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Liam Sullivan Named SEC Pitcher Of The Week
April 10, 2023 | Baseball
ATHENS-----University of Georgia junior Liam Sullivan has been named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week; the league office announced Monday.
A 6-6, 255-pound native of Sandy Springs, Ga., Sullivan fired a complete game four-hit shutout to beat No. 10 Kentucky on Easter and even a series as the Wildcats had won 23 of their last 24 games. The big left-hander matched his career high with seven innings and eight strikeouts to blank a Wildcat team that had been averaging 8.4 runs/game. It was only the fifth time under Nick Mingione's seven-year tenure that a UK team had been shut out. In the 3-0 win, Georgia snapped the Wildcats six-game winning streak and handed them just their second loss in SEC action.
Sullivan became the first Georgia pitcher to toss an SEC shutout since 2014 when Robert Tyler blanked No. 11 Ole Miss in Oxford 2-0. Georgia went on to sweep a doubleheader Sunday to clinch their first SEC series. This is the second SEC weekly honor for Sullivan who earned it in February following a shutout of Princeton when he tossed seven hitless and scoreless innings to go with a career-best 11 strikeouts in a 9-0 win.
Sullivan is one of only six Bulldog pitchers in school history to be named SEC Pitcher of the Week twice in a season, joining Derek Lilliquist, 1987; Brooks Brown, 2006; Alex Wood, 2012; Tony Locey, 2019 and Jonathan Cannon, 2022. Currently, Sullivan is 4-1 with a 3.08 ERA in eight starts.
Up next, Georgia (18-14) plays host to Clemson (19-14) Tuesday at Foley Field. First pitch is slated for 7:02 p.m., and the game will be available on the SEC Network and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS: For the latest Georgia baseball news, visit www.georgiadogs.com
and follow the Bulldogs on Twitter (@BaseballUGA), Facebook (@GeorgiaBaseball) and Instagram (@baseballuga).
A 6-6, 255-pound native of Sandy Springs, Ga., Sullivan fired a complete game four-hit shutout to beat No. 10 Kentucky on Easter and even a series as the Wildcats had won 23 of their last 24 games. The big left-hander matched his career high with seven innings and eight strikeouts to blank a Wildcat team that had been averaging 8.4 runs/game. It was only the fifth time under Nick Mingione's seven-year tenure that a UK team had been shut out. In the 3-0 win, Georgia snapped the Wildcats six-game winning streak and handed them just their second loss in SEC action.
Sullivan became the first Georgia pitcher to toss an SEC shutout since 2014 when Robert Tyler blanked No. 11 Ole Miss in Oxford 2-0. Georgia went on to sweep a doubleheader Sunday to clinch their first SEC series. This is the second SEC weekly honor for Sullivan who earned it in February following a shutout of Princeton when he tossed seven hitless and scoreless innings to go with a career-best 11 strikeouts in a 9-0 win.
Sullivan is one of only six Bulldog pitchers in school history to be named SEC Pitcher of the Week twice in a season, joining Derek Lilliquist, 1987; Brooks Brown, 2006; Alex Wood, 2012; Tony Locey, 2019 and Jonathan Cannon, 2022. Currently, Sullivan is 4-1 with a 3.08 ERA in eight starts.
Up next, Georgia (18-14) plays host to Clemson (19-14) Tuesday at Foley Field. First pitch is slated for 7:02 p.m., and the game will be available on the SEC Network and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS: For the latest Georgia baseball news, visit www.georgiadogs.com
and follow the Bulldogs on Twitter (@BaseballUGA), Facebook (@GeorgiaBaseball) and Instagram (@baseballuga).
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