No. 4 Bulldogs Beat ETSU For 16th Straight Win

Tuesday, March 11

Athens, Ga.

3:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

19-1

East Tennessee State

12-4

ETSU

Georgia Bulldogs

March 11, 2025 | Baseball

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ATHENS, Ga. – Fourth-ranked Georgia extended its winning streak to 16 games with an 8-6 victory over East Tennessee State in Tuesday's matchup at Foley Field.
Fast Facts

Nine pitchers combined in the win with JT Quinn (0-0) recording his third-straight scoreless start for the Bulldogs (19-1). Zach Harris (1-0) tallied his first win of the season, tossing 1.0 inning and allowing just one hit while striking out one. The pitching staff recorded a season-low two walks.
Nolan McCarthy launched a two-run shot in the eighth inning to register his third home run.
Tre Phelps (1-3, 3 RBI) and Robbie Burnett have reached base in all 20 games this year.
Georgia's 16-game winning streak is the second longest in school history, trailing only the 1908 team that went a perfect 20-0 to win the Southern Championship against collegiate squads. They ultimately finished 20-2 with the two losses to professional teams in exhibitions.

Key Quote
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On throwing nine guys today ahead of SEC play and how ready is the team now for SEC play
"That was awesome. You know, there's nobody down. I called them all in as a matter of fact, all nine of those guys and told them they would be throwing at some point today. You're not going to pen (bullpen) this week. Your pen will be today. If your pitch count gets too high, it's nothing personal, I'm going to come get you, and we didn't' have to do that.
"There's not much more we could do from a playing games standpoint. I think now it's just about going and playing. You better be ready for ups and downs and riding waves, there's so many things that happen in our league. Teams come in hot, teams come in not hot. It goes all over the map."

Tre Phelps, INF
On the team battling back in today's game
"At certain times, when we stop executing consistently as much as we want to – whether that's defense, offense, on the mound, in the box or in the field – just being able to want to play a complete ball game. Being able to squeeze these out, we know we're good enough to not panic no matter who we're playing. Whether we're in SEC play or whether we're not. When you get down, you have to throw a punch back."
Zach Harris, RHP
on being ready for SEC play
"We've played so many games, I think Wes (Coach Johnson) has put us all in different positions to succeed, and you've got out there and be versatile. We have so many guys on the staff this year that have that depth that we can throw a guy in any situation and know they're going to succeed. We have everyone's back too. We're brothers on and off the field, so I think that's going to help us especially going into SEC play."
Up Next
Georgia (19-1) opens SEC play on Friday by hosting No. 23 Kentucky (12-2) for a three-game series beginning Friday at 6 p.m.