ATHENS \u00a0\u2013 The No. 8-ranked Bulldogs shut out Oakland in both games of Saturday’s doubleheader at Foley Field, defeating the Golden Grizzlies 17-0 in seven innings in Game 1 and 11-0 in seven innings in Game 2.
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\nFast Facts
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\nGame One<\/p>\n
Game 2<\/p>\n
\u00a0 On playing in the Georgia lineup\u2026 On his first start of the season\u2026
\n\tSenior Caden Aoki<\/a> (1-0) earned his first win of the season after tallying six strikeouts, no runs off four hits and just one walk across six frames of work.\u00a0
\n\tGeorgia opened scoring in the bottom of the second inning with a two-RBI double from senior Kolby Branch<\/a> (2-3, 2 RBI). Junior Ryan Wynn<\/a> (2-3, 4 RBI) followed suit with a two-run double of his own before junior Tre Phelps<\/a> gave the Bulldogs a 5-0 lead with a one-run single, extending his hitting streak to 24 games.\u00a0
\n\tIn the third inning, Wynn extended the Bulldogs’ lead to 8-0 with an RBI single.
\n\tGeorgia continued its scoring in the fourth with five unanswered runs. The inning started with back-to-back home runs in the fourth with long balls from sophomore Henry Allen<\/a> (1-3, 2 RBI, HR) and senior Brennan Hudson<\/a> (1-2, RBI, HR), marking their fourth and fifth home runs of the season, respectively. Allen’s home run was the hardest-hit ball this season at 113 mph off the bat.\u00a0
\n\tSenior Bryce Calloway<\/a> (1-1, 2 RBI, HR) blasted his first home run as a Bulldog in the fifth frame to fuel a three-run inning for Georgia as they led 16-0.\u00a0
\n\tIn the bottom of the sixth, redshirt-freshman Alexander Sifford<\/a> was hit by pitch with bases loaded and scored Calloway, 16-0, to invoke the seven-inning run rule.
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\n\tJunior Zach Brown<\/a> (2-0) made his first Saturday start for the Bulldogs, tying his career-high with seven strikeouts while allowing just one hit and no runs in 4.0 innings.
\n\tJunior Tre Phelps<\/a> (1-for-3, 2 RBI) homered in the first inning to drive in two runs and extend his hitting streak dating back to last season to 25 games.
\n\tIn the third frame, junior Daniel Jackson<\/a> (1-for-3, RBI) sent a deep fly ball to the left field wall for the first inside-the-park home run by a Bulldog since Dylan Carter in 2024. Jackson leads the Bulldogs in home runs with eight.
\n\tSophomore Rylan Lujo<\/a> (1-for-2, 2 RBI) and senior Ryan Black<\/a> (1-for-2, 2 RBI) each drove in two runs on back-to-back base hits in the fourth inning.
\n\tAlso in the fourth, senior Brennan Hudson<\/a> (1-for-3, 3 RBI) launched a three-run blast to record his second home run of the day.
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\nIke Cousins\u00a0Head\u00a0Baseball Coach Wes Johnson<\/a>
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\nOn the offensive performance today\u2026
\n“There is a lot to talk about. Brennan Hudson<\/a> is a guy who doesn’t get talked about enough. He’s tough. He gets the hit-by-pitches, takes his walks then hits homers. He hit that ball so hard that he lined out to first on, and they got the double play. I think about what Brennen has done. It’s easy to talk about Tre Phelps<\/a>. Tre is on fire. Kolby Branch<\/a> is phenomenal. Daniel Jackson<\/a> continues to hit the ball really hard. Ryan Black<\/a> up there at the leadoff spot is being real patient and getting on base a lot. He’s having quality at-bats. We can just keep moving down the line. Ryan Wynn<\/a>, we have seen it. His batting practices have been really good. He is stacking good days together. He came out today and had a good one.”\u00a0
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\n#0 Ryan Wynn<\/a> | Jr. | INF<\/p>\n
\n“It’s fun. We have a lot of guys from different places. It’s fun to go on the field with these guys and see all different cultures and different experiences come together.”
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\nOn how Georgia has combined for just nine strikeouts in the first three games of the series\u2026
\n“Just sticking to our plan, our approach. Trying to stay in the zone as much as possible. Making them work for the outs that they do get.”
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\n#12 Caden Aoki<\/a> | Gr. | RHP<\/p>\n
\n“I thought it was good. I thought it was fun. It’s exciting to go back there and start again. I enjoyed the day.”
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\nOn what he learned from his bullpen appearances that he used in his start\u2026
\n“Just getting ahead of hitters and putting them away when I can. Getting those strikeouts early in the season. You want to build on that for sure.”
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\nUp Next
\nGeorgia (9-2) will conclude the four-game series against Oakland on Sunday with first pitch set for 1 p.m. The game will be available to stream on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.
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