ATHENS — Behind a six-run outburst in the third inning that essentially put the game out of reach, Georgia (22-20) handled in-state rival Georgia Tech (27-14) by a 13-5 final score on Tuesday night at Foley Field.
The victory clinched the season series for Georgia against the 25th-ranked Yellow Jackets, the first year the Bulldogs have won the series in the Peach State’s premier rivalry since 2013. A total of seven Bulldogs recorded at least one RBI in the contest, and nine players scored at least one run for the home side.
The Bulldogs will look to finish the season sweep at Turner Field in Atlanta on May 17.
Georgia wasted no time offensively as Nick King and Skyler Weber, a Gainesville High graduate, started the game off with back-to-back singles. Two batters later, Daniel Nichols came through with a RBI single to right to give the home squad an early 1-0 edge.
The Bulldogs added on in the second, hanging two runs on the board as LJ Talley’s first career triple and a sacrifice fly from Nick King each went for RBI and a 3-0 lead.
Georgia then busted the game open in the third, tacking on six runs to claim a 9-0 lead through three innings. Five Bulldogs claimed RBI in the inning, with two via walk and one hit by pitch. King added his second sacrifice fly of the night to give himself multiple RBI, and Weber hit a RBI single to left to cap the offensive outburst.
Georgia Tech got on the board with a run in the fifth inning to trim Georgia’s lead to eight runs, and the Yellow Jackets added three more in the seventh to climb to within 9-4 as the game headed into the home stretch.
Mitchell Webb immediately got one run back, launching a solo home run, his third bomb of the season, to push Georgia’s lead to 10-4 in the bottom of the seventh.
Tech answered with a solo home run of its own in the eighth, but the Bulldogs responded with three runs of their own in the bottom of the eighth to put a bow on the win.
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