GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS (3-0) at GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES (3-0)
Feb. 18, 2025 • 6 PM
Statesboro, Ga. (J.I. Clements Stadium)
TV: ESPN+| Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Danny Waugh
Analyst: Hunter Moseley
Radio: GT Gameday App
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy
Starting Pitchers
GT – RHP – Connor Chicoli
GS – LHP – Jevarra Martin
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Game Notes
SERIES STATS
Overall: GT leads, 109-32
Road: GT leads 48-16
Last Season: GT swept the 2024 season series, 2-0.
Streak: Georgia Tech has won the last five meetings dating back to 2022.
TOP STORYLINES
- Georgia Tech baseball continued its recent success on opening weekend, sweeping Old Dominion by final scores of 3-2, 7-3 and 7-4.
- The Yellow Jackets have now swept the opening series in four consecutive seasons dating back to 2022.
- The pitching staff was the highlight of the opening series, allowing only nine runs over the course of three games, a 10-run improvement after averaging 19 runs allowed over the previous three opening series sweeps (14 RA in 2024, 24 RA in 2023 and 19 RA in 2022).
- The Jacket pitchers struck out a total of 40 batters over the weekend – tied with 2022 for the most strikeouts through three games this century (since at least 2000).
- Through three games the Georgia Tech pitching staff has a combined 2.67 ERA, the lowest since the 2017 season (2.33).
- The Yellow Jackets are tied for second in the ACC with 40 strikeouts and sit fourth in the conference with 13.33 strikeouts per game.
- Even more impressive was the fact that these great numbers were produced by 15 different pitchers, 10 of which were doing so for the first time in White & Gold – The 15 pitchers used were the most in an opening weekend since at least the turn of the century.
- GT has hit a home run in six straight games dating back to last season, thanks to home runs from sophomore Kent Schmidt on opening day, a walk-off grand slam from sophomore Drew Burress on Saturday and a two-run blast from senior Nathan Waugh in the series finale.
- The walk-off hit from Burress capped a seven-run ninth inning – the most runs scored in the 9th inning of a game in a decade – most since scoring eight in a win over FIU (Feb. 21, 2015).
- It was Burress’ first walk off home run in college and the 26th of his career. Burress leads all active NCAA baseball players (all divisions) with a .806 career slugging percentage.
- Georgia Tech improved to 27-5 on opening day under Coach Danny Hall after claiming a 3-2 win on Friday night, bringing Tech’s Opening Day win streak to 13 straight dating back to the 2012 season.
- Tech allowed only two runs thanks to the pitching efforts of Tate McKee, Carson Ballard and Jaylen Paden – the fewest runs GT has allowed in an opening game since shutting out St. Peters (6-0) to start the 2020 season.
- The Jackets offense utilized small ball to get the opening day win, with three hitters combining for three sacrifice bunts, the most sac bunts in a game since May 18, 2017. Tech is tied for the Power 4 lead with three sacrifice bunts laid down this year, tied with Miami (Fla.), Cincinnatti and Michigan.
- Georgia Southern is also 3-0 after sweeping Western Carolina at J.I. Clements Stadium last weekend.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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