THE FLATS – Georgia Tech baseball was unable to complete the comeback and fell 9-6 to No. 13 Florida State on Saturday afternoon at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.
The Yellow Jackets (20-12, 6-8 ACC) battled back and forth with the Seminoles (18-12, 7-7 ACC), evening the score in the seventh on a fielder’s choice RBI by Andrew Jenkins and sac fly RBI by Tres Gonzalez, but one run in the eighth and two in the ninth by Florida State proved too much to overcome.
Tech was once again led at the plate by Kevin Parada, who went 3-for-5 with a home run and triple for three RBI. Chandler Simpson also had a multi-hit day, going 3-for-5 with a leadoff triple to start the game. Jenkins finished with just one hit on the day but drove in three runs on five plate appearances (sac fly, single, fielder’s choice).
Starter RHP Logan McGuire surrendered three runs on three hits in the first 3.0 innings in his second career start and first weekend start. The Jackets used six pitchers overall on the day with RHP John Medich (2-2) receiving the loss, allowing one run on a sac fly in the eighth over two innings total.
Florida State was led Brett Roberts who finished with two hits and a double, while RHP Davis Hare (1-0) received the win, allowing two runs on two hits in 2.2 innings of work. LHP Jonah Scolaro got the save.
The Yellow Jackets will host the rubber game on Sunday, April 10. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m. and will be broadcast live nationally on ACC Network as well as WREK 91.1 FM.
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Welcome home, 2002 team 🤩#TogetherWeSwarm pic.twitter.com/hO2jZUAl3s
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LEADOFF STANDUP TRIPLE 💨💨💨@chandlr27 | #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/MqEVb58DvT
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B1 | Andrew Jenkins does his job and brings in Simpson on a sac fly
Jackets trail 2-1 pic.twitter.com/WkZqtKW83R
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THIRD 💣 OF THE WEEKEND OH MY!!!@parada_kevin_ | #WreckHavoc 🦎🦎🦎 pic.twitter.com/QnDKzxkuMD
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DOTTED
Cody Carwile | #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/Lp7C0Et3O8
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NOW A TRIPLE FOR PARADA!! 💨💨@parada_kevin_ | #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/IebET4yt8h
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B5 | ANDREW JENKINS!! He blasts a ball through the left side and Tech takes the lead!
Jackets up 4-3! pic.twitter.com/7ODqxJwyF4
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GOT EM!! Parada guns down the runner for the third out!@parada_kevin_ | #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/7P091PtTSG
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HE'S SAFE!!@chandlr27 | #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/ZC8rmH3dSN
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B7 | @tresgonzalez406 does his job and brings home @parada_kevin_ on the sac fly and we're TIED!!#WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/I1rbluKIMd
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JOE MAN with the Big K to end the inning!@josephbmannelly | #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/Gjj4cL1z2J
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