2014 GEORGIA BULLDOG BASEBALL 1990 National Champions GEORGIA (12-6, 0-0 SEC) vs. Miss. State (13-7, 0-0 SEC) 6 College World Series UGA Head Coach: Scott Stricklin (362-194; 1st Season at UGA/10th Overall as Head Coach) 1987, ’90, 2001, ’04, ’06, ’08 Finals 6 SEC Titles PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS 1933, ’53, ’54, 2001, ’04, ’08 Game/Georgia CL. W-L, ERA Opp. Rotation (W-L, ERA), R/L, CL. G19 #18 Ryan LAWLOR So. 1-1, 6.61 #4 Ben BRACEWELL (2-1, 1.74), RHP, RSr. 2014 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Home: 12-4; Away: 0-2; Neutral: 0-0; Vs. Top 25: 0-2 G20 #22 Robert TYLER Fr. 1-0, 0.93 #31 Trevor FITTS (2-0, 3.92), RHP, Jr. Date Opponent Time/Res. Rec. (SEC) G21 #38 Patrick BOLING Sr. 2-1, 2.57 TBA Feb. 15 Ga. Southern L, 9-3 0-1 POTENTIAL STARTERS CL. Hometown B-T AVG. HR RBI Feb. 15 Ga. Southern W, 11-3 1-1 C/DH(or) 16 Zack Bowers So. Acworth, Ga. R-R .317 2 14 Feb. 16 Ga. Southern L, 18-4 1-2 Feb. 18 Kennesaw State L, 10-7 1-3 C 5 Brandon Stephens RJr. Marietta, Ga. R-R .359 0 3 Feb. 21 @ #4 FSU (ESPN3) L, 8-3 1-4 1B 33 Daniel Nichols So. Leesburg, Ga. L-R .325 0 8 Feb. 22 @ #4 FSU (ESPN3) L, 10-4 1-5 1B/OF 28 Heath Holder Jr. Loganville, Ga. R-R .219 0 8 Feb. 23 @ #4 FSU (ESPN3) rainout - Feb. 25 Furman W, 6-4 2-5 2B/3B 23 Jess Posey So Smithville, Ga. L-R .206 1 13 Feb. 26 Ga. State L, 3-2 2-6 3B/LF 6 Hunter Cole Jr. Moore, S.C. R-R .377 1 11 Feb. 28 Binghamton W, 4-3(11) 3-6 SS/2B 2 Nelson Ward Jr. Marietta, Ga. L-R .290 1 15 March 1 Binghamton W, 6-2 4-6 2B/SS 12 Mike Bell Fr. Fairburn, Ga. R-R .400 0 1 March 2 Binghamton W, 9-2 5-6 March 4 Ga. Tech (CSS) W, 1-0 6-6 CF 11 Stephen Wrenn Fr. Marietta, Ga. R-R .288 0 8 March 5 Charleston Southern W, 14-5 7-6 LF/RF 8 Conor Welton RJr. Atlanta, Ga. L-L .361 1 10 March 7 Buffalo W, 11-10 8-6 1B/RF/P 21 Jared Walsh Jr. Duluth, Ga. L-L .200 0 2 March 8 Noth Florida W, 4-3 9-6 March 9 Western Carolina W, 6-2 10-6 We’ve Gone Streaking March 11 Western Kentucky W, 26-7 11-6 Winners of 10 straight, Georgia is now 12-6 entering SEC play under coach Scott Stricklin. This March 12 Western Kentucky W, 8-6 12-6 March 14 #24 *Miss. State 7 pm is Georgia’s longest winning streak since the 2009 team began the year 14-0. During the current streak, March 15 #24 *Miss. State (FSN) Noon Georgia’s ERA is 3.42 with a .333 batting average. Overall, the Bulldogs are batting .297 with a 4.78 ERA. March 16 #24 *Miss. State 1 pm March 18 Presbyterian 6 pm *Juniors Hunter Cole (.377-1-11) and Nelson Ward (.290-1-15) are the only two Bulldogs to reach base March 21 @ *LSU (CST) 8 pm safely in all 18 games this season. Cole has a seven-game hitting streak. Both have made starts at two March 22 @ *LSU (CST/CSS) 7:30 pm March 23 @ *LSU 1 pm different positions this year. Cole has 10 starts at third base and 8 in left field while Ward has started 16 March 25 Clemson (CSS) 7 pm games shortstop and two at second base. Cole is batting .333 (13-39, 4 RBI) during the streak. Ward had March 28 *Texas A&M 7 pm a nine-game hitting streak end Wednesday. He is batting .341 (14-41, 10 RBI) during the current winning March 29 *Texas A&M 1 pm streak. He has provided two walk-off wins during the streak, one against Binghamton (RBI-double) and March 30 *Texas A&M 1 pm another against North Florida (RBI-single). April 4 @ *Missouri 7 pm April 5 @ *Missouri 3 pm April 6 @ *Missouri 2 pm *Junior OF Conor Welton (.361-1-10) is batting a team-best .452 during the streak. He registered his first April 8 @ Clemson (CSS) 6:30 pm career triple and home run this past weekend. In the past 10 games, he is 19-for-42 with nine RBI. He has April 10 *Tennessee (ESPNU) 7:30 pm reached base safely in the last 17 games. April 11 *Tennessee 7 pm April 12 *Tennessee 4 pm April 15 @ Ga. Tech (CSS) 7 pm *SEC Rotation: Sophomore LHP Ryan Lawlor (1-1, 6.61) draws the Friday night start. It will be his fifth April 18 @ *Florida (CSS) 7:30 pm start of the year. Georgia’s SEC Friday night starter last year, Sean McLaughlin, will not pitch this weekend April 19 @ *Florida (CSS) 7 pm to rest his arm. However, the sophomore is available to play as he has made eight appearances as an OF/DH April 20 @ *Florida (ESPNU) Noon with two starts. McLaughlin earned Freshman All-SEC honors after going 5-6, 3.28 in 13 starts in 2013. April 22 vs. ^Kennesaw St.(CSS)7 pm Freshman RHP Robert Tyler (1-0, 0.93) will start Saturday. He has made five appearances including April 25 @ *Vanderbilt 7:30 pm April 26 @ *Vanderbilt 3 pm two starts and leads the club with a 0.93 ERA in 19.1 IP. He has 15 strikeouts and only two walks with op- April 27 @ *Vanderbilt 2 pm ponents batting .157 against him. Tyler tossed eight scoreless innings in his last start, a no decision against May 2 *South Carolina 7 pm arch-rival Ga. Tech on March 4th. May 3 *South Carolina (CSS) 1 pm Senior LHP Patrick Boling (2-1, 2.57) will start on Sunday. In his last action, he tossed a career-high May 4 *South Carolina 1 pm 7.1 innings in beating Western Carolina 6-2. During the streak, he is 2-0 with a 1.26 ERA in two starts. May 7 Savannah State 6 pm May 9 @ *Ole Miss 7:30 pm May 10 @ *Ole Miss 5 pm *Junior RHP Jared Cheek (3-2, 4.61) leads the club with five decisions in only 13.2 IP. He has picked up May 11 @ *Ole Miss 2:30 pm wins in three of his last four relief appearances with a 1.12 ERA in that stretch than spans eight innings. May 13 vs. &Ga. Tech 7 pm The wins came over Binghamton, Ga. Tech and Buffalos. Redshirt sophomore RHP David Sosebee (0-1, May 15 *Kentucky 7 pm May 16 *Kentucky 7 pm 3.93) has combined to toss 8.2 scoreless innings in his last three relief appearances. May 17 *Kentucky 1 pm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Home Sweet Home Has Bulldogs On Their Way May 20-25 **SEC Tournament The Georgia crew registered two wins over Western Kentucky earlier this week including a 26-7 May 30-J2 >NCAA Regionals June 6-9 >>NCAA Super Regionals rout featuring 20 singles and two HRs (both by Zack Bowers) for an 11-1 mark on the current 16-game June 14-25 $College World Series homestand at Foley Field. Up next, the Bulldogs begin SEC play Friday against #24 Miss. State (13-7). The Other Bulldogs: MSU At A Glance All times Eastern and subject to change.; Home games in bold; #Baseball America national ranking when played Coached by John Cohen, MSU comes to Athens 13-7 with a 2.98 ERA, a .276 Batting Average and a *SEC games; ^Coolray Field, Lawrenceville, Ga.; &Turner Field, Atlanta, Ga.; .985 Fielding Percentage. They finished 2013 as the CWS Finalists and were preseason ranked in the top **SEC Tournament, Hoover, Ala.; >NCAA Regional and Super Regionals, TBA; $Omaha, Neb.; CSS= Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast; COX= Cox Sports TV; five to start this season. However, they went to Arizona last weekend and went 1-4 against the host Wildcats FSN= FOX Sports South; ESPNU and UC-Santa Barbara to take a dip in the rankings. MSU is led by All-America 1B Wes Rea (.309-3-19), All Georgia baseball games will be broadcast on either WRFC 960 AM or senior OF C.T. Bradford (.333-0-10) and All-American closer Jonathan Holder (1-1, 3.38, 1 SV). MSU WGAU 1340 AM as the Athens flagship station. An array of affiliates around the state will carry selected contests including 1230AM, The Fan 2 in Atlanta. pitching coach Butch Thompson served as UGA’s pitching coach from 2002-05 and that included a a 2004 Georgia Media Guide Online: www.georgiadogs.com SEC title and a trip to the College World Series where the Bulldogs finished tied for third. In records dating Official Georgia Baseball Twitter Account: @BaseballUGA back to 1950, Georgia holds a 40-37 edge in the series with MSU. The teams last met in 2011 in Athens, Live Stats: http://uga.statbroadcast.com and Georgia posted a three-game sweep. Like the Georgia coach, the MSU AD is named Scott Stricklin. Georgia Sports Communications • www.georgiadogs.com • Contact: Christopher Lakos • [email protected] • @BTweetDaHedges • (706) 542-1621 2014 GEORGIA ROSTER NO. NAME POS.