University of Georgia Athletics
University of Georgia
33-11, 10-9
Oklahoma
30-11, 11-8
Georgia Drops Series Opener to Oklahoma, 8-6
April 24, 2025 | Baseball
Fast Facts
- Sophomore Tre Phelps put Georgia on the board with a solo shot over the left field wall in the third inning for his sixth home run of the year. Georgia has an NCAA-leading 106 home runs.
- Senior Slate Alford extended his on-base streak to 27 games with a single in the first inning, tying Phelps for a season-high.
- Down 8-1 in the eighth inning, senior Henry Hunter reached base on an error while graduate Devin Obee and Slate Alford both hit singles to load the bases. Graduate Ryland Zaborowski hit a double to left field, clearing the bases, before graduate Nolan McCarthy hit an RBI-single to notch Georgia's fourth run of the inning.
- Obee doubled down the first base line before Kolby Branch hit an RBI-single to center field to narrow the score to 8-6.
- Junior Brian Curley (2-2) recorded four strikeouts through five innings, giving up just two runs in the second inning but got the loss. OU starter Kyson Witherspoon allowed one run on five hits through seven innings to improve to 8-2.
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On what went wrong tonight...
"We can't chase heaters. We chased a lot of fastballs tonight out of the strike zone. Chased some sliders off the plate, they didn't. They forced us to get into the middle of the strike zone and when we did, they got off a couple good swings tonight. We have to get back to that."
On Tre Phelps's performance tonight...
"Getting off some better swings. I think if you watched the Vanderbilt series he chased some of the pitches he laid off of tonight and Tuesday. He's not chasing those, so you force the pitcher into a count that allows you to get off a better swing on a pitch in the middle of the strike zone."
On the late comeback...
"Too late. There are no moral victories in our game. It shows a win's column, it shows a loss column, it shows standings. We're talking about the ninth and the eighth, you have to do that in the first, second, third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the seventh, and we just haven't been doing it."
Up Next
Due to inclement weather in the forecast for Friday night, Georgia (33-11, 10-9 SEC) will continue the home series against No. 14 Oklahoma (29-12, 11-8 SEC) Friday at 1:02 p.m. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Witherspoon, Kyson (8-2)
L: Curley, Brian (2-2)
S: Crooks, Dylan (10)
Batting:
2B: Carmichael, Easton 1 ; Christiansen, Sam 1
HR: Tockey, Dayton 2
RBI: Gambill, Trey 1 ; Walk, Jason 1 ; Tockey, Dayton 5
Base Running:
RUNS: Carmichael, Easton 1 ; Walk, Jason 2 ; Branch, Kyle 1 ; Tockey, Dayton 2 ; Cain, Brandon 1 ; Willis, Dawson 1
SB: Walk, Jason 1
CS: Gambill, Trey 1
Batting:
2B: Zaborowski, Ryland 1 ; Phelps, Tre 1 ; Obee, Devin 1
HR: Phelps, Tre 1
RBI: Branch, Kolby 1 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 3 ; McCarthy, Nolan 1 ; Phelps, Tre 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alford, Slate 1 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 1 ; Phelps, Tre 1 ; Hunter, Henry 1 ; Obee, Devin 2
SB: Hunter, Henry 1
CS: Obee, Devin 1
