Friday, March 31
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No. 4 Vanderbilt Beats Georgia
March 31, 2023 | Baseball
NASHVILLE, Tenn.----Fourth-ranked Vanderbilt defeated Georgia 9-2 Friday afternoon in front of a Hawkins Field crowd of 3,802.
In the second inning, graduate Will David (2-for-4, 2 RBI) put Georgia in front 2-0 when he connected for his third home run of the year. Junior Parks Harber was on with a leadoff single. It was only the second home run that sophomore left-hander Carter Holton had surrendered this year. Vanderbilt answered in the bottom of the inning when RJ Austin tied the game with a two-run shot, his fourth of the season.
Vanderbilt (21-5, 7-0 SEC) erupted for four runs on three hits in the fifth to build a 6-2 advantage. Jonathan Vastine led off with a triple and then the next two Commodores reached on four-pitch walks. RJ Schreck cleared the bases with a three-run double. The scoring in the frame was capped by a sacrifice fly by RJ Austin to make it 7-2. In the sixth, Parker Noland hit his sixth home run, a solo shot for an 8-2 advantage.
Holton improved to 4-0, pitching seven innings and allowing two runs on three hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts. Georgia junior Jaden Woods fell to 3-1 as he was lifted in the sixth after allowing eight runs on nine hits with five strikeouts. Nolan Crisp and Collin Caldwell provided 2.1 innings of relief for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs dropped to 15-11 overall, 1-6 in the SEC.
Bulldog redshirt freshman Charlie Condon had his hitting streak snapped at 24 games, four shy of the school mark set by Josh Hudson in 1999. Condon finished 0-for-3 but did draw a walk to extend his on-base streak to 25 games.
"Vanderbilt is playing at a really high level now," said Georgia's Ike Cousins head baseball coach Scott Stricklin. "I thought we showed some fight, but the fifth inning was the difference. Vanderbilt made some outstanding plays defensively. Parks Harber hit a ball extremely well, and their centerfielder, who is the best one in college baseball, runs it down and crashes into the wall. It was a great play, and I'm glad he's all right. We made some plays out there too today by Will David and Connor Tate, and we turned a couple double plays that helped us."
Game two of the series will be Saturday at 3 p.m. ET (SECN+) and available on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
In the second inning, graduate Will David (2-for-4, 2 RBI) put Georgia in front 2-0 when he connected for his third home run of the year. Junior Parks Harber was on with a leadoff single. It was only the second home run that sophomore left-hander Carter Holton had surrendered this year. Vanderbilt answered in the bottom of the inning when RJ Austin tied the game with a two-run shot, his fourth of the season.
Vanderbilt (21-5, 7-0 SEC) erupted for four runs on three hits in the fifth to build a 6-2 advantage. Jonathan Vastine led off with a triple and then the next two Commodores reached on four-pitch walks. RJ Schreck cleared the bases with a three-run double. The scoring in the frame was capped by a sacrifice fly by RJ Austin to make it 7-2. In the sixth, Parker Noland hit his sixth home run, a solo shot for an 8-2 advantage.
Holton improved to 4-0, pitching seven innings and allowing two runs on three hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts. Georgia junior Jaden Woods fell to 3-1 as he was lifted in the sixth after allowing eight runs on nine hits with five strikeouts. Nolan Crisp and Collin Caldwell provided 2.1 innings of relief for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs dropped to 15-11 overall, 1-6 in the SEC.
Bulldog redshirt freshman Charlie Condon had his hitting streak snapped at 24 games, four shy of the school mark set by Josh Hudson in 1999. Condon finished 0-for-3 but did draw a walk to extend his on-base streak to 25 games.
"Vanderbilt is playing at a really high level now," said Georgia's Ike Cousins head baseball coach Scott Stricklin. "I thought we showed some fight, but the fifth inning was the difference. Vanderbilt made some outstanding plays defensively. Parks Harber hit a ball extremely well, and their centerfielder, who is the best one in college baseball, runs it down and crashes into the wall. It was a great play, and I'm glad he's all right. We made some plays out there too today by Will David and Connor Tate, and we turned a couple double plays that helped us."
Game two of the series will be Saturday at 3 p.m. ET (SECN+) and available on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Carter Holton (4-0)
L: Woods, Jaden (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Tate, Connor 1
HR: David, Will 1
RBI: David, Will 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Harber, Parks 1 ; David, Will 1
Batting:
2B: RJ Schreck 1
3B: Jonathan Vastine 1
HR: RJ Austin 1 ; Parker Noland 1
RBI: Davis Diaz 2 ; RJ Schreck 3 ; RJ Austin 3 ; Parker Noland 1
SF: RJ Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Enrique Bradfield Jr 2 ; Davis Diaz 1 ; RJ Schreck 1 ; Jack Bulger 1 ; RJ Austin 1 ; Parker Noland 1 ; Calvin Hewett 1 ; Jonathan Vastine 1
SB: Enrique Bradfield Jr 2 ; Calvin Hewett 2
HBP: Enrique Bradfield Jr 1
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