No. 20 GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS (15-12, 12-9 ACC) vs. AUBURN TIGERS (12-16, 1-11 SEC)
Tuesday, April 13 • Atlanta, Ga. (Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium)
6 p.m.
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Tuesday
TV: ACC Network | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: John Schriffen
Analyst: Roddy Jones
Radio: WREK 91.1 FM | Listen Online | GT Gameday App | TuneIn
Play-by-Play: Wiley Ballard
Analyst: Jim Poole
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
• No. 20 Georgia Tech returns home for a brief reprieve, hosting SEC foe Auburn on Tuesday at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.
• Auburn is Georgia Tech’s second-most played opponent in program history and the Jackets’ oldest opponent. Tech and Auburn first squared off on April 10, 1897.
• The Jackets stopped the skid on Sunday when they won 4-2 over Notre Dame and will look to continue in the midweek before a pivotal ACC series against Virginia Tech.
• After a cold series offensively, Tech moves to No. 2 in the ACC, hitting .294 as a team.
• Georgia Tech also finds itself among the ACC’s best in doubles (second), hits (second), on-base percentage (second), slugging percentage (second) and triples (second).
• True freshman Kevin Parada still leads the Jackets and is fifth in the ACC, hitting .378 on 42 hits.
• Also hitting north of .300 is Luke Waddell (.327), Drew Compton (.324), Tres Gonzalez (.322) and Justyn-Henry Malloy (.301).
• Gonzalez ranks third in the ACC in walks (23) and fourth in on-base percentage (.475), while Parada ranks second with 10 doubles.
• Getting the start on Tuesday and making his first collegiate appearance will be true freshman RHP Marquis Grissom, Jr.
• The son of two-time MLB all-star and former Atlanta Brave, Grissom, Jr. was rated as the 11th overall pitcher in the country by Perfect Game.
• In three years of showcase ball, the Atlanta native recorded a 6-2 record and a 2.30 ERA over 107 innings. He struck out 107 hitters for a better than 2:1 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
