No. 17 Jackets Return Home to Host Florida State

No. 17 GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS (18-14, 14-10 ACC) vs. No. 17 FLORIDA STATE (18-14, 13-11 ACC)
Friday-Saturday, April 23-25 • Atlanta, Ga. (Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium)
7:30 p.m. • 4 p.m. • 1 p.m.

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Friday
TV: ACC Network Extra | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Wiley Ballard
Analyst: Dusty Isaacs

Radio: WREK 91.1 FM | Listen Online | GT Gameday App | TuneIn
Play-by-Play: Brandt Plomaritis

Live Stats

Saturday
TV: ACC Network Extra | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Wiley Ballard
Analyst: Roddy Jones

Radio: WREK 91.1 FM | Listen Online | GT Gameday App | TuneIn
Play-by-Play: Brandt Plomaritis

Live Stats

Sunday
TV: ACC Network Extra | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Wiley Ballard
Analyst: Roddy Jones

Radio: WREK 91.1 FM | Listen Online | GT Gameday App | TuneIn
Play-by-Play: Brandt Plomaritis

Live Stats

PARKING INFORMATION
Parking for this weekend’s games is available in the Klaus Deck (E40) for $5.

GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Game Notes | 2021 GT Baseball Info Guide

TOP STORYLINES

• Georgia Tech baseball finally returns to The Flats to host four of the next five weekend series, beginning with a top-25 showdown with Florida State on April 23-25.

• No team has won more ACC Tournaments since 2000 than Georgia Tech and Florida State with five apeice.

• Head coach Danny Hall stands just one win away from 1,300 career wins. He would become the fourth active Division I coach to reach the 1,300-win mark and currently ranks 20th all-time in current wins.

• The Jackets looked perhaps as good as they’ve looked all season when they downed Virginia Tch 11-4 on Sunday behind strong hitting and terrific pitching from Dalton Smith, Zach Maxwell and Marquis Grissom, Jr.

• Tech is still No. 2 in the ACC in hitting at .287 for the season and is No. 2 in league play at .298.

• Georgia Tech also leads in doubles, second in hits, and third in slugging, on-base percentage and triples.

• True freshman Kevin Parada still leads the Jackets and is eighth in the ACC, hitting .354 on 46 hits.

• Also hitting north of .300 is Tres Gonzalez (.339), Luke Waddell (.303) and Jake DeLeo (.301).

• Gonzalez ranks second in ACC in walks with 28 and is third in on-base percentage (.486) while Parada co-leads the league with 13 doubles.

• The Jackets’ starting rotation of Brant Hurter, Andy Archer and Sam Crawford will look to continue its consistent play.

• In a combined 134.2 innings, the trio has allowed 57 earned runs for a collective ERA of 3.81. The three have also combined to a 2.7:1 strikeout to walk ratio.

• Archer’s 3.19 ERA ranks sixth in the ACC, while Hurter’s 18 strikeouts looking rank fifth.