University of Georgia
29-4, 8-3
Texas
25-4, 10-1
No. 5 Texas Rallies Past No. 3 Georgia
April 05, 2025 | Baseball
AUSTIN, Texas. – A five-run outburst in the seventh inning lifted fifth-ranked Texas to a 7-4 win over third-ranked Georgia Saturday in front of a Disch-Falk Field crowd of 7,192.
Fast Facts
• Graduate Nolan McCarthy gave Georgia a 1-0 lead on an RBI-double with two outs in the first.
• Georgia took a 3-0 lead with a pair of runs in the third highlighted by an RBI-double by Robbie Burnett. Slate Alford's two-out, run-scoring double made it 4-0 in the fourth.
• Junior Brian Curley carried a no-hitter to the fifth before a leadoff walk and then a two-run home run by Jaquae Stewart cut the lead to 4-2. He tied a career high with nine strikeouts, the most by a Bulldog this season, over five innings. While at VCU, Curley struck out nine batters in relief against Western Carolina in 4.2 innings in 2024.
• The Bulldogs dropped their first series of the year as the bullpen surrendered five runs (three earned) on three hits with four walks plus an outfield error in the seventh inning aided UT's comeback.
• The loss went to Kolten Smith (2-1) while UT reliever Max Grubbs (3-0) provided 3.1 scoreless frames to pick up a victory.
Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On Texas' big-inning
"We have to continue to work on things and get better as today we let some things get away from us. We have to pound the strike zone and not walk people. We have to quit chasing. We didn't play very good baseball today. There's times in this game where you just go out and win games; there's times you get beat; and then there's times you beat yourself; and today was one of those days when we beat ourselves. We put a few runs on the board early and then just didn't play well after that."
On Brian Curley
"He was good for the first three innings, but then you look at the runs they scored on the walks. He has got to get over the hump of not walking guys later in the game."
Up Next
Georgia (29-4, 8-3 SEC) concludes its road series with No. 5 Texas (25-4, 10-1 SEC) Sunday at 2:02 p.m. EDT (SECN+).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Max Grubbs (4-0)
L: Kolten Smith (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Slate Alford 1 ; Robbie Burnett 1 ; Nolan McCarthy 1
RBI: Slate Alford 1 ; Robbie Burnett 1 ; Ryland Zaborowski 1 ; Nolan McCarthy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Slate Alford 1 ; Ryland Zaborowski 1 ; Daniel Jackson 1 ; Kolby Branch 1
HBP: Slate Alford 1 ; Ryland Zaborowski 1
Batting:
2B: Jalin Flores 1 ; Will Gasparino 1 ; Casey Borba 1
HR: Jaquae Stewart 1
RBI: Jalin Flores 2 ; Will Gasparino 2 ; Kimble Schuessler 1 ; Jaquae Stewart 2
SF: Kimble Schuessler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ethan Mendoza 1 ; Jalin Flores 1 ; Rylan Galvan 1 ; Will Gasparino 1 ; Casey Borba 1 ; Jaquae Stewart 1 ; Jayden Duplantier 1
CS: Tommy Farmer IV 1
