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Thursday \u2013 GT \u2013 RHP Tate McKee (5-0) vs. FSU \u2013 LHP Wes Mendes (6-2)<\/p>\n
Friday \u2013 GT \u2013 RHP Porter Buursema (0-1) vs. FSU \u2013 LHP Trey Beard (3-0)<\/p>\n
Saturday \u2013 GT \u2013 RHP Jackson Blakely (4-1) vs. FSU \u2013 RHP Bryson Moore (5-1)<\/p>\n
Thursday \u2013 7 PM Friday \u2013 8 PM Saturday \u2013 3 PM SERIES STATS: GT vs Florida State<\/p>\n Overall: FSU leads: 51-81 GAMEDAY CENTRAL TOP STORYLINES<\/p>\n The No. 2 ranked Yellow Jackets are playing some of their best baseball as they prepare for the first Top 5 series on The Flats since 2009 against No. 5 Florida State.The Jackets are 27-5 overall and 12-3 in the ACC for the first time since 2010.Tech has won at least 27 of its first 32 games for only the 7th time in the program\u2019s 131 seasons: 2010, 2002, 1997, 1994, 1990 and 1971.GT is 6-2 against ranked opponents for the first time since 2014 and 6-2 against Top 15 opponents for the first time since 2006.The Jackets are second in the nation with 16 Power 4 wins this season, the only team with more is No. 1 UCLA (20).Tech is 16-4 against Power 4 competition, one of only three programs with a win percentage of .800 or better vs. P4 \u2013 also UCLA and Georgia.GT and UCLA are the only teams in the nation to be ranked in the Top 10 for both runs allowed and runs scored vs. Power 4 competition.Head coach James Ramsey is tied with his predecessor, Danny Hall, for the best record by any first-year GT head coach through the first 32 games of their tenure.Tech has won its first eight series of the season for\u00a0the first time since 1994 and are 5-0 in ACC series for the first time since 2005.Yesterday\u2019s 11-4 win over Kennesaw State brought GT\u2019s record to 18-2 at Mac Nease Baseball Park for the first time since 2010 and only the fourth time this century.Tech has won nine straight games, four of which came against Top 15 opponents (three vs. No. 14 NC State and one vs. No. 11 Auburn). It\u2019s tied for the longest winning streak in the last decade (since 2016).Over the current win streak, Tech is outscoring its opponents by 65 runs (88-23). Tech is allowing just 2.55 runs-per-game while scoring an average of 9.77 runs-per-game.Tech pitching\u2019s 2.52 team ERA over the last nine games is the lowest in Power 4 and the 2nd lowest in all of Division I, behind only Brown.The Yellow Jackets enter this week as the best offense in the country and the best offense in modern college baseball history. In the 16 seasons of the BBCOR era, the 2026 Yellow Jackets have produced the best on-base percentage (.478) and runs\/game (11.4) of any Power 4 team after eight weeks in the BBCOR era.Tech leads Division I in three standard statistical categories: on-base percentage (.478), OPS (1.115) and runs (364) and are Top 5 in multiple others: batting average (2nd \u2013 .359), slugging (2nd \u2013 .636), hits (2nd \u2013 399), walks (2nd \u2013 222), doubles (3rd \u2013 84) and home runs (3rd \u2013 68).Tech has scored 364 runs through their first 32 games. It\u2019s the most runs Georgia Tech has recorded after 32 games in the program\u2019s 131-year history and the most runs any Power 4 team has scored through 32 games in the BBCOR era (since 2011).GT is outscoring its opponents 364-138, that +226 margin is the highest through 32 games in program history.The Jackets have already matched their record for 20-run games in a single season in the BBCOR era, with three \u2013 tying the record set in 2023 when the team did so over 57 games.Tech has scored 10 or more runs in 20 of its 32 games this season.Earlier this season, vs. West Georgia on March 10, junior\u00a0Vahn Lackey made GT history by becoming the first player in recorded history to play eight different defensive positions in a single game, every position but pitcher. He went 3-for-4 at the plate, finishing a single shy of the cycle to earn Perfect Game National Player of the Week honors and leads the team in runs (44), home runs (11 \u2013 tied with Ryan Zuckerman), RBI (39 \u2013 tied with Ryan Zuckerman), slugging (.811) OBP (.529) and stolen bases (7-for-7).Drew Burress has hit a BBCOR era program record 50 home runs over his GT career, the 5th-most in Georgia Tech program history. He is now two home runs away from tying Andy Bruce (1988-91) for the fourth-most HRs by a Yellow Jacket and seven homers shy of the record (57) set by Jason Varitek (1991-94).Jarren Advincula leads the ACC in hits (54) tied for the 6th-most in the nation, while also being the 7th hardest player to strike out among Power 4 players (striking out an average of one per 11.1 at bats).Carson Kerce leads the NCAA with 18 doubles this season. Will Baker is just behind with 13 (23rd in Division I). GT is the only program in the nation with multiple players delivering more than 12 doubles this year.Kerce is averaging 0.56 doubles\/game which puts him on pace for 30 by the end of the season. The program record is 27, set by Jay Payton in 1994.GT is the only program to have five players with an OBP of at least .480 this season:\u00a0Vahn Lackey\u00a0(.531),\u00a0Alex Hernandez\u00a0(.514),\u00a0Will Baker\u00a0(.496), Kent Schmidt (.486) and\u00a0Jarren Advincula\u00a0(.484).The Yellow Jackets are the only team with four different players batting over .380:\u00a0Vahn Lackey(.414),\u00a0Jarren Advincula (.406),\u00a0Alex Hernandez\u00a0(.387) and\u00a0Will Baker\u00a0(.376).Georgia Tech is the only team in the nation with six players with at least 35 runs scored. No other program has more than four:\u00a0Vahn Lackey (45),\u00a0Drew Burress(43),\u00a0Jarren Advincula\u00a0(37),\u00a0Will Baker\u00a0(36),\u00a0Alex Hernandez\u00a0(36) and\u00a0Ryan Zuckerman\u00a0(36).This will be the 133rd, 134th and 135th all-time meetings between Georgia Tech and Florida State. The Seminoles lead the all-time series, 81-51 with the Jackets winning three of the last four games played in Atlanta. <\/p>\n CAMPUS ROAD CLOSURE<\/p>\n Traffic for this weekend\u2019s series may be affected by the closure of Hemphill Ave from Ferst Dr to 9th St due to emergency water line repair work. Fans are encouraged to give themselves extra time and consider alternate routes when driving to campus.<\/p>\n
TV:\u00a0ACC Network | Watch Live<\/a>
Play-by-Play: Mike Ferrin
Analyst: Devon Travis
Radio:\u00a0GT Gameday App<\/a>\u00a0
Play-by-Play:\u00a0Colin Lacy
Analyst: Wiley Ballard
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TV:\u00a0ACC Network | Watch Live<\/a>
Play-by-Play: Mike Ferrin
Analyst: Devon Travis
Radio:\u00a0GT Gameday App<\/a>\u00a0
Play-by-Play:\u00a0Colin Lacy
Analyst: Wiley Ballard
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TV:\u00a0ACCNX | Watch Live<\/a>
Play-by-Play: Nick Klos
Analyst: Dusty Isaacs
Radio:\u00a0GT Gameday App<\/a>\u00a0
Play-by-Play:\u00a0Colin Lacy<\/a>
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at Home: FSU leads: 31-24<\/p>\n
Game Notes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Gameday Rosters<\/a><\/p>\n
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