Bulldogs Defeat Texas A&M, 9-4 In SEC Road Opener

Friday, March 20

College Station, Tex.

7 PM ET

University of Georgia

Texas A&M

March 20, 2026 | Baseball

Georgia-Texas A&M Friday Box

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. – The sixth-ranked Georgia Bulldogs used a 15-hit attack including three home runs to hand No. 21 Texas A&M its first home loss Friday, beating the Aggies 9-4 Friday at Blue Bell Park.

Fast Facts

Junior Justin Byrd (1-1) provided 4.1 scoreless innings of relief after coming in for starter Joey Volchko in the second inning. Byrd allowed just two hits, a walk and struck out four to earn a win.
Sophomore Henry Allen gave the Bulldogs a 3-0 lead with a two-out, three-run blast in the first inning. It was his eighth home run of the year. Ryan Black and Tre Phelps were on base after back-to-back singles to start the contest.
Georgia (18-4, 3-1 SEC) went up 4-0 in the second on a two-out, run-scoring single by Phelps.
After the Aggies cut it to 4-2 in the second, Michael O'Shaughnessy put Georgia in front 5-2 when he led off the third inning with his sixth home run of the season.
With two outs in the seventh, freshman Cole Johnson delivered a two-run single to make it 7-2.
With a single to lead off the fifth inning, junior Daniel Jackson extended his hitting streak to 20 games.
For the second time this season, Jordy Oriach smashed a pinch-hit home run, smacking a two-run shot in the top of the ninth for a 9-2 advantage.
Graduate Caden Aoki provided 2.0 scoreless innings, freshman Joe Nottingham made his SEC debut and Grant Edwards got the final two outs.
Coming in Friday, the Aggies were 14-0 at home this season.

Key Quotes
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson

On Georgia getting a win in its first SEC road game…
"Justin Byrd came on in relief of Joey (Volchko) and was really good. It helped in the first that Henry got on that ball and hit it off the scoreboard to give us a 3-0 lead. Jordy Oriach and Michael O'Shaughnessy hit home runs too. You look all around, and it takes a lot of guys to contribute to win Friday night in this league. We knew it was going to be a grind. Their crowd was loud, and I thought our guys were focused and some good at bats. Caden followed Justin out of the bullpen and was good and then we got Joe (Nottingham) out there and Grant Edwards closed it out for us."

Justin Byrd | RHP | Jr.

On a Friday night win in the SEC...
"This is what the SEC is, and it was cool coming in in this environment and guys chanting my name. I didn't really listen to it. My job is to come in and fill up the zone. Hopefully, we can carry this over for the rest of the weekend. We didn't come here just to win one. The bullpen needs to come out and pitch with confidence and attack their hitters."

Up Next
Georgia (19-4, 3-1 SEC) continues the SEC series against the Aggies (17-4, 1-3 SEC) on Saturday with first pitch set for 3 pm ET. The game will be available to stream on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.