University of Georgia Athletics
University of Georgia
30-5
Presbyterian
16-18
No. 7 Bulldogs Beat Presbyterian For 30th Win
April 08, 2025 | Baseball
ATHENS, Ga. – Seventh-ranked Georgia reached 30 wins on the season with a 16-2 (7 inning/run-rule) victory over Presbyterian at Foley Field Tuesday in front of a crowd of 2,848.
Fast Facts
- Georgia added five more to its NCAA-leading home run total which now stands at 92.
- Junior Ryan Black launched his second leadoff blast of the year to put the Bulldogs on the board. Georgia has now tallied four leadoff home runs this season.
- Graduate Ryland Zaborowski sent a solo shot 389 feet to record his 15th home run of the season. He's ranks second nationally in home runs with teammate Robbie Burnett.
- Junior Kolby Branch and senior Devin Obee added back-to-back blasts in a nine-run fifth inning. It's the fifth time this year the Bulldogs have recorded back-to-back home runs.
- In his second at-bat of the inning, Branch launched a grand slam to tie the school record for most home runs in an inning (2) and tally his seventh career grand slam.
- Georgia used seven pitchers on the day with Matthew Hoskins (1-1) earning the win.
Key Quote
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the hitting improvement today...
" I thought we did a good job from the jump. I challenged our guys to not chase, to have a two-strike approach. They had a little sneaky fastball at the top of the zone that got us a couple of times, but other than that I thought we did a really good job of getting back to our approach, getting back to not chasing and slowing the game down. I mean, that's all Kolby [Branch] did today. He just played the game slow. Ryan Black's playing the game really slow right now and when you see that, those are good signs."
Kolby Branch | Jr. | SS
On being back home at Foley…
"It's a lot of fun playing at Foley, and we get a lot of confidence when we're playing at home. It's a good feeling to be back."
On his two home runs in the fifth inning…
"It's always fun to hit two home runs on a midweek. Glad we got some things going tonight."
Up Next
Georgia (30-5, 8-4 SEC) welcomes No. 1 Arkansas (30-3, 11-1 SEC) to Foley Field for a three-game series beginning Friday at 6 p.m. (SECN+).
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hoskins, Matthew (1-1)
L: JJ Harrell (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Trey Fenderson 2 ; Ryan Ouzts 1 ; Brody Linker 1
RBI: Rhogue Wallace 1 ; Jake Randolph 1
SF: Jake Randolph 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Aaron Hobson 1 ; Ryan Ouzts 1
HBP: Connor Bradley 1 ; Holden Baker 1
Batting:
2B: Alford, Slate 1 ; Burnett, Robbie 1
HR: Black, Ryan 1 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 1 ; Branch, Kolby 2 ; Obee, Devin 1
RBI: Black, Ryan 2 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 2 ; Burnett, Robbie 2 ; McCarthy, Nolan 1 ; Jackson, Daniel 1 ; Branch, Kolby 7 ; Obee, Devin 1
SF: Jackson, Daniel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Black, Ryan 2 ; Alford, Slate 2 ; Zaborowski, Ryland 2 ; Burnett, Robbie 1 ; McCarthy, Nolan 2 ; Adams, Christian 3 ; Branch, Kolby 2 ; Obee, Devin 2
SB: McCarthy, Nolan 2
HBP: McCarthy, Nolan 1
