Georgia Game In Athens Regional Postponed To Saturday

ATHENS----Due to heavy rain, No. 8 national seed Georgia's opening game in the NCAA Athens Regional at Foley Field has been postponed until Saturday at Noon.

Friday's action began with Troy against No. 18 Duke. Troy was leading 5-0 going to the bottom of the fifth when rain and lightning delayed the game at 3:50 p.m. Play resumed at 9:15 p.m., amounting to a five hour and 25-minute delay. Ultimately, the Trojans posted a 6-0 victory.

The Blue Devils now will play the Georgia-Campbell loser in an elimination game, and that has been scheduled for Saturday at 4 p.m. The final game Saturday will be the winners matchup scheduled for 8 p.m., featuring Troy against the Georgia-Campbell winner. There will be a minimum of 55 minutes between games.

The stadium will be cleared after each game. There is no change to Sunday or Monday's schedule. NCAA Regionals are double-elimination.

Game One Recap: Troy Beats No. 18 Duke 6-0

In the opening game of the Athens Regional it was the third seeded Troy Trojans (42-19) outlasting the second seeded Duke Blue Devils 6-0. The Trojans jumped on Blue Devil starter Ryan Day breaking the scoreless tie in the top of the third inning. A bases loaded double by Joey Denison cleared the bags, and with two outs Brody Binder lined a double of his own down the third base line giving the Trojans a 4-0 advantage. Denison extended the Trojan lead to 5-0 in the fourth with a one out single, his fourth RBI of the game.

With inclement weather in the area, play was suspended in the bottom of the fifth inning delaying the contest five hours and twenty-five minutes. The Trojans continued to add-on after the weather delay in the sixth, manufacturing another run after loading the bases, increasing the visitors' lead to six. After Trojan starter Andrew Crane left the game due to cramping, reliever Corey Childress dominated in relief striking out a career high nine men in six innings of relief preserving the Troy shutout, 6-0.

Troy Head Coach Mark Smartt

On the Opening Win

"I am certainly proud of the win. I think that in order to have success you have to start 1-0. It was a unique game, the two biggest things in the game were the three-run-double in the third by Joey Denison to give us the lead and then the odd situation with Andrew Crane cramping up and leaving the game. We handed the ball off to Corey Childress with no warning and he went out, got three strikeouts and then we hade the lightening delay that turned into a significant delay. Childress has thrown as good as he's thrown his entire career, today he was special. It was a solid 6-0 win, we still have a long way to go but we're excited to start off with a 1-0 win."

ATHENS REGIONAL SCHEDULE (Times ET)
Saturday, June 2
Campbell vs. Georgia, Noon
Campbell/Georgia loser vs. Duke, 4 pm
Campbell/Georgia winner vs. Troy, 8 pm

Sunday, June 3
Game times are Noon and 6 pm

Monday, June 4 (if necessary)
Game time is 4 pm

University of Georgia Athletics

Georgia Game In Athens Regional Postponed To Saturday

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