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No. 17 Bulldogs Split Series With Top-Ranked Aggies
April 27, 2024 | Baseball
Condon Sets Georgia Home Run Records
ATHENS, Ga. – The 17th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs split a doubleheader with top-ranked Texas A&M Saturday at Olsen Field, falling 19-9 in game one and then beating the Aggies 5-4 in the series finale as Charlie Condon set the Bulldogs single season and career home run records.
Fast Facts Game One
• Redshirt sophomore Charlie Condon tied the Georgia single season and career home run record with his NCAA-leading 28th home run in the first inning to give him 53 for his career in just 98 games. It traveled 433 feet and put the Bulldogs up 9-0. He tied Gordon Beckham's 28 home runs in 71 games in 2008 and his career mark of 53 over 197 games from 2006-08.
• After the first inning, the score was 9-8 Georgia as both teams batted around and hit three home runs apiece. It was the 17th time this year that the Bulldogs batted around. The nine runs in an inning were the most by the Bulldogs in an SEC game this year.
• Senior Corey Collins gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead in the first with his 13th home run, a 442-foot shot to centerfield.
• Senior Fernando Gonzalez crushed his third career grand slam (second this year) as part of a nine-run first. It was the team's 10th grand slam this year, which is a school record.
• In the sixth, the Aggies took the lead on a two-run single by Caden Sorrell, and it was part of an eight-run outburst to make it 17-9. In the seventh, the sixth home run of the day by Texas A&M made it a 19-7 walk-off via the run rule.
Fast Facts Game Two
• Redshirt sophomore Charlie Condon set Georgia's single season and career home run mark with a two-run blast in the seventh to make it 5-2. It was his NCAA-leading 29th of the year and 54th for his career in just 99 games.
• Sophomore right-hander Kolten Smith made his first start of the season and ninth of his career. He had made 13 relief appearances this year before Saturday. Smith registered 11 strikeouts over six innings, both career highs as a starter, for a win to improve to 6-2.
• Freshman Tre Phelps delivered a pinch-hit two-run home run in the seventh 13th to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead. It was his fourth home run of the year.
• Sophomore Kolby Branch blasted his 13th home run in the seventh to make it a 2-1 contest.
• In the eighth, the Aggies had two on and nobody out and graduate Christian Mracna came back to strike out the next three Aggies to maintain a 5-4 advantage. He notched a save by striking out six of the seven batters he faced over the final two innings.
• The Aggies lost for just the second time at home all year, dropping to 28-2 at Olsen Field.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
"Today showed the heart and character of our team. We talk a lot about toughness and the grind as this was our third doubleheader in as many weeks. It was another phenomenal outing from Kolten Smith, executing four pitches in the strike zone and then what Christian Mracna did there at the end, that's what big-time guys do. I'm proud of them and the whole team. The first game didn't go the way we wanted to. I knew Kolten would get us off to a good start in game two. I told the guys to hang in there. How about Tre Phelps' home run? How big was that and then Charlie's home run, it was everybody. A good team win, only their (Arkansas) second loss at home all year, and the reason they're number one in the country. We need to carry this momentum into next week."
Charlie Condon, RSo. 3B: On the setting the home run single season and career record
"First it was a big-time win for this group and really excited about that and to get out of Aggieland with a W. It's amazing just the path the past couple of years. I redshirted my freshman year and have worked really hard. It's really fun for it to pay off with a group like this. I love being able to contribute with such a great group of good guys and all that good stuff. It means a lot, and we're not done yet. We're going to keep on rolling, and hopefully will be a couple more coming."
Up Next
Georgia (31-12, 10-11 SEC) will travel to Kennesaw State on Tuesday with first pitch set for 6:02 p.m. ET. The game will be available on ESPN+ and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shane Sdao (3-0)
L: Zeldin, Brian (3-2)
Batting:
2B: Branch, Kolby 1
HR: Condon, Charlie 1 ; Collins, Corey 1 ; Gonzalez, Fernando 1
RBI: Condon, Charlie 2 ; Collins, Corey 2 ; Phelps, Tre 1 ; Gonzalez, Fernando 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Goldstein, Dylan 1 ; Condon, Charlie 2 ; Collins, Corey 1 ; Alford, Slate 1 ; Jordan, Logan 1 ; Phelps, Tre 1 ; Stinson, Josh 1 ; Gonzalez, Fernando 1
SB: Phelps, Tre 1
HBP: Goldstein, Dylan 1 ; Jordan, Logan 1
Batting:
2B: Braden Montgomery 1 ; Hayden Schott 1 ; Caden Sorrell 1 ; Travis Chestnut 1
HR: Jace LaViolette 1 ; Braden Montgomery 1 ; Ted Burton 2 ; Travis Chestnut 2
RBI: Jace LaViolette 3 ; Braden Montgomery 5 ; Ted Burton 3 ; Caden Sorrell 3 ; Travis Chestnut 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Gavin Grahovac 2 ; Jace LaViolette 2 ; Braden Montgomery 2 ; Ted Burton 3 ; Hayden Schott 2 ; Ali Camarillo 2 ; Caden Sorrell 4 ; Travis Chestnut 2
HBP: Gavin Grahovac 1 ; Hayden Schott 1
