Monday, May 15, 2023

Mid-week Baseball: Georgia Bulldogs




 Who: Georgia Bulldogs
 When: Tuesday, May 16, 2023
 Time: 6:00 pm
 Where: Foley Field, Athens, GA
 TV/Video: SECN+
 Radio: UGA Audio
 Live Stats: UGA Live Stats
 Conference: SEC
Location: Athens, GA
Nickname: Bulldogs
Colors: Red and Black
Mascot: UGA XI (English Bulldog)
Students: 40,118

This season's record: 28-24 overall, 19-11 home, 7-12 away, 1-1 neutral, 10-17 SEC

Head Coach: Scott Stricklin is in his tenth year with the program and 19th overall as a head coach.
Stricklin's record: 620-397-1 (Overall); 270-209-1 (UGA)

The Series: The Cats are 18-36 overall vs. the Bulldogs and are 14-32 in games played in Athens. Western is 4-6 in the last ten games played and comes into this game losing the last two games played between these two teams.

The Bulldogs were picked to finish 5th in the Eastern Division of the SEC in preseason voting and outfielder Connor Tate was named to the preseason All-Southeastern Conference baseball team. The Bulldogs currently hold down the 6th position in the SEC's Eastern Division. The Dogs are coming off a three-game sweep at Missouri, after taking 2 of 3 from Tennessee and beating USC Upstate in a mid-week game.

Georgia has two players hitting over the .300 mark, led by Charlie Condon hitting .415 and Tate Connor hitting .390 for the season.  UGA is batting .289 as a team and has 508 hits on the season and 94 home runs. The Bulldogs averaged 7.3 runs per game. 

Charlie Condon is batting a team-best .415 with 35 extra-base hits including 24 home runs with both his average and home run numbers ranking second in the SEC. Condon leads three Bulldogs with double-digit home runs.
 
As a pitching staff, Georgia has a 6.41 team ERA with 477 strikeouts, averaging 9.2 K's per game with a .271 batting average against collectively.


                                                                              

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