University of Georgia Athletics
Diamond Dogs Drop Three-Game Series to South Carolina
April 03, 2005 | Baseball
April 3, 2005
Box Score
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Eighth-ranked South Carolina completed a three-game sweep of visiting Georgia with a 6-1 win Sunday at Sarge Frye Field.
South Carolina (24-5, 5-4 SEC) pushed a run across in the bottom of the first. Chris Brown led off with a walk on four pitches, took second on a sacrifice bunt by Michael Campbell and scored on a base hit by shortstop Steven Tolleyson. A wind-blown home run from first baseman Steve Pearce in the second made it 2-0 Gamecocks. USC extended its lead to 4-0 in the third. Brown led off with a base hit, stole second and then was driven in by another run-scoring single from Tolleyson who took second on the throw home. Tolleyson stole third and came home on a groundout by Jon Willard.
Georgia (15-12, 2-6 SEC) got on the board in the fourth with a one-out, solo home run by junior right fielder Bobby Felmy. It was his third of the year and the first run of the year allowed by sophomore right-hander Jeff Jeffords who was making his first start. He then issued back-to-back walks before getting Jason Jacobs to pop out to the catcher for the second out. Jeffords then hit Derek Smith with a pitch to load the bases. However, he got Jonathan Wyatt to fly out to keep it a 4-1 game.
Jeffords was lifted with two outs in the sixth as the Gamecocks turned it over their bullpen as USC's pitching staff limited the Bulldogs to five hits on the afternoon. Jeffords (1-0) allowed just one run on three hits with two walks and six strikeouts to pick up the win. Georgia senior Sean Ruthven got the loss to fall to 1-2. He gave up four runs on eight hits before leaving with one on and two outs in the sixth in favor of junior Bo Lanier. Ruthven struck out five and walked one. Lanier retired six in a row and then issued a pair of two-out walks in the eighth. Georgia went to junior Will Startup. Davey Gregg reached on an infield chopper to load the bases. Catcher Ian Paxton blooped a two-run double to left that made it 6-1.
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