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BSB: No. 5 UGA Meets No. 4 Tech At Truist Park Tonight

Southeastern Conference-leading Georgia, ranked as high as No. 5 nationally this week, returns to action Tuesday in Atlanta at Truist Park against No. 4 Tech in the annual Spring Classic. 

This will be the first top five showdown in the event’s history.  First pitch is 7 p.m. ET and be available only on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network. Starting pitchers for both clubs have not been announced and usually the teams employ a staff night on the mound.

Georgia (32-9, 13-5 SEC) leads the SEC and is coming off a series win over No. 14 Arkansas that featured a 26-14 rout this past Saturday. The Bulldogs smacked 13 home runs in the series including a school record nine in the rubber game of the series. Georgia has a 0.5 game lead in the SEC standings. Georgia is 8-2 on the road this year including winning series at then #5 MSU, No. 14 Arkansas and No. 21 Texas A&M. Tech (32-7, 16-5 ACC) dropped its first series of the season last weekend, falling 2-1 at No. 7 North Carolina.  

Georgia and Tech rank among the nation’s best when it comes to scoring. Tech leads the country averaging 10.7 runs a game while the Bulldogs rank third overall at 9.7 runs a game. The Bulldogs have hit an NCAA-leading 113 home runs. Georgia’s Ike Cousins head baseball coach Wes Johnson is 4-0 against Tech.

In the all-time Spring Classic results, Georgia leads 15-7 (3-1 at Truist/SunTrust; 9-5 at Turner Field; 3-1 at Coolray from 2020, ’22-24). Last year, No. 5 Georgia beat No. 14 Tech 5-2 at Truist Park in front of an announced crowd of 15,000.

2026 Spring Classic Ticket Link: https://give.choa.org/site/SPageNavigator/SpringClassic/spring_classic_landing_page.html

Note: Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Georgia is the visiting team and will be in the first base dugout. All tickets are general admission and seating is open.

Georgia-Tech Pitching Matchup 

Tuesday: TBA vs. TBA

*The Bulldogs have a 4.74 ERA with 428 strikeouts and 182 walks. Opponents are hitting .237.

*Tech has a 4.46 ERA with 361 strikeouts and 161 walks. Opponents are hitting .246.

Radio/TV (SECN+)
Tuesday @ 7 p.m. ET (Truist Park, 755 Battery Ave SE, Atlanta): Gates Open at 5:30 p.m.
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston): https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4995&type=Live

TV: None

Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=645971

SB: Dawgs Fall To Longhorns in

The No. 13 Georgia Bulldogs fell to No. 5 Texas, 4-2, to drop the home series on Monday night at the Jack Turner Stadium. Georgia moves to 32-13 (10-8) while the Longhorns improve to 34-8 (12-6).

SOFTBALL | vs. No. 5 Texas | L, 3-6 (8 inn.)
Winning Pitcher: Teagan Kaven (16-3)
Losing Pitcher: Randi Roelling (13-6)

FAST FACTS

• RHP Addisen Fisher made the start for Georgia going 4.0 innings with seven hits, three runs and three strikeouts. LHPs Randi Roelling and Ada Little pitched in relief. Roelling went 3.0 with four hits, three earned runs and four punch outs, and Little closed the eighth inning with two hits and a strikeout.
• Texas jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning.
• Junior Emily Digby responded in the fourth frame with an RBI double to put the Bulldogs on the board. 
• Down 3-1 going into the bottom of the seventh, senior Jaydyn Goodwin blasted a two-run homer to send the game to extra innings. This was the first extra-inning game of the season. 
• Texas hit two home run – a two-run and a solo shot – in the top of the eight to reclaim the lead
• The all-time series between the two schools is now tied at 3-3. 

Key Quotes:
Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the result…
“In this sport you learn early on that you’ve got to have a pretty short memory. One of our big sayings is that the past is not predictive of the future unless your behavior matches that of the past. At the end of the day, we have to focus on the things that we need to do to be successful and just keep pursuing those. It’s a relentless pursuit of that each and every day. The outcomes tell you certain things about yourself, but at the end of the day, we’re getting to be a better and better team. We’re looking forward to continuing our progress and being able to play our best softball here in the coming weeks as we head into the postseason.”

UP NEXT 
The No. 13 Bulldogs will host Georgia Southern at the Jack Turner Stadium on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. ET on SEC Network+. Wednesday is Fan Appreciation Day at The Jack, and the winner of the Fan T-Shirt Design Contest will be announced. The first 200 fans will take home a free t-shirt with the winning design.

BSB: Daniel Jackson Named SEC Co-Player of the Week

For the second time this season, University of Georgia junior catcher Daniel Jackson has been named the Southeastern Conference Co-Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.

Jackson batted .429 (6-for-14) with four home runs, seven RBI, seven runs scored and a 1.286 slugging percentage in helping the SEC-leading Bulldogs post their first series win over No. 14 Arkansas in Fayetteville since 2008. He started all three games at catcher and recorded a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in 29 total chances. He tied a school record with three home runs in a game in Saturday’s 26-14 rout of the Razorbacks. 

Jackson, a 6-2, 200-pound native of Sandy Springs, Ga., ranks among the NCAA leaders in multiple offensive categories as he’s batting an SEC-best .388 with 20 home runs, 56 runs scored, 59 RBI, 132 total bases and an .825 slugging percentage. He ranks fifth nationally in home runs and slugging percentage, third in RBI, fourth in runs scored and total bases. Jackson is on the midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award and the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award.

The Bulldogs (32-9, 13-5 SEC), ranked as high as No. 5 nationally this week, return to action Tuesday in Atlanta against No. 4 Georgia Tech (32-7, 16-5 ACC). The annual Spring Baseball Classic to Benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta will be held at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. 

First pitch will be at 7 p.m. and be available only on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network. Tech is the home team this year. Georgia holds a 15-7 edge in the Spring Baseball Classic including winning the past two meetings.

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