University of Georgia Athletics
University of Georgia
26-10, 9-6
Texas A&M
22-13, 8-7
Aggies Claim Series Saturday
April 16, 2022 | Baseball
The Aggies managed to post a pair of six-run innings including one to erase a 9-6 deficit in the sixth and then put the game away with 10 runs in the top of the ninth to improve to 22-13 overall and 8-7 in the SEC.. Georgia (26-10, 9-6 SEC) struck first, taking a 2-0 lead courtesy of a two-run single by Corey Collins (2-for-5, 4 RBI) in the first. However, the Aggies answered in the top of the second with a two-run home run from Ryan Targac. Texas A&M scored four more runs to go up 6-2 on Bulldog starter LIam Sullivan.
In the bottom of the fourth, Corey Acton singled to left field bringing home Fernando Gonzalez.. Georgia then tied the game at six after Collins delivered another two-run single off Agggie reliever Jospeh Menefee.The Bulldogs went on to score three more runs in the fourth to take a 9-6 lead. Texas A&M responded with six runs in the sixth. On the day, the Aggies got home runs from Dylan Rock, Logan Britt and Targac. All nine Aggie starters registered a hit with seven different players scoring a run. Eight of Georgia's starting nine collected a hit and six finished with two hits apiece.
Brad Rudis, the Aggies third pitcher of the day, tossed four scoreless innings with five strikeouts to pick up his second victory on the season. Georgia right-hander Michael Polk, one of six Bulldogs to pitch Saturday, dropped to 0-2, surrendering three runs on two hits with a pair of walks. A bright spot for the Bulldog bullpen was Davis Rokose as he provided two innings and struck out three. Senior Shane Marshall secured the final out in the top of the ninth. It was his second career relief appearance.
"I though LIam (Sullivan) did a nice job settling down after they scored six in the second, and he went on to pitch two scoreless innings," Georgia's Ike Cousins head baseball coach Scott Stricklin said. "That's a good sign for him, and he got his pitch count up which is important. That gave us momentum shutting them down for a couple of innings and we got back in it with six runs in the fourth. We're up 9-6 going to the sixth and feeling pretty good about things. They get up a couple of base hits and then a three-run home run and just like that it's 9-9. The momentum shifted really quick, and we didn't have an answer.
"We're getting ready to go through a tough stretch, but we're halfway home in this league and we're I think third in the conference at 9-6," Stricklin added. "We got Jonathan Cannon coming back next week.too.
The midweek game stretched us and the short week stretched us; it was a perfect storm to have something like today happen.We just need a couple guys to step up, and it didn't happen today.".
Georgia returns to Foley Field Tuesday to play host to Clemson with first pitch slated for 6 p.m..
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rudis, Brad (2-0)
L: Polk, Michael (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Claunch, Troy 1 ; Bost, Austin 2 ; Stracener, Austin 1 ; Thompson, Jordan 1
3B: Kaler, Kole 1
HR: Rock, Dylan 1 ; Targac, Ryan 1 ; Britt, Logan 1
RBI: Kaler, Kole 2 ; Rock, Dylan 3 ; Moss, Jack 2 ; Claunch, Troy 3 ; Minnich, Brett 1 ; Bost, Austin 1 ; Targac, Ryan 4 ; Britt, Logan 3 ; Thompson, Jordan 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Kaler, Kole 3 ; Rock, Dylan 3 ; Moss, Jack 1 ; Claunch, Troy 1 ; Minnich, Brett 2 ; Bost, Austin 4 ; Targac, Ryan 2 ; Britt, Logan 3 ; Stracener, Austin 1 ; Thompson, Jordan 3
SB: Rock, Dylan 1 ; Thompson, Jordan 1
HBP: Rock, Dylan 1 ; Moss, Jack 1 ; Thompson, Jordan 1
Batting:
2B: McAllister, Joshua 1
RBI: Anderson, Ben 1 ; Collins, Corey 4 ; Harber, Parks 1 ; Gonzalez, Fernando 2 ; Acton, Cory 1
SH: McAllister, Joshua 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Anderson, Ben 2 ; McAllister, Joshua 1 ; Collins, Corey 1 ; Wagner, Cole 1 ; Harber, Parks 1 ; Rogers, Chaney 1 ; Gonzalez, Fernando 1 ; Acton, Cory 1
