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Photo by: Chamberlain Smith
McAllister Delivers Walk-Off Home Run In Game One
February 27, 2021 | Baseball
ATHENS-----Seventh-ranked Georgia posted a 3-2 win in game one of a doubleheader with Gardner-Webb Saturday at Foley Field thanks to a walk-off home run by Josh McAllister. Game two will begin at 4:32 p.m.
McAllister smashed his first career home run as the Bulldogs (5-1) extended their winning streak to five straight. Junior Jack Gowen notched his first career victory while Lenny Washington dropped to 0-1.
Gardner-Webb (1-3) took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Keji Parkhurst and Dom Peroni. Right-hander Mason Miller held Georgia to one hit heading to the sixth when Cole Tate reached with a one-out single. Then, freshman Corey Collins tied the game with a run-scoring double for his team-high fifth RBI on the year. In the bottom of the seventh, freshman catcher Fernando Gonzalez led off with a double off reliever Kyle Skidmore to extend his hitting streak to five games. Pinch-runner Randon Jernigan took third on a flyout and then freshman pinch-hitter Luke Wagner delivered an RBI-double to score Jernigan for a 2-1 lead.
Georgia senior left-hander C.J. Smith matched his career high going seven innings but got a no decision. Freshman Will Pearson and the Bulldogs got out of jam in the eighth as Gardner-Webb put a runner at third with one out. With the infield in, Pearson struck out Joe Simone. After a walk to Parkhurst, he retired Peroni to maintain the lead. With one out and runner at second in the top of the ninth, Georgia looked to Gowen. Gardner-Webb shortstop Ben Laspaluto tied the game with an RBI-single. Then in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and two strikes, McAllister launched a drive over the left field wall as Mitch McClendon jumped up to try and make the catch and came up empty.
McAllister smashed his first career home run as the Bulldogs (5-1) extended their winning streak to five straight. Junior Jack Gowen notched his first career victory while Lenny Washington dropped to 0-1.
Gardner-Webb (1-3) took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on back-to-back doubles by Keji Parkhurst and Dom Peroni. Right-hander Mason Miller held Georgia to one hit heading to the sixth when Cole Tate reached with a one-out single. Then, freshman Corey Collins tied the game with a run-scoring double for his team-high fifth RBI on the year. In the bottom of the seventh, freshman catcher Fernando Gonzalez led off with a double off reliever Kyle Skidmore to extend his hitting streak to five games. Pinch-runner Randon Jernigan took third on a flyout and then freshman pinch-hitter Luke Wagner delivered an RBI-double to score Jernigan for a 2-1 lead.
Georgia senior left-hander C.J. Smith matched his career high going seven innings but got a no decision. Freshman Will Pearson and the Bulldogs got out of jam in the eighth as Gardner-Webb put a runner at third with one out. With the infield in, Pearson struck out Joe Simone. After a walk to Parkhurst, he retired Peroni to maintain the lead. With one out and runner at second in the top of the ninth, Georgia looked to Gowen. Gardner-Webb shortstop Ben Laspaluto tied the game with an RBI-single. Then in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and two strikes, McAllister launched a drive over the left field wall as Mitch McClendon jumped up to try and make the catch and came up empty.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gowen, Jack (1-0)
L: WASHINGTON, Lenny (0-1)
Batting:
2B: PEARCEY, Cam 1 ; PARKHURST, Keiji 1 ; PERONI, Dom 1 ; McGUIRE, JP 1
RBI: PERONI, Dom 1 ; LaSPALUTO, Ben 1
SH: MARCOS, Jacob 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PARKHURST, Keiji 1 ; MENDELLA, Benino 1
SB: PEARCEY, Cam 1
CS: LaSPALUTO, Ben 1
Batting:
2B: Collins, Corey 1 ; Gonzalez, Fernando 1 ; Wagner, Luke 1
HR: McAllister, Joshua 1
RBI: Collins, Corey 1 ; Wagner, Luke 1 ; McAllister, Joshua 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tate, Cole 1 ; Jernigan, Randon 1 ; McAllister, Joshua 1
SB: Tate, Cole 1
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