to 1977 1230 AM (Hiawassee), WPEH 92.1 FM (Louisville) and 103.7 FM (Athens). to find the last time those tallies were that close. That season, Georgia finished with 21 triples and 22 home Georgia Media Guide Online: www.georgiadogs.com runs in 46 games. Last year, Georgia collected 11 triples and 25 home runs in 57 games...In other news, Official Georgia Baseball Twitter Account: @UGABasebll Georgia has won two games this year when it allowed just one run, a solo home run! Georgia Sports Communications • www.georgiadogs.com • Contact: Christopher Lakos • [email protected] • @BTweetDaHedges • (706) 542-1621 2013 GEORGIA ACTIVE ROSTER NO. NAME POS. B-T HT. WT. CL.-EXP. DOB HOMETOWN (Last School) 2 Nelson Ward 2B/SS L-R 5-11 170 SO-1L 08-06-93 Marietta, Ga. (Lassiter HS) 3 Sean McLaughlin RHP/OF L-R 5-11 190 FR-HS 05-16-94 Johns Creek, Ga. (Northview HS) 5 J.T. Phillips INF/RHP R-R 6-2 205 FR-HS 12-07-93 Columbus, Ga. (Columbus HS) 6 Hunter Cole OF R-R 6-1 195 SO-1L 10-03-92 Moore, S.C. (Dorman HS) 8 Curt Powell INF R-R 5-11 170 SR-2L 04-30-91 Knoxville, Tenn.