LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Georgia dropped the final game in a three-game series against No. 16 Georgia Tech, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at Coolray Field before 8,411 spectators.
Georgia (8-3) won the series with a 7-2 win in game one at Foley Field on Friday and a 16-6 win at Georgia Tech (10-2) on Saturday.
The Bulldogs recorded four hits on the afternoon, highlighted by graduate Connor Tate extending his hit streak to 16 games and redshirt freshman Charlie Condon extending his to 10 games.
“That is your goal, any time you come into a weekend is to win a series,” Georgia’s Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Scott Stricklin said. “When you get to Sunday with a chance to sweep, you just want to finish it off. We didn’t play very good today. A tip of the cap to Georgia Tech. They played really well and made some plays. We didn’t have enough good at bats. On Sunday if you only give up four runs, you likely have a really good chance to win, especially with our offense. We just couldn’t get anything going. Their bullpen is really good. (Ben) King and (Terry) Busse on the back end of their bullpen, they are really good. That is the key. You have to get a lead on them so those guys can’t come in. That is what we did on Friday and Saturday. We just couldn’t get anything going today.”
Nolan Crisp (1-1) got the start for Georgia and went two innings, allowing two runs on four hits with one walk. Freshman Matthew Hoskins provided stellar relief in the third, tossing two scoreless frames with five strikeouts. Georgia Tech’s reliever Ben King (2-0) got the win, throwing three innings and allowing two hits and no runs. Terry Busse got the save with two scores innings, only walking one batter.
The Yellow Jackets (10-2) scored the first runs of the game with two in the third inning to take the lead. The Bulldogs used one run in the fourth to get on the board. With two runners on, Condon reached on a fielder’s choice to score graduate Ben Anderson as Georgia trailed 2-1 to close the frame. Georgia Tech added a run in the fifth and seventh to extend its lead to three runs, 4-1.
The Bulldogs will be back in action on Tuesday when they travel to SRP Park to face Georgia Southern at 6:30 p.m. in North Augusta, S.C. Georgia will then head to Statesboro on Wednesday where they will take on the Eagles at 6 p.m. before returning to Foley Field for a weekend series against Charleston Southern.
