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Friday, May 9
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
5:00 p.m.
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No. 1 Georgia Heads To No. 23 Alabama For SEC Series
May 08, 2025 | Baseball
ATHENS, Ga.----- Top-ranked Georgia returns to SEC action on the road Friday night as they face 23rd-ranked Alabama.
Friday and Saturday's games will be streamed on SEC Network+ while Sunday's contest will be featured on the SEC Network at 1 p.m. ET. The entire series will be available on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
In year two under Ike Cousins head baseball coach Wes Johnson, the Bulldogs (39-11, 15-9 SEC) have been a consensus top 10 ranked team all season and are as high as No. 1 (Baseball, America, Perfect Game) in a pair of polls this week. The Bulldogs, who rank No. 2 in RPI by the NCAA, are 27-3 at home, 9-8 on the road and 3-0 at neutral sites this season. UA enters the series 37-12 overall and 13-11 in the SEC.
In the series history, Georgia holds a 80-74-2 edge over UA in games dating to 1904. The Bulldogs swept the Crimson Tide last year in Athens and claimed the last series in Tuscaloosa (2-1 in 2022). Georgia did not have any midweek games while UA posted a 10-2 road win over No. 19 Troy.
The Bulldogs are batting .287 with a .562 slugging percentage and an NCAA-leading 119 home runs. The team's leading hitters are Ryland Zaborowski (.372-16-58, .822 SLG%), Slate Alford (.338-15-55) and Robbie Burnett (.315, SEC-leading 19 home runs plus 61 RBI). Due to an elbow injury, Zaborowski has missed the past four games.
Burnett is on pace to become the first Bulldog since first rounder Gordon Beckham (Chicago White Sox) in 2008 to lead the team with double-digit home runs and stolen bases. Beckham had an NCAA-best 28 home runs and 17 stolen bases in leading Georgia to the CWS Finals.
Alford, a senior native of Madison, Ala., is the team's top hitter in SEC action at .340-9-20. Alford has a team-best 33-game on base streak and has reached base in 49 of 50 games this season. He is one of two Bulldogs (Kolby Branch-SS) who has started all 50 games this year.
UA is batting .289 with a .504 slugging percentage and 82 home runs. The leading hitters for the Crimson Tide are Kade Snell (.394-9-44), Richie Bonomolo Jr. (.326-6-41, 15 SB) and Justin Lebron (.309-16-62, 14 SB). Snell went 4-for-5 with five RBI in the win over Troy.
The Bulldogs have posted a 4.72 ERA with 522 strikeouts and 220 walks. Opponents are batting .227 against Georgia. Last week, the pitching staff posted an SEC-best 1.75 ERA, going 4-0 and allowing just seven earned runs in that stretch. UA has a 4.74 ERA with 447 strikeouts and 186 walks this season. Opponents are batting .253 against UA with 45 home runs.
Georgia's fielding percentage is among the nation's best at .982 while UA is fielding .978.
UGA-UA Pitching Matchups
Fri.: Brian Curley (3-2, 2.96 ERA), Jr., RHP vs. TBA
Sat.: TBA vs. TBA
Sun.: Leighton Finley (2-1, 4.82 ERA), Jr., RHP vs. TBA
Radio/TV/Live Stats Links
Download the official App of the Georgia Bulldogs
https://georgiadogs.com/feature/mobile-app
Live Stat Links For UA Series
https://rolltide.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
Friday @ 7:02 p.m. EDT
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston)
https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4822&type=Live
TV: SEC Network+ (Chris Stewart & Alan Dunn)
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/f3c48f98-484a-4d13-9afa-c4fb1ca5b127
Saturday @ 5:02 p.m. EDT
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston)
https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4823&type=Live
TV: SEC Network+ (Chris Stewart & Alan Dunn)
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/7d46f26d-32ef-4c8a-b919-fedd7f9ea9be
Sunday @ 1:02 p.m. EDT
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston)
https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4824&type=Live
TV: SEC Network (Victor Rojas & Chris Burke)
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/d8ec5159-8d2d-459a-9c31-f2e6b9863b74
FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS: For the latest Georgia baseball news, visit www.georgiadogs.com and follow the Bulldogs on X (@BaseballUGA), Facebook (@GeorgiaBaseball) and Instagram (@baseballuga).
Friday and Saturday's games will be streamed on SEC Network+ while Sunday's contest will be featured on the SEC Network at 1 p.m. ET. The entire series will be available on the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.
In year two under Ike Cousins head baseball coach Wes Johnson, the Bulldogs (39-11, 15-9 SEC) have been a consensus top 10 ranked team all season and are as high as No. 1 (Baseball, America, Perfect Game) in a pair of polls this week. The Bulldogs, who rank No. 2 in RPI by the NCAA, are 27-3 at home, 9-8 on the road and 3-0 at neutral sites this season. UA enters the series 37-12 overall and 13-11 in the SEC.
In the series history, Georgia holds a 80-74-2 edge over UA in games dating to 1904. The Bulldogs swept the Crimson Tide last year in Athens and claimed the last series in Tuscaloosa (2-1 in 2022). Georgia did not have any midweek games while UA posted a 10-2 road win over No. 19 Troy.
The Bulldogs are batting .287 with a .562 slugging percentage and an NCAA-leading 119 home runs. The team's leading hitters are Ryland Zaborowski (.372-16-58, .822 SLG%), Slate Alford (.338-15-55) and Robbie Burnett (.315, SEC-leading 19 home runs plus 61 RBI). Due to an elbow injury, Zaborowski has missed the past four games.
Burnett is on pace to become the first Bulldog since first rounder Gordon Beckham (Chicago White Sox) in 2008 to lead the team with double-digit home runs and stolen bases. Beckham had an NCAA-best 28 home runs and 17 stolen bases in leading Georgia to the CWS Finals.
Alford, a senior native of Madison, Ala., is the team's top hitter in SEC action at .340-9-20. Alford has a team-best 33-game on base streak and has reached base in 49 of 50 games this season. He is one of two Bulldogs (Kolby Branch-SS) who has started all 50 games this year.
UA is batting .289 with a .504 slugging percentage and 82 home runs. The leading hitters for the Crimson Tide are Kade Snell (.394-9-44), Richie Bonomolo Jr. (.326-6-41, 15 SB) and Justin Lebron (.309-16-62, 14 SB). Snell went 4-for-5 with five RBI in the win over Troy.
The Bulldogs have posted a 4.72 ERA with 522 strikeouts and 220 walks. Opponents are batting .227 against Georgia. Last week, the pitching staff posted an SEC-best 1.75 ERA, going 4-0 and allowing just seven earned runs in that stretch. UA has a 4.74 ERA with 447 strikeouts and 186 walks this season. Opponents are batting .253 against UA with 45 home runs.
Georgia's fielding percentage is among the nation's best at .982 while UA is fielding .978.
UGA-UA Pitching Matchups
Fri.: Brian Curley (3-2, 2.96 ERA), Jr., RHP vs. TBA
Sat.: TBA vs. TBA
Sun.: Leighton Finley (2-1, 4.82 ERA), Jr., RHP vs. TBA
Radio/TV/Live Stats Links
Download the official App of the Georgia Bulldogs
https://georgiadogs.com/feature/mobile-app
Live Stat Links For UA Series
https://rolltide.com/sidearmstats/baseball/summary
Friday @ 7:02 p.m. EDT
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston)
https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4822&type=Live
TV: SEC Network+ (Chris Stewart & Alan Dunn)
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/f3c48f98-484a-4d13-9afa-c4fb1ca5b127
Saturday @ 5:02 p.m. EDT
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston)
https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4823&type=Live
TV: SEC Network+ (Chris Stewart & Alan Dunn)
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/7d46f26d-32ef-4c8a-b919-fedd7f9ea9be
Sunday @ 1:02 p.m. EDT
Radio: 960TheRef (Jeff Dantzler & David Johnston)
https://georgiadogs.com/watch/?Live=4824&type=Live
TV: SEC Network (Victor Rojas & Chris Burke)
https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/d8ec5159-8d2d-459a-9c31-f2e6b9863b74
FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS: For the latest Georgia baseball news, visit www.georgiadogs.com and follow the Bulldogs on X (@BaseballUGA), Facebook (@GeorgiaBaseball) and Instagram (@baseballuga).
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