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BSB: LIU Game Suspended, Georgia Wins It This Morning

Georgia and LIU finished their suspended game this morning with the Dawgs winning 18-2.

Fast Facts

• Georgia tied a school record with nine home runs in a game, marking the second time this season it had done so (24-6 win at No. 13 Arkansas on Apr.18). The nine home runs against LIU were the most in an NCAA postseason game for the Bulldogs.
• Game two of the Athens Regional was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday night due to inclement weather and was resumed at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning with Georgia leading 15-1. 
• Joey Volchko (10-2) started on the mound for Georgia, a six-inning hitless outing with 10 strikeouts, to earn his tenth win on the year. Long Island’s Nicholas Finarelli (8-3) took the loss after four innings, allowing nine runs off nine hits with one strikeout.
• The Bulldogs were the first on the board in the bottom of the third, bringing in a total of six runs. Kenny Ishikawa put the ball in play and drove in Brennan Hudson with an RBI single, while Rylan Lujo and Daniel Jackson also scored following an error.
• In the same inning, Jack Arcamone capped the inning with a two-run homer to right-center field, bringing home Ryan Wynn and adding to the Bulldogs’ lead. 
• Ryan Black added another long ball to Georgia’s total, breaking the single-season home run record for the Bulldogs.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Daniel Jackson knocked his 28th homer of the year, tying Gordon Beckham for the second-most home runs in a single season in Georgia history.
• Hudson also homered in the fifth, his 18th of the season.
• Lujo struck his 10th home run of the season in the sixth with a double RBI, scoring Jackson. 
• When play resumed Saturday, Hudson smacked a solo homer to right field, followed by another homer from Wynn. 
• In the next inning, Cole Johnson hit his third long ball of the season to further the Bulldogs’ lead and round out the game.

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In game two of the NCAA Athens Regional, play between Georgia and Long Island was suspended in the bottom of the sixth inning, with the Bulldogs leading 15-1.

The LIU-Georgia game will be resumed Saturday at 9:02 a.m. The loser of the game will play an elimination game Saturday, slated for a 12:06 pm ET start. The winner’s bracket game on Saturday is tentatively scheduled for 5 pm ET.

 
Fast Facts

• Joey Volchko started on the mound for Georgia, a six-inning outing with 10 strikeouts.
• The Bulldogs were the first on the board in the bottom of the third, bringing in a total of six runs. Kenny Ishikawa put the ball in play and drove in Brennan Hudson with an RBI single, while Rylan Lujo and Daniel Jackson also scored.
• In the same inning, Jack Arcamone capped the inning with a two-run homer to right-center field, bringing home Ryan Wynn and adding to the Bulldogs’ lead. 
• Ryan Black added another long ball to Georgia’s total, breaking the single-season home run record for the Bulldogs.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Daniel Jackson knocked his 28th homer of the year, tying Gordon Beckham for the second-most home runs in a single season in Georgia history.
• Brennan Hudson also homered in the fifth, his 18th of the season.
• Lujo struck his 10th home run of the season in the sixth with a double RBI, scoring Jackson. 
   
  
• Game One
  In game one of the NCAA Athens Regional, Liberty defeated Boston College, 4-3. 
   
  Fast Facts
• Liberty’s Tyler August (7-0) earned the win for the Flames, tallying one strikeout, one hit and one run in an inning of relief. Gavis Soares (1-3) got the loss for Boston College, allowing two runs in two innings, with three strikeouts. 
• Liberty was quick to put two runs on the board in the first inning. The Flames reclaimed their lead in the top of the ninth, consisting of a single, a double, a groundout and a fielder’s choice.
• Boston College’s three runs came off three solo homers, two from Julio Solier and one from Jack Toomey.
• Neither starter figured in the decision as Liberty’s Ben Blair and A.J. Colarusso of Boston College each worked seven innings and allowed two runs apiece.

Liberty Head Coach Bradley LeCroy

Opening Statement…
“First off, what an outstanding college baseball game. Two good teams going at it. Both starting pitchers were outstanding. They both emptied the tank. We had a good plan going into it. We knew we were going to swinging the bats because we knew that he was going to throw strikes. We got some hits in the first inning, got two runs. Then we just could not come up with a big hit, a situational hit. For what we had to do tonight is what our team does. We have had comebacks all year, we believe in these 10 guys and the rest of our team. The best thing was that this was an outstanding college baseball game today.”

Up Next: Play between Georgia and LIU will resume on Saturday morning at 9:02 a.m. Game three of the Athens Regional will begin at 12:06 p.m. ET.

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