No. 4 Georgia Beats No. 23 Kentucky In SEC Opener

Friday, March 14

Athens, Ga.

6:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

20-1, 1-0

Kentucky

13-3, 0-1

Georgia Bulldogs

March 14, 2025 | Baseball

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ATHENS, Ga. – Fourth-ranked Georgia extended its win streak to 17 games, defeating No. 23 Kentucky 12-6 in front of a sellout crowd of 3,633 Friday at Foley Field.

Fast Facts

Senior Robbie Burnett (2-3, HR, 4 RBI) hit his 10th home run of the season in the sixth inning while Tre Phelps was hit by a pitch as both extended their on-base streak to 21 games.
Coming off Co-SEC Player of the Week honors, graduate Ryland Zaborowski hit his 11th home run of the season in the fifth inning. He added two RBIs to lead the team with 38.
While facing his former team, graduate Nolan McCarthy (1-3, 2 RBI) extended his 11-game hit streak with a single in the first inning.
Senior Henry Hunter hit his third home run of the season in the sixth inning while driving in two RBI.
The bullpen combined for 6.2 scoreless innings with the win going to junior DJ Radke (3-0).
Georgia scored 10 unanswered runs after falling behind 6-2 in the third inning and took its first lead in the sixth inning on an RBI-single by Burnett

Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On falling behind early in the game…
"Obviously, we don't want to fall behind and we want to get off to a better start. We dealt with what I'd label as adversity in the first. We've got to overcome those things and we did. I told our guys, it's a long game, we know this. We don't panic here. We've got to keep leaning on them. We've got to keep putting pressure on them and if we do, eventually something is going to break and go out way."

Henry Hunter | Sr. | C
On how the team continues to fall behind early but rally back…
"It's not something we want to continue to do. We'd like to jump out and get on somebody early, but like Wes (Johnson) always talks about, just not panicking, just trusting what we've got going on offensively and who we've got rolling out on the mound to follow it up and get us outs. It's a long game. Giving up three runs early doesn't mean the game's over. We've got a veteran team, a group that's been through a lot. We're just battle-tested, and we feel like we don't panic."

Robbie Burnett | Sr. | INF/OF
On managing emotions in the game…
"We just play with energy and not emotion. It's baseball, you might go 0-2 in your first two at-bats and then you could hit two home runs. We just keep that level headspace and play with energy instead of emotion."

Up Next
Fourth-ranked Georgia (20-1, 1-0 SEC) continues a weekend series against Kentucky (13-3, 0-1 SEC) on Saturday with first pitch at 2:02 p.m. (SECN+).