No. 12 Georgia Extends Winning Streak To Seven, Clinches SEC Road Series

Friday, May 10

Columbia, SC

5:30 p.m.

University of Georgia

37-12, 15-11

South Carolina

33-17, 13-13

Georgia

South Carolina

No. 12 Georgia Extends Winning Streak To Seven, Clinches SEC Road Series

May 11, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score UGA Box 49 (PDF)

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The 12^th-ranked Georgia Bulldogs clinched an SEC road series over No. 14 South Carolina with an 11-5 decision Friday at Founders Park in front of a crowd of 7,630 and extended their winning streak to seven games.

Fast Facts

• Redshirt sophomore Charlie Condon (2-for-5, 1 IBB, 1 RBI) saw his consecutive games with a home run end at eight games, one shy of the NCAA record. In his final at bat in the ninth, he was intentionally walked when the count went to 3-1. Condon did extend his hitting streak to 20 games with a single in the first.

• Sophomore right-hander Leighton Finley started and provided five innings, allowing two runs on five hits with seven strikeouts to improve to 5-1. USC loaded the bases with one out in the fifth, and he struck out the next two Gamecocks to maintain a 10-2 edge.

• Georgia exploded for five runs on five two-out hits to take a 5-1 lead in the fifth. The outburst began with a three-run home run by junior Slate Alford, his 14^th of the year.

• Freshman Tre Phelps blasted a three-run home run as part of a five-run fourth that extended Georgia's lead to 10-1. It was his third home run of the series and eighth of his career.

• Senior Corey Collins, the NCAA leader in OB% at .593, went 3-for-5 with a hit by pitch (HBP). It was his SEC-leading 24^th HBP which extends his school record.

• Graduate Brian Zeldin picked up his sixth save by pitching the final four innings with six strikeouts.

Key Quotes

Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson

"I told the guys we're going to come out Saturday and it's 0-0, and we're playing one more game here. If we do that, we'll be fine. This is a really good team we're playing, and they're going to fight until the end. With Leighton (Finley), I've seen this in the league a lot when a guy has a really good outing one week, he hit some career marks last week for pitches, strikeouts, all that, and then that next week, you see a little struggle. He was able to battle through that. Leighton was good to only give up two through five and then (Brian) Zeldin came in and took care of the rest."

Brian Zeldin, RHP

"It's a little bit of a mindset. When you show up at home, you expect to win the series. On the road, there's a lot of stuff going on, and you're trying to scrape one instead of going out and punch the other team. I think that's really flipped us as we have come out this series and got after it."

Up Next

Georgia (37-12, 15-11 SEC) concludes the SEC series against USC Saturday with first pitch set for 2:02 p.m. ET. The game will be available on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.