University of Georgia Athletics
University of Georgia
15-1
Georgia State
10-3
Bulldogs Beat Panthers To Extend Winning Streak To 12
March 05, 2025 | Baseball
Fast Facts
• Robbie Burnett (3-for-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI), Tre Phelps (4-for-5, HR, 4 RBI), Kolby Branch (2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI) and Ryland Zaborowski (1-4, HR, 3 RBI) combined for 10 hits, five home runs and 12 RBI to pace the Bulldogs.
• Georgia (15-1) has won 12 straight games, its longest winning streak since 2009 when it won its first 14 games of the year.
• After building a 5-0 lead, the Bulldogs fell behind in the third inning when the Panthers scored nine runs on six hits and one Bulldog error.
• Zaborowski's three-run home run in the fourth put the Bulldogs back on top 11-9.
• Georgia scored at least two runs in each of the first six innings to build a 16-10 advantage. The Bulldogs employed 10 pitchers on a staff afternoon with junior Davis Chastain picking up the victory to improve to 3-0.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the team battling through six games in six days…
"You knew today was going to be a grind. We were going to have to bring some guys back early and get to some other guys who hadn't been out in a while. I had already told our coaching staff, hey, if we are out of here before 8 o'clock, I am going to be fired up. I had that feeling when the first pitch was thrown and tip your hat to JT Quinn. He got us off to a really good start. It got rough in the top of the third, but Davis Chastain settled it back down. We got a lot of guys out there. I have been telling people, we needed a little reset."
On the upcoming weekend series
"I want us to play clean baseball. We are doing it at times, in spurts for games for four to five innings, and then we won't play clean. When you get into our league, you are not giving up a nine spot and winning a lot of baseball games. We have to clean that up. At the same time, this is what happens at the end of six games in six days."
Kolby Branch | Jr. | SS
On the team's hitting today and overcoming a nine-run inning…
"We're doing well. It was a weird game. We scored in every single inning except for a couple. We kept piling it on, never stopped, and never quit after that long inning they had so I was proud of us. We just have a positive attitude about everything. We're never out of the fight. We've come back too many times now, and we're just going to win the ball game no matter what."
Up Next
Fifth-ranked Georgia (15-1) begins a three-game series Friday against Columbia at 3 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Chastain, Davis (3-0)
L: Roberts, Cole (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Freeman, Kaleb 1 ; Donohoe, Jesse 1 ; Hynek, Colin 1 ; Williams, Jae 1
HR: Bailey, Carter 1 ; Williams, Jae 1
RBI: Maginnis, Michael 1 ; Bailey, Carter 1 ; Maginnis, William 1 ; Hynek, Colin 2 ; Beverley, John 1 ; Williams, Jae 4
Base Running:
RUNS: Freeman, Kaleb 1 ; Maginnis, Michael 1 ; Bailey, Carter 1 ; Donohoe, Jesse 1 ; Maginnis, William 1 ; Hynek, Colin 1 ; Beverley, John 1 ; Garagozzo, Nick 1 ; Williams, Jae 2
SB: Maginnis, Michael 1
CS: Williams, Jae 1
Batting:
2B: Black, Ryan 1 ; Phelps, Tre 2
HR: Burnett, Robbie 2 ; Phelps, Tre 1 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 1 ; Branch, Kolby 1
RBI: Alford, Slate 2 ; Burnett, Robbie 3 ; Phelps, Tre 4 ; Adams, Christian 1 ; McCarthy, Nolan 1 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 3 ; Branch, Kolby 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Alford, Slate 1 ; Burnett, Robbie 3 ; Hunter, Henry 2 ; Phelps, Tre 3 ; McCarthy, Nolan 3 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 1 ; Branch, Kolby 3
SB: Branch, Kolby 1
HBP: Black, Ryan 1 ; Alford, Slate 1 ; Burnett, Robbie 2 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 2
