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BSB: Georgia Routs #23 Alabama 19-3 in Game One – Game Two Suspended

Weather Update

Due to heavy precipitation in the area, Georgia’s completion of its SEC baseball series with No. 23 Alabama has been postponed until Sunday. The teams were unable to play on Saturday due to rain.

At 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 11, the series will resume with Friday’s suspended game, which is in the top of the fifth and UA holding a 6-2 edge. Georgia posted a 19-3 run-rule win in seven innings in the series opener. The teams were attempting to play a doubleheader Friday, with heavy rains in the forecast for the weekend.

Game three of the series will take place 30 minutes after the completion of the suspended contest on Sunday and will be a seven-inning game. Fans with tickets for Saturday’s original contest and Sunday’s game will be good for both contests on Sunday, with Sunday’s game having seat priority.

Fans can tune in to watch the Bulldogs on SEC Network+ and listen on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Top-ranked Georgia routed No. 23 Alabama 19-3 to post a run-rule win in seven innings in game one of a doubleheader Friday at Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Game two went into a rain delay in the top of the fifth inning with the Crimson Tide leading 6-2, and play was suspended.

Fast Facts

• In game one, Georgia erased a 3-1 deficit with an eight-run outburst in the fifth inning to eventual run-rule No. 25 Alabama 19-3 in seven innings for its seventh straight win. It featured a two-run, game-tying double by Henry Hunter (2-4, career-high 4 RBI), a three-run home run by Tre Phelps, and a solo home run by Kolby Branch. It was the largest inning by the Bulldogs in an SEC game this season. Hunter added a towering two-run home run in a seven-run seventh that traveled 452 feet.

• Junior Brian Curley pitched five innings in the opener, allowed three runs on two hits, and tied his career-high with nine strikeouts for a win to improve to 4-2. In the second inning, UA put runners at first and second with nobody out, and he came back with a pair of strikeouts and a pickoff at second base to extinguish the threat. In the third, Kade Snell, the SEC’s leading hitter, put UA in front 3-1 with a three-run double.

• In game one, sophomore Tre Phelps (3-5, HR, 6 RBI) set a career-high with six RBI.

•Georgia hit six home runs in the opener (tied for most in a game this year) to give them an NCAA-leading 125. Kolby Branch (3-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI) hit a pair for the third time this season and Georgia went back-to-back twice in the contest.

• In game one, senior Slate Alford (1-1, HR, 3 BB) extended his on-base streak to 34 games with a solo home run in the first for his 16^th home run.

• In game two of the doubleheader, Georgia grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first with Robbie Burnett and Phelps picking up an RBI, scoring Nolan McCarthy and Alford, who began the game with base hits. For Alford, it extended his on-base streak to 35 games and 51 of 52 contests on the year.

• Alabama responded by batting around in the first to take a 4-2 lead and chase junior starter Kolten Smith.

• UA starter Riley Quick struck out seven in 4.1 innings while graduate Charlie Goldstein provided 3.1 innings of relief for the Bulldogs.

• Phelps was 2-for-3, including a one-out double in the fifth. Branch was at the plate with an 0-2 count when play was halted due to rain and UA holding a 6-2 advantage.

• The teams will aim to complete game two on Saturday and then play the final game of the series.

Key Quotes

Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson

On Friday’s action

“You can look all the way up and down the lineup the way we swung it in game one with six home runs. Tre (Phelps), Ryan Black, Henry Hunter, Kolby Branch, Slate Alford they all had some good at bats. Slate got it started, a right-on-right matchup and hit a change up in the seats for the first one. It wasn’t (Brian) Curley’s best outing. He had to grind. His stuff, his movement profiled well, he just wasn’t throwing it in the strike zone. We were able to use some guys to finish the game when you jump out like that, but the offense won that first game.”

“I know we’re down in game two, and their guy, along with Kyson Witherspoon (Oklahoma) may be two of the best right-handers in this league. We’ve been working hard on being able to go the other way, and he was tough out there. We got a couple in the first and had some chances but he worked out of some jams.”

Up Next

Georgia (40-11, 16-9 SEC) is scheduled to finish the series here with No. 23 Alabama Saturday. Game two is slated to resume Saturday at 5:02 p.m. ET on SEC Network+ followed by the final game of the series. Inclement weather could again be a factor Saturday and force adjustments.

WTEN: Georgia Sweeps Cal, Advances to NCAA Championships

The No. 1 Georgia women’s tennis team (26-3, 13-2 SEC) punched its ticket to the NCAA Championships after sweeping No. 19 California (15-9, 9-3 ACC), 4-0, in the NCAA Super Regional at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex on Friday.

Fast Facts

• The Bulldogs have now advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Championships for a third consecutive season.
• Georgia improved to 14-7 all-time against California, marking a second-straight season in which the Bulldogs have eliminated the Golden Bears in the NCAA Super Regionals after doing so with a 4-2 win in 2024.
• Georgia remains undefeated in tournament-style competition this spring, improving to 10-0 between winning the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championships (four wins), the 2025 SEC Tournament (three wins) and the opening three rounds of the NCAA Tournament.
• The Bulldogs opened the day with the doubles point. On court three, Aysegul Mert and Hayden Mulberry cruised to a 6-2 victory over Berta Passola Folch and Naomi Xu before #68 Guillermina Grant and Anastasiia Lopata knocked off Greta Greco Lucchina and Lan Mi, 6-4, on court two to secure the doubles point.
• In singles, #42 Mert was a force on court four, dominating all match long to cruise past Passola Folch, 6-1, 6-0, to give Georgia a 2-0 lead in doubles.
• #74 Grant followed up with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Greta Greco Lucchina on court five, giving the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead while marking her 100th career collegiate singles victory.
• Sofia Rojas secured the clinch for a second match in a row, defeating Xu, 6-2, 6-4, on court six to earn Georgia’s 17th sweep of the season.
• The Bulldogs have won three consecutive matches and four of their last five when singles courts 4-6 earn victories.

Results
Doubles:
1. #1 Dasha Vidmanova/Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. #4 Mao Mushika/Jessica Alsola (CAL), 5-5 UF
2. #68 Guillermina Grant/Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) def. Greta Greco Lucchina/Lan Mi (CAL), 6-4
3. Aysegul Mert/Hayden Mulberry (UGA) def. Berta Passola Folch/Naomi Xu (CAL), 6-2

Singles:
1. #2 Dasha Vidmanova (UGA) vs. #32 Mao Mushika (CAL), 6(2)-7, 4-0, UF
2. #17 Anastasiia Lopata (UGA) vs. #59 Jessica Alsola (CAL), 5-7, 3-2, UF
3. Mell Reasco (UGA) vs. #44 Lan Mi (CAL), 6-3, 4-4, UF
4. #42 Aysegul Mert (UGA) def. Berta Passola Folch (CAL), 6-1, 6-0
5. #74 Guillermina Grant (UGA) def. Greta Greco Lucchina (CAL), 6-2, 6-4
6. Sofia Rojas (UGA) def. Naomi Xu (CAL), 6-2, 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (4,5,6)

Up Next
Georgia will travel to the Lone Star State for the NCAA Championships on May 15-18 hosted by Baylor University at the Hurd Tennis Center in Waco, Texas. The Bulldogs will face the winner between the 8-seed Duke and the 9-seed Auburn, with the match date and time TBD.

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