{"id":157325,"date":"2026-03-08T22:59:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/157325\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T22:59:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T22:59:31","slug":"georgia-wins-finale-13-3-to-sweep-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/157325\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Wins Finale, 13-3, to Sweep Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATHENS \u2013\u00a0The sixth-ranked Georgia baseball team completed a four-game sweep over Queens with a 13-3 seven-inning series finale on Sunday afternoon at Foley Field.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFast Facts\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/matt-scott\/10327\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10327\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Scott<\/a> (2-0) got the start on the bump for the Bulldogs, providing 2.0 innings while allowing two runs with four strikeouts for the win. Redshirt-junior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caleb-jameson\/10343\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10343\" target=\"_blank\">Caleb Jameson<\/a> relieved Scott in the second and tossed one inning of no-hit ball, striking out all three batters faced.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tGeorgia (15-3) opened scoring in the bottom of the first inning as junior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/daniel-jackson\/8957\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8957\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Jackson<\/a> (3-5, 6 RBI, 2 HR) tallied his fourth home run of the series with a two-run shot to right field.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tQueens (4-12) answered with a two-run home run of their own in the second to tie the score 2-2. The Bulldogs regained the lead in the bottom of the frame off an RBI single from junior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/tre-phelps\/8933\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8933\" target=\"_blank\">Tre Phelps<\/a>.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn the bottom of the third, senior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kolby-branch\/8895\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8895\" target=\"_blank\">Kolby Branch<\/a> (1-2, RBI, HR) hit his fourth home run of the series, his eighth of the season. Senior <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/brennan-hudson\/8958\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8958\" target=\"_blank\">Brennan Hudson<\/a> (1-3, 2 RBI, HR)\u00a0followed suit with this third home run of the season, marking his 10th\u00a0of the season, to give Georgia a 5-2 lead.\u00a0\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tAfter a scoreless fourth inning, sophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/henry-allen\/10337\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10337\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Allen<\/a> (1-4, 3 RBI, HR) smashed a three-run long ball to left field to boost Georgia&#8217;s lead 8-2.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Royals added another run in the seventh off a solo home run to cut the Bulldogs&#8217; lead to five, 8-3.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tFive-straight walks in the bottom of the seventh provided two runs and bases loaded for Jackson. The junior blasted his second grand slam of the week to invoke the 10-run rule and secure the series sweep.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Quotes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/coaches\/wes-johnson\/3476\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"3476\" target=\"_blank\">Wes Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On where the team is at this point in the season&#8230;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#8220;We just finished 11 games in 12 days. Obviously, by design. We&#8217;re on spring break, so the guys will get a full day off tomorrow. I really like where we&#8217;re at. That&#8217;s why I scheduled it that way. You want to find out a lot about your team. I think we have. I think we know what most of the pieces are that we need to put in place. Not only at the mound, but at the plate. Defensively, I really think we&#8217;ve got a lot of options there as well. You&#8217;re as ready as you can get going into conference play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>#9 <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiadogs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/kolby-branch\/8895\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"8895\" target=\"_blank\">Kolby Branch<\/a> | Sr. | INF<\/p>\n<p>On today&#8217;s game&#8230;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#8220;Everybody&#8217;s killing it. You look at the scoreboard, just homer after homer, a ton of RBIs, moving the ball around. Doing a good job of that right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On preparing for the start of SEC play next weekend&#8230;<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#8220;You got to take it one day at a time. Take your rest days. It&#8217;s been a long \u2014 I don&#8217;t know how long \u2014 14 days, but we&#8217;ve played a ton. You got to take your off days.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<\/p>\n<p>Georgia will return to action for SEC Opening Weekend to host No. 17 Tennessee. First pitch on Friday is set for 6 p.m. The game will be live on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldog Sports Network.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATHENS \u2013\u00a0The sixth-ranked Georgia baseball team completed a four-game sweep over Queens with a 13-3 seven-inning series finale&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-157325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}