Bottom of the 5th

Top of the 5th

Coleman Lewis came into the game and hit a one out home run to push Georgia Tech’s lead to 15-0 and after Rogers struck out swinging, Baker hit his second home run of the night to make it 16-0. Burress then walked and Brosius entered the game in place of Lackey and he walked to put two runners on. A pair of wild pitches advanced the runners and scored Burress to make it 17-0 and then Cal got the final out,

Bottom of the 4th

McKee gives up two singles, but no runs. GT leads 14-0 heading to the 5th

Top of the 4th

A solo home run from Baker made it 13-0 in favor of Georgia Tech and then after a pair of walks, a sac fly from Hernandez made it 14-0. Schmidt flew out to end the inning, but the lead has grown by two runs.

Bottom of the 3rd

Scoreless 1-2-3 inning for McKee. GT leads 12-0 heading to the 4th

Top of the 3rd

Burress got things started with a leadoff single and then a walk from Lackey put two runners on with no outs. A 2-RBI triple from Advincula pushed the lead to 11-0 and then after a walk from Hernandez, Schmidt drove in Advincula to make it 12-0. Yellow Jackets did not add any more and they lead 12-0 heading to the bottom of the 3rd

Bottom of the 2nd

McKee walks one and gives up a single, but keeps Cal off the board. GT leads 9-0 heading to the 3rd

Top of the 2nd

Scoreless 1-2-3 inning for GT. Yellow Jackets lead 9-0 heading to the bottom of the 2nd

Bottom of the 1st

Scoreless 1-2-3 inning for McKee. GT leads 9-0 heading to the 2nd

Top of the 1st

Burress got a leadoff walk and then Lackey doubled to put runners on second and third with no outs. A 2-RBI double from Advincula gave Georgia Tech an early 2-0 lead. Advincula advanced to third on a wild pitch and after Hernandez walked, Schmidt drove in Advincula with a sac fly to make it 3-0.

Zuckerman then singled to put runners on the corners and that led to an RBI double from Kerce to make it 4-0 with just one out. A throwing error scored Zuckerman and put Kerce on third and Daniel on first. That was it for the Golden Bears starting pitcher and they made a change.

The change did not produce immediate results. An RBI single from Baker made it 6-0 and after Burress struck out swinging, another error scored Daniel to make it 7-0 and then Advincula came up with another big hit, with an RBI double pushing the lead to 8-0. Hernandez walked in his second at bat of the inning and then Schmidt drew a bases loaded walk to make it 9-0. Then, Cal made another pitching change for the Golden Bears. Zuckerman struck out swinging, but it was a huge inning for GT

Pregame

RHP Tate McKee (4-0) is on the mound today and here is how Georgia Tech is going to be lining up:

1. CF Drew Burress

2. C Vahn Lackey

3. 2B Jarren Advincula

4. RF Alex Hernandez

5. 1B Kent Schmidt

6. 3B Ryan Zuckerman

7. SS Carson Kerce

8. LF Caleb Daniel

9. DH Will Baker

The No. 3 ranked Yellow Jackets enter the weekend series at Cal with a 23-5 (9-3 ACC) record, the best 28-game record since 2010.

Tech has won 23 games with five or fewer losses for only the 11th time in the program’s 131 seasons: 2010, 2008, 2003, 2002, 1997, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1971 and 1906 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 28 games of their tenure.

Jarren Advincula is making his return to the Bay Area after playing each of the first two seasons of his college career at Cal. The junior enters the weekend leading the ACC in hits (47) and in the midst of a 12-game hitting streak. Should he collect a hit in all three games this weekend, he would match his career long hitting streak.

This will be the just the second weekend series between Georgia Tech and Cal and the 7th, 8th and 9th meetings overall. GT leads the all-time series 4-2 after winning all four games against the Golden Bears last season – a 3-0 series sweep in Atlanta and a 10-3 victory in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals in which the Yellow Jackets set an ACC Tournament record with seven home runs.

The Jackets went 3-0 in the state of California last season when they became the first college baseball team from east of the Mississippi River to sweep Stanford, at Stanford in a three-game series.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Three Republican candidates and one write-in candidate in Georgia’s U.S. senate race made a stop in Coastal Georgia on Wednesday, campaigning to Georgia voters ahead of the primary.

The Chatham Area Republican Women hosted a luncheon featuring U.S. Reps. Buddy Carter (R-1) Mike Collins (R-10), along with Brigadier General Jonathan McColumn and write-in candidate Rev. Dr. Christina Clements.

Rep. Buddy Carter

Carter opened the event by highlighting his record in Congress, pointing to his role in passing The Working Families Tax Cut Act and efforts to lower healthcare and prescription drugs costs.

“I will never embarrass you,” said Carter. “I haven’t embarrassed you in the 26 years I’ve been in public service.”

He also addressed the partial government shutdown, emphasizing national security concerns.

“Right now, more than ever, I would submit to you that we need funding for Department of Homeland Security,” said Carter. “We’re involved in a conflict in Iran right now. Our terror alert is up.”

Rep. Mike Collins

Collin’s focused on infrastructure improvements across the Coastal Empire, including funding tied to Georgia’s ports.

“That port hadn’t been dredged fully since 2015,” said Collins. “Then I came up here to Savannah, and it wasn’t three weeks later that the Army Corps changed their mind. And we got 35 million for Brunswick Port, and we got the money to study the widening of the Savannah port. That’s how you deliver for the state of Georgia.”

He also highlighted his support for the Laken Riley Act, opposition to defunding the police and plans to support veterans if elected.

“Our veterans out there need help,” said Collins. “We’ve got homeless vets living under bridges. And here we have an administration that will hold and transport, feed and housing these illegals.”

Christina Clement

Clement, President of Black USA and President of the State of Loc Nation Global Public Benefit Corporation, centered her remarks on economic stability, promoting what she called the “Black Dollar Initiative.”

“We should at least have the basics,” said Clements. “This was a summary of what the majority of citizens who felt unrepresented shared with me while listening to their concerns.”

Jonathan McColumn

McColumn pushed his military leadership experience, emphasizing the importance of that experience for Georgia.

“Fort Stewart, Army Airfield, who’s going to negotiate for them because you don’t have anyone right now in the senate who understands this. We need someone who understands the infrastructure, the priorities, the missions.”

He tied that experience to his stance on federal leadership and the ongoing shutdown.

“If we had an executive leader that was a senator today, the Homeland Security would have been funded,” said McColumn. “When you haven’t led anything or you haven’t been responsible for anybody, then you can’t understand that. When you make $187,000 a year, people working for TSA making approximately $50,000 a year, you can’t see that you’re harming those people. That’s a failure of leadership.”

The Georgia Primary race is set for May 19, when voters decide who will face incumbent Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in the general election.