Georgia baseball batsman South Carolina’s Logan Jordan hits a one-hit home run during Georgia’s game against Clemson on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia.
Logan Jordan needed just one hit to silence South Carolina’s Founders Park.
The Georgia baseball pitcher hit the first hit against the UGA blue behind left field and hit a home run in a 14-6 victory.
Jordan broke a 6-6 tie and gave the Bulldogs their first lead after the third set. Georgia coach Wes Johnson decided to replace Jordan with starting third baseman Dylan Goldstein, who went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts. The first-year manager needs a veteran who can handle the bases loaded, two pitches and a slow heart.
“I saw him working hard every morning in the gym. He’s working hard and biding his time,” Johnson said. “Golly what a great bat he is, (but) I’m not surprised
Jordan, a Campbell grad, found himself the exact replacement. The right-hander hit two home runs against South Carolina last year and returned to the plate looking good.
Jordan hit a 387-foot two-seam fastball down the middle of the plate, no doubt. The veteran was stunned as he wandered the bases as the Bulldog bullpen erupted.
The home run was Jordan’s fourth of the season and first since February 25th. Georgia has won eight straight games, extending its season-long streak to 11 games.
“We made a mistake early in the game and let it go, but I always told them, ‘Don’t hit the panic button,'” Johnson said the offense likes to put a lot of pressure on people when we throw the ball we don’t lose.”
The slam gave the Bulldogs their sixth straight (38-12, 16-11SEC) eighth UGA finished the weekend by beating South Carolina 14-10 on Thursday and 11-5 on Friday to top the Gamecocks for 13th in the SEC (33-18, 13-14). five RPI, is making a top 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament. time since the 2019 SEC Tournament.
The Bulldogs could sneak into the top eight nationally and be the top seed in the region with strong performances in Florida and the SEC tournament.
Georgia hosts the Gators (26-24, 11-15) starting at 6 p.m. On Thursday Florida, which began the season tied for second, heads to Athens looking to earn a lower seed in the NCAA Tournament.
“We’re the hottest band in America right now.“ Jordan said, “I’m really scared of them.“
The Bulldogs added four more runs in the top of the ninth. After Tre Phelps scored on a throwing error, Corey Collins hit a three-run homer to tie the game.
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This is Collins’ 16th season, second best on the team.
True freshman Phelps capped the most explosive streak of his young career with another home run on Saturday. Phelps hit his fourth home run of the weekend in the top of the second inning to take a 1-0 lead.
Phelps threw his ninth bomb of the season in the UGA bullpen.
Slate Alford cut South Carolina’s lead to 4-3 with his 15th home run of the season. The Mississippi State transfer hit a 370-foot fastball to right field in the sixth inning.
Collins hit a game-tying single in the seventh and had a six-run blast in the next inning.
Jack Harris, Daniel Padisak and Josh Roberge overcame five fielding errors and allowed four earned runs on 10 hits, two walks and nine earned runs..
