Georgia wins two to complete the weekend sweep of Auburn

Athens, Ga – Georgia baseball (28-2, 8-1 SEC) continues to write a poem of a story to the start of its 2025 season. The Bulldogs picked up two more wins on Saturday to complete a sweep of No. 11 Auburn.

The Bulldogs have now swept their last two SEC series to move to 8-1 in the SEC play.

In game one, it was Georgia taking an 11-7 win. It was much like many of Georgia’s other 28 wins. They spread out 14 hits. Georgia got home runs from Christian Adams and Nolan McCarthy.

Adams led the way, going 2-for-3, driving in four runs, walking twice and scoring two runs as well. McCarthy had three RBIs. He also scored three runs.

Georgia started Brian Curley on the mound. He went five innings, allowed four runs, struck out six hitters, but just missed qualifying for the win. That went to reliever Tyler McLoughlin. JT Quinn got the save.

Game two

Game two was a little different than what we’ve seen from Georgia’s wins. There was a lot of small ball. Georgia did not hit a home run until they absolutely had to and earned their 9-6 win in the evening capper at Foley Field in 10 innings.

In fact, Georgia’s offense struggled in the middle innings. The Bulldogs struck out 14 times in game two. The Bulldogs left seven men on base. The timing of things worked in Georgia’s favor. They got a run on a walk with the bases loaded. They got a run on a routine ground ball in which Auburn’s shortstop Deric Fabian fell down.

In extra innings, Georgia got three hits, and two runs on an error that tied the game in the bottom of the 10th. It was Dan Jackson who dealt the final blow with a three-run walk-off home run.

The Bulldogs’ pitching staff made pitches when they needed them. Georgia’s pitchers got out of jams.

Leighton Finley started for Georgia. He threw three innings, allowed four hits and three runs while striking out three hitters. Georgia went to Matt Hoskins, who threw three innings, allowed three, walked one batter, but struck out three hitters. He did not allow a run.

Georgia leaned on Jordan Stephens, Alton Davis, Eric Hammond, Brian Zeldin and DJ Radtke to cover the final four innings. Radtke was the pitcher of record and picked up the win for Georgia.

For all the play-by-play and thoughts on the three games this weekend catch up in our live blog from the weekend. Here: https://www.on3.com/teams/georgia-bulldogs/news/live-blog-georgia-and-auburn-tangle-on-the-diamond/

What Georgia head coach Wes Johnson had to say

Johnson complementary of his offense and Georgia’s crowd: “We didn’t panic. We came in. It’s like I said, ‘guys, hey, they got to get us out three times too.’ Now, and it’s hard in this league, in extra innings to do that, especially at home. I just want to thank our crowd too. I mean, our crowd, it made it tough, man. The energy was flowing. We had a lot of fans here. Believe it or not, it affects players, and I think it got to them. The lights are blaring. They’re music blaring too right there when you’ve loaded the bases, all that kind of stuff.”

Johnson tips the cap Auburn reliever Carson Myers: “I just said, keep grinding out. He can’t throw 200 pitches. We’ll eventually get him out of the game. Our hitters did that. Now, he got us. He got us, whatever it was, nine or ten times. We just kept battling. Then when they went to their pen, we were able to really put a lot of pressure on them, get some hits and get some runs.”

Georgia remains level-headed: “If you play with emotions, you’re going to have some big, severe ups and downs,” Johnson said. “If you’ll just play with energy and focus, you’ll surrender to the process. You’ll understand that our game’s really hard. Nobody bats 1,000, nobody bats 500. So you’re not going get a hit every at-bat. You’re trying to get a hit every at-bat, but if they get you out, what are you learning from that?”

What’s next?

Georgia will host Queens University on Tuesday at 3 p.m. They travel to Austin to face Texas next Friday, Saturday and Sunday.