Georgia Heads To Ole Miss For SEC Series

ATHENS-----Georgia resumes Southeastern Conference play Friday against Ole Miss in Oxford with first pitch slated for 7:32 p.m. ET on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.

After spending the past four weekends facing a top 10 SEC opponent, the Bulldogs (23-18, 7-11 SEC) look to improve their standing in the "Road To Hoover" for the SEC Tournament which features just 12 teams. After a 1-9 start to league play, Georgia is 6-2 in its last eight games against No. 10 Kentucky, at No. 2 Florida and No. 5 Arkansas. Meanwhile, the Rebels (21-20) are 3-15 in the SEC after being swept by top-ranked LSU in Oxford last weekend. The Rebels have dropped all six SEC series with one road win over Texas A&M and Mississippi State plus one home victory over No. 5 Arkansas.

Series History: Ole Miss holds a 48-40 edge in the series with Georgia including winning the past four series (2014, '16, '18, & '21). Ole Miss is 12-4 against the Bulldogs in this stretch which includes four wins at the SEC Tournament. Georgia's last trip to Oxford was in 2018. Georgia's last series win over the Rebels came in 2012 in Athens (2-1) and the last in Oxford was 2011 (2-1).

On The Mound: The Bulldogs have a 6.32 ERA with 386 strikeouts and 205 walks. Opponents are batting .265. The Rebels sport a 5.52 ERA with 395 strikeouts and 188 walks. Opponents are hitting .252 against Ole Miss.
Georgia junior ace Jaden Woods (3-2, 5.59) was not active in last weekend's SEC series versus #5 Arkansas due to arm fatigue. He is listed as day-to-day. For the second straight SEC series, the rotation will feature freshman RHP Kolten Smith (2-1, 4.74) and juniors LHP Charlie Goldstein (2-1, 4.64) and Liam Sullivan (4-2, 4.37). The Rebels have not announced their rotation as of Thursday morning.

At The Plate: Georgia is batting .290 with 77 home runs, a .389 OB% and is 21-for-24 in stolen base attempts. Redshirt freshman 1B/OF Charlie Condon (.416-18-55) and graduate OF Connor Tate (.364-13-44) and junior 3B/1B Parks Harber (.281-14-43) headline the offense.
Ole Miss is batting .287 with 62 home runs, a .381 OB% and is 34-for-42 in stolen base attempts. The Rebels leading hitters are juniors OF Kemp Alderman (.360-17-55), C Calvin Harris (.344-6-30) and SS Jacob Gonzalez (.322-7-37).

Tough Glove: Georgia and Ole Miss lead the SEC and rank in the top 10 nationally in fielding at .981.

Radio/TV/Live Stats Information

Thursday at 7:30 pm ET at Swayze Field, Athens (SECN+)
Radio: 960TheRef: https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4398&type=Archive
TV: SEC Network (Jake Hromada & Matt McLauglin): https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=0634101b-41a1-427b-9ccd-8ce5b218a3a3
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=446466

Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET at Swayze Field, Athens (SECN+)
Radio: 960TheRef: https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4399&type=Archive
TV: SEC Network (Jake Hromada & Matt McLauglin): https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=7dc48ef3-feb0-44c8-91b9-b26c54c1a827
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=446467

Sunday at 2:30 p.m. ET at Swayze Field, Athens (SECN+)
Radio: 960TheRef: https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4400&sport=1&type=Archive
TV: SEC Network (Jake Hromada & Matt McLauglin): https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=29e970b6-3979-4f6e-b5b3-14bc266c19b1
Live Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=446468

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Players Mentioned

Charlie Condon

Charlie Goldstein

Parks Harber

Kolten Smith

Liam Sullivan

Connor Tate

Jaden Woods