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BSB: Georgia Falls To Western Carolina

No. 8 Georgia fell to Western Carolina, 10-9, on Wednesday afternoon at Foley Field in a narrow, high-scoring battle.

Fast Facts

• Junior Daniel Jackson (3-4, 4 RBI, GS) recorded his first career grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Bulldogs’ first of the season. He also added his first career triple, marking Georgia’s (11-3) first triple of the year.
• Georgia started strong in the bottom of the first, loading the bases on two walks and a hit-by-pitch before senior Michael O’Shaughnessy (2-3, 1 RBI) and sophomore Henry Allen (0-4, 1 RBI) each delivered sacrifice flies, bringing home two runs. 
• In the bottom of the fourth, senior Jordy Oriach (2-5, 1 RBI, HR) launched his second home run of the season to right field. Moments later, senior Brennan Hudson (1-2, 1 RBI, HR) followed with his own long ball to right field, marking the fifth time this year Georgia has delivered back-to-back home runs.
• Trailing 6-4 in the bottom of the eighth, Jackson’s grand slam gave the Bulldogs an 8-6 lead. In the top of the ninth, Western Carolina (9-3) answered with a grand slam of their own to regain the lead, 10-8. 
• In the bottom of the ninth, senior Ryan Black hit an RBI single, but the Bulldogs were unable to secure the win. 
• Junior Tre Phelps (0-3, BB, HPB) saw his 27-game hitting streak end dating to last season. He had hit safely in the final 14 games last year and the first 13 games this season. 
  
  
  Key Quotes
  
  Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
  
  On tonight’s performance…
  
  “You’re going to get a game where you hit a lot of balls hard, and they all go for you. Tre (Phelps) lines out there in the third, but we have to do a better job of runners in scoring position. We were 2-for-14 today with runners in scoring position, and we have to do a better job when we get them in there. That’s going to be the difference in a game like this. When you really look at things, we have six games in six days. We did that for a reason. We did that to test and to stretch our players. You want to win them all. We’re trying to win them all, but we learned a lot today.”
  
   #3 Daniel Jackson | Jr. | C/OF
  
  On his first-career grand slam…
  
  “Honestly, I didn’t really know if it was going to get out or not, but I knew I had a chance. I knew at the very least it was going to get a runner in, but it was obviously better that it got out.”
  
   
  Up Next
  
  Georgia will face Queens in the first of a four-game series on Friday afternoon. There will be one game on Friday, a doubleheader on Saturday and the finale on Sunday. Friday’s first pitch is set for 3 p.m. The series will be live on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network. 

SB: UGA Downs Georgia State 9-1 in 5 Innings

The No. 12 Georgia Bulldogs defeated in-state rival Georgia State, 9-1 (5 inn.), on Wednesday night at the Jack Turner Stadium. Georgia moves to 18-5 on the season on the cusp of conference play.

SOFTBALL | vs. Georgia State | W, 9-1 (5 inn.)
Winning Pitcher: Ada Little (2-0)
Losing Pitcher: Briana Bower (2-3)

Fast Facts:

• RHP Presley Harrison made her fourth start of the season in the circle. She worked 1.1 innings with three hits, one earned run and a strikeout. LHP Ada Little entered to pitch in the top of the second frame going the distance for the win in a one hit, four strikeout performance.
• Senior Jaydyn Goodwin scored the Bulldogs first run off an RBI-walk in the bottom of the first. In the bottom of the third, senior Tyler Ellison drove Goodwin in for her second run of the day before Goodwin lasered a three-run home run to left field in the bottom of the fourth. On the day, Goodwin was 3-3 with three runs and three RBIs.
• Junior Delani Sullivan sealed the run-rule win on a bases-clearing triple in the bottom of the third. She ended the day 2-3 with three RBIs and a triple.
• The Panthers scored their lone run off an infield RBI-single in the top of the second inning.
• Georgia moves to 23-4 all-time against Georgia State.

Key Quote:
Georgia Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the game…
“I’m proud of the team effort. When you look at the score and the run rule, it’s going to have the appearance that it was an easy game when it was anything but. I thought Georgia State really competed, and they played good softball. It took some moments where we had to really dig in, and we had some quality at-bats when we needed to. I thought Ada [Little] really calmed things down and took control of the game from the circle. Defensively, we settled in and ultimately put bat to ball.”

Up Next:
No. 12 Georgia travels to face No. 9/7 Arkansas this weekend in Fayetteville, Ark. to kick off SEC play. All games will stream live on the SEC Network+. 

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