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BSB: TAMU Avoids Sweep With 18-5 Sunday Win
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – The 21st-ranked Texas A&M Aggies avoided an SEC series sweep by sixth-ranked Georgia, posting an 18-5 win Sunday at Blue Bell Park.
Fast Facts
- The Bulldogs entered Sunday with an NCAA-leading 78 home runs and added two more to that total. Overall, the Bulldogs smashed 11 home runs in the series.
- Senior designated hitter Jordy Oriach led off the second inning with his third home run of the series. It was his fifth home run of the year and made it 2-1.
- Sophomore Rylan Lujo hit a two-run home run in the seventh for his third of the season.
- Freshman Ty Peeples delivered a pinch-hit two-run double in the sixth for his first collegiate hit.
- Sophomore LHP Kenny Ishikawa made his third start and was lifted after 2.1 innings when the Aggies built a 5-1 advantage for their first lead of the series.
- Junior catcher Daniel Jackson went 0-for-2 as his career-best 21-game hitting streak ended.
- Today marked the first time this year that the Bulldogs have been run-ruled after posting 10 run-rule wins this season.
Key Quote
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On Sunday’s game…
“As good as we played the first two games, we did a 180 degree difference today. It was a polar opposite. You tip your hat to this Aggie team today. They did a good job, and we didn’t throw strikes today. I tried a lot of different guys but if you’re not throwing strikes, you get behind and then serve up fastballs they’re going to get hit. I told the hitters when we made the line change, let’s see who gets in there and shows me a good at bat. Ty Peeples did that and got his first hit.”
Up Next
Georgia (20-5, 4-2 SEC) returns to Foley Field for a five-game stretch starting Tuesday against Kennesaw State. First pitch against the Owls is set for 3:02 pm ET. The game will be available on the SECN+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.
SB: Dawgs Take First Conference Series vs. Mississippi State
No. 13 Georgia defeated No. 12 Mississippi State, 7-4, for its first conference series win of the season. Baldwin’s team moves to 23-8 (3-3) on the season, and No. 12 Mississippi State slides to 29-6 (2-4) overall.
SOFTBALL | vs. No. 12 Mississippi State | W, 7-4
Winning Pitcher: Randi Roelling (8-4)
Losing Pitcher: Peja Goold (11-4)
Fast Facts:
- LHP Randi Roelling made the start for the Bulldogs going 7.0 innings with four hits, one earned run, four walks and six strikeouts. It’s her 10th outing of the season with five or more strikeouts. RHP Presley Harrison made a brief relief appearance.
- Graduate Keirstin Roose starred behind the plate going 3-4 with two runs. Senior Marisa Miller also tallied two hits with two RBIs while Sarah Gordon, Tyler Ellison, Gabi Novickas and Emily Digby also all added an RBI.
- Mississippi State scored three runs in the top of the fifth inning before adding one late run in the top of the seventh.
- The win marks the first series victory for Georgia since defeating No. 13 Missouri here in Athens in 2024.
- Georgia moves to 37-33 all-time against the visiting Bulldogs.
Key Quote:
Georgia Head Coach Tony Baldwin
On the atmosphere this weekend…
“I thought our event staff did an amazing job and just appreciate being here in front of our home crowd, them being a factor in the weekend. I thought they were awesome at all three games and fortunate to get good weather and bring people out. We appreciate their support, and we got three big home series left. We’re going to need them the whole way.”
On Randi Roelling’s outing…
“She’s a competitor. The analytics say that the third time through the lineup, the odds really shift, so we made a change there. She’s such a competitor that she wanted the ball back. I thought her stuff was starting to go the wrong way when we took her out. When she came back in, it got better and was maybe throwing her best there at the end. She’s just a competitor and always gives us a chance when she’s out there.”
On their offense today…
“I thought we executed our at-bats really well. We lost some poise there at the end, but a lot of that is a tribute to [Alyssa] Faircloth and how good she is. The change-up is really deceptive. We’re not a bad change-up hitting team, but she made us look like we were not as good as we can be. I’ll give more of the credit to her, and we’ll be back to work this weekend.”
Up Next:
No. 13 Georgia will host Mercer this Wednesday, Mar. 25 in a midweek non-conference clash before hitting the road to take on Kentucky this weekend in Lexington, Ky. at the John Crop Stadium.
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