University of Georgia
28-26, 10-19
LSU
42-12, 19-9
No. 5 LSU Clinches Series With 8-4 Win
May 19, 2023 | Baseball
ATHENS – Fifth-ranked LSU clinched the final SEC series of the regular season with an 8-4 win over Georgia Friday evening at Foley Field before 3,725 spectators.
"We hung in there," Georgia's Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Scott Stricklin said. "The bullpen did a nice job. Zach DeVito, Collin Caldwell and Dalton Rhadans kept us there. We made it 8-4. Will David hits a ball to the wall, and it is almost 8-7. We gave ourselves a chance at the end, but it is really tough when you give up that many runs early."
Georgia's (28-26, 10-19 SEC) offense was powered by a pair of home runs by juniors Parks Harber and Sebastian Murillo. For Harber, it was his 18th of the year while Murillo now has two in the series to give him six for the season. Harber put the Bulldogs on the board in the bottom of the first with a two-run home run as redshirt freshman Charlie Condon was on after getting hit by a pitch. The Tigers answered back in the fourth with three runs to take the lead. Josh Pearson was walked with bases loaded to score Cade Beloso. An RBI-run single by Dylan Crews and a sacrifice fly RBI from Tommy White gave LSU (42-12, 19-9 SEC) a 3-2 lead.
Georgia starter Charlie Goldstein (3-2) worked four and one third innings, allowing five runs off six hits with two strikeouts before reliever Kyle Greenler took the mound in the fifth. LSU added three runs to its lead in the fifth, using a sacrifice fly with bases loaded to score Beloso. The Tigers followed up with a two-run single by Pearson for a 6-2 advantage.
White connected for his 18th home run of the season to start the sixth. Hayden Travinski followed with a home run to extend LSU's lead to 8-2. Georgia cut the Tigers' lead in the seventh with a pair of runs. Junior Fernando Gonzalez reached on a fielder's choice before Murillo cranked his second home run to bring Georgia to within four at 8-4.
LSU's starter Ty Floyd maintained his perfect record, registering his seventh win of the season after tossing seven frames, allowing four runs on five hits with seven strikeouts.
DeVito provided two scoreless innings of relief while Caldwell went 0.2 innings and Rhadans pitched the final frame as they combined for 3.2 shutout innings.
The series finale will be played on Saturday. Georgia will honor nine Bulldogs as part of Senior Day at 12:45. First pitch is slated for 1:02 p.m. The game will be live on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ty Floyd (7-0)
L: Goldstein, Charlie (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Tre' Morgan 1
HR: Tommy White 1 ; Hayden Travinski 1
RBI: Dylan Crews 1 ; Tommy White 2 ; Hayden Travinski 1 ; Jordan Thompson 1 ; Josh Pearson 3
SF: Tommy White 1 ; Jordan Thompson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Tommy White 1 ; Hayden Travinski 1 ; Cade Beloso 2 ; Gavin Dugas 1 ; Brayden Jobert 2 ; Jordan Thompson 1
SB: Hayden Travinski 1
CS: Cade Beloso 1
HBP: Dylan Crews 1 ; Cade Beloso 1 ; Gavin Dugas 1 ; Brayden Jobert 1
Batting:
2B: Gonzalez, Fernando 1
HR: Harber, Parks 1 ; Murillo, Sebastian 1
RBI: Harber, Parks 2 ; Murillo, Sebastian 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Condon, Charlie 1 ; Harber, Parks 1 ; Gonzalez, Fernando 1 ; Murillo, Sebastian 1
HBP: Condon, Charlie 1
