No. 5 Georgia Beats No. 14 Georgia Tech 5-2 to Win Spring Classic

Tuesday, April 15

Atlanta, Ga.

7:00 p.m.

University of Georgia

33-6

Georgia Tech

29-8

Ga. Tech

Georgia Bulldogs

No. 5 Georgia Beats No. 14 Georgia Tech 5-2 to Win Spring Classic

April 15, 2025 | Baseball

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ATHENS, Ga. – Fifth-ranked Georgia defeated 14th-ranked Georgia Tech 5-2 at Truist Park to win the Spring Classic benefiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) in front of a crowd of 15,000 on Tuesday.

Fast Facts

Georgia leads 15-7 in the annual Spring Classic series that has been played in the Atlanta Braves stadium or their Triple-A park since 2003. This is the first matchup at Truist Park.
With two home runs in the contest, the Bulldogs hit 100 home runs on the year as a team.
Senior Slate Alford extended his on-base streak to 22 games with a leadoff single to third base in the first.
With the score even at two in the fourth, senior Devin Obee launched a solo blast to record his 10th home run of the year.
Just two batters later, junior Kolby Branch blasted a two-run shot to put the Bulldogs up 5-2. Branch has homered five times in the last five games.
Georgia used 10 pitchers on the night with junior Alton Davis II (3-0) earning the win.
- Sophomore Jordan Stephens recorded the final three outs to tally his third save of the year.
- Graduate Charlie Goldstein struck out the side in the sixth after coming in in relief.

Key Quote
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On tonight's home runs...
"I thought the game was really slow for Kolby [Branch] tonight. I'll start with him. He got a pitch out over the plate. A lot of people forget how many homers he hit last year. I think he had 18 last year. He's got a lot of juice in his bat. Then what Devin [Obee]'s been doing, he got a pitch and backed it up. Obviously, he's very strong, and he was able to run it out of here and break that tie. Those were big."
On winning against Georgia's in-state rival...
"It's very important, but I think with the league we play in, it's more important to come out and play good baseball. They're a really, really good team. I don't want to misspeak here, but I think maybe they're at the top of the ACC. I know they've got a few more games than some other people. For us, it was more about, 'Hey, we're going to play a good baseball team, regardless of where they are, who they are, and what their jersey says. We're playing a quality team, and we want to go out and play good baseball against them because when we're heading to Vanderbilt, that's what we're going to get.'"

Alton Davis II | Junior | LHP
On what was going well for the pitching staff tonight…
"I would just say coming in and commanding the strike zone. Wes (Johnson) told a lot of us that we were going to get one inning or some of us one or two batters, and coming in and executing the pitches in the strike zone and just commanding is what we needed to do. I would say everybody did what they were supposed to do."
On his mindset going into the game…
"Wes (Johnson) and I have been talking about getting back to just pitching for myself and having fun and not trying to do too much for too many people. I would say today I came out and just wanted to be the kid I was when I was younger and have fun. Being in this park, that's all you can do is have fun. I just wanted to come out here and have fun today and I think I did a very good job at that. Wes was really happy about it. That's what he wanted."

Kolby Branch | Junior | SS
On hitting a home run in an MLB stadium…
"I've never done it before, and it was sick to do it. I think it barely got over the wall, so that was cool. It counts the same way, but it was a cool moment."
On the team's current momentum…
"It's big momentum. We had a bad series at Texas. We came back and fought back. Really good win over Presbyterian and then a good series against Arkansas and a good win tonight. These are all good wins that we can add onto and be ready to go into Nashville."

Up Next
Georgia (33-6, 10-5 SEC) will next travel to Nashville, Tennessee, for a three-game series against No. 19 Vanderbilt (26-10, 8-7 SEC) beginning Thursday at 7 p.m. (SECN+) EDT.