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BSB: Dawgs’ Season Ends With CWS Loss

OMAHA, Neb. –Oklahoma beat Georgia 11-4 in the semifinals of the College World Series on Wednesday as the Bulldogs’ season ended at Charles Schwab Field in front of a crowd of 24,446.

Fast Facts

• Oklahoma grabbed a 4-0 lead with a solo home run in the third by Jason Walk, a solo shot from Trey Gambill and a two-run blast from Dasan Harris in the fourth. The Sooners hit five home runs on the night.
• In the fifth, senior Kolby Branch smacked a one-out double and scored on a base hit by Ryan Black to cut the deficit to 4-1.
• Down 5-1 in the sixth, Georgia made it 5-3 courtesy of a couple of bases-loaded walks to Branch and Black by LJ Mercurius. OU got a run back in the bottom of the frame for a 6-3 advantage. In the eighth Harris added another two-run home run while Walk notched his second solo shot for a 9-3 lead.
• Redshirt sophomore right-hander Paul Farley pitched the first 3.1innings and allowed four runs on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts before giving way to senior Matt Scott for four innings and then Justin Byrd, Zach Brown, Grant Edwards and Joe Nottingham combined to take care of the final 1.2 innings.
• Branch smashed a home run in his final at bat to finish with 20 for the season and 56 for his career. 

Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson

On the game

“We played a really hot baseball team, they are playing extremely well right now and at their peak. They executed pitches all night long, got off great swings in hitters counts. They didn’t miss their pitch. We had some chances. I wish them the best of luck in the national championship series. Skip (Johnson) does a great job.”

Kolby Branch | Sr. | SS

On the CWS and his career

“You look at all the kids in the stands and wanted to let them know and make them see that baseball is fun and you focus when you’re playing and when you do that you play good baseball.  That was our message and what we tried to do each time we took the field here in Omaha. That’s what we tried to do all season. We had a lot of fun and accomplished a lot and hopefully made a lot of people excited about Georgia Baseball this year and for the future.”

Up Next
Georgia finishes the season with a 53-14 mark, and the 53 wins is a school record. The Bulldogs won the SEC regular season title for the first time since 2008, claimed the school’s first SEC Tournament title and advanced to the College World Series for the first time since 2008. Georgia placed tied for third at the CWS with a 2-2 mark.

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