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Missouri Baseball Drops Series to the Georgia Bulldogs with a 10-7 Loss
Tensions ran high in this faceoff between the Missouri Tigers and the Georgia Bulldogs. A couple hit-by-pitches and near misses rose the tempers of the Georgia lineup and forced the umpires to discuss the close calls.
After forcing a five-run comeback in the third inning, Missouri ultimately dropped the series against Georgia with a 10-7 loss in game three.
Missouri put themselves in a hole to start the game that they would have dig their way out of. It was a repeat of the first two games of the series, but this one went more like game one.
Georgia was able to put up three runs in the first inning against Missouri’s starter, junior Javyn Pimental and then another two in the second came home on NCAA home run leader Charlie Condon’s third home run of the series.
But as they did in the last two games, Missouri fought their way back out of the hole, but also kept Georgia from scoring as they put runs on the board.
The Tigers loaded the bases in the third inning without a hit. The runners on came from a walk and two hit-by-pitches. It seemed like Missouri wasn’t going to cash in on the free bases, but then they put up a two-out rally to score four.
A sacrifice fly from junior catcher Jedier Hernandez helped sophomore Jeric Curtis become the first to come home in the third inning. The offense just kept rolling from there. Graduate second baseman Matt Garcia got a single to right that pushed Kaden Peer across and sophomore first baseman Brock Daniels sent an double to center that brought the last two runs of the inning in.
After being absent from the lineup for a while, redshirt freshman Tucker Moore made his second start in a row against Georgia and proved how he could help the team. Moore tied the game in the fourth with a solo home run to center.
But Georgia answered back in the bottom of the fourth. Pimental put two on with one out via a walk and a hit-by-pitch before he was removed. Junior Bryce Mayer came in to the game to try to get the Tigers out of the inning, but it backfired.
Mayer hit the first batter he faced with a ball to the helmet and wasn’t able to recover after. The next batter sent a RBI single into left to bring two in and give the Bulldogs the lead again. The brought in the third run of the inning with a sacrifice fly and the fourth with a walk to put the lead at 9-5. In total for the fourth inning, there were four hit-batsmen and three walks before they were able to finally get out of the inning.
Both offenses stalled after that point. On the pitching side, junior Kaden Jacobi put up two scoreless innings for the Tigers and despite getting runner on in late innings, Missouri’s offense wasn’t able to get anyone home until the bottom of the ninth.
The Bulldogs put up one more run in the bottom of the eighth against sophomore relief pitcher Daniel Wissler. But, Wissler was able to pitch through the remaining traffic on the bases and close out the game.
Sophomore designated hitter Jackson Lovich earned a late single before Garcia’s home run to right. That brought the deficit to just three runs, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the damage done in the fourth inning.
Missouri’s record drops to 16-21 and 5-10 in conference play, while Georgia improves to 27-9 and 7-8. The Tigers will return to Missouri to face Missouri State on the road. The in-state rivals will face off on April 16 at 6:30 p.m. before the Tigers head back to Columbia.
ATHENS, Ga. – Designated hitter Daniel Jackson and centerfielder Rylan Lujo combined for nine RBI Sunday, leading fifth-ranked Georgia to a 12-1 win over LSU at Foley Field.
Georgia improved to 41-11 overall, 21-6 in the SEC, while LSU dropped to 29-24 overall and 9-18 in conference play.
The Tigers return to action at 6:30 p.m. CT Thursday when they play host to Florida in Game 1 of a three-game SEC series in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. Thursday’s game will be broadcast on the LSU Sports Radio Network and streamed on SEC Network +.
“Georgia won the moments in this series,” said LSU coach Jay Johnson. “They’re going to score, so you’ve got to capitalize against them when you have scoring opportunities on offense.”
Georgia starting pitcher Caden Aoki (8-0) was the winner, limiting LSU to one run on four hits in 5.0 innings with two walks and seven strikeouts.
LSU right-hander Casan Evans (2-3), making his first appearance since April 17 versus Texas A&M, started the game Sunday and was charged with the loss, working 1.2 innings and allowing four runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
“I thought Casan’s stuff looked great, and that’s good for him from a health standpoint,” Johnson said. “He’s a guy that the more he pitches, the better he is, so there might have been a little bit of rust, but I thought he competed fine.”
Georgia struck for four runs in the bottom of the second inning in an outburst highlighted by Jackson’s two-out, two-run single and an RBI single by second baseman Ryan Black.
The Tigers narrowed the gap to 4-1 in the third when designated hitter Omar Serna Jr. delivered an RBI single.
Georgia extended its lead to 7-1 in the fourth as Jackson launched a two-run homer and centerfielder Lujo lined a run-scoring single.
Lujo unloaded a grand slam in the fifth, giving the Bulldogs an 11-1 advantage.
The Georgia baseball team had long since poured out of the Foley Field home dugout and the water bottles that were thrown on the field in jubilation had been cleaned up.
The Bulldogs celebration that carried into center field after a 13-8 victory on Saturday night over LSU on May 9 had ended and players had doused coach Wes Johnson with blue sports drink.
Now, some 20 minutes later, it was postgame photo time for the freshly minted 2026 SEC regular season champions.
They gathered in front of the spot on the right field wall where the previous seven seasons of Georgia SEC championships were listed, the last in 2008. Above them on the video board was a graphic that recognized this year’s team as SEC champions.
“Watching the program grow in such a shot amount of time, it’s awesome,” said pitcher Paul Farley, who has been with the Bulldogs for all three seasons with Johnson and got the win in relief Saturday. “We’ve got four SEC games left and to be able to hang that up there the SEC champs already it’s amazing.”
Farley was speaking figuratively because the 2026 numbers weren’t on the outfield fence just yet.
Fifth-ranked Georgia (40-11, 20-6 SEC) still has a chance to put a College World Series trip up there in left field for the first time since 2008 and in a best case scenario add another national championship year in right field with the 1990 season.
“SEC champs is great, but obviously we want to do bigger and better things,” Farley said.
LSU, the team that won it all last season, was still around having a postgame talk on the artificial turf field long after the game ended.
Johnson was with LSU in 2023 as pitching coach when it won another College World Series.
“It’s massive,” Johnson said of this latest championship. “Anytime you can win this league, man, it’s so hard. Then win it outright. It’s something you want to check off on your list of things you’ve ever accomplished. It’s 10 weekends of just meat house grinding.”
Johnson said he didn’t know that the dominoes had fallen Saturday to set up Georgia being able to clinch except that he saw that Texas lost at Tennessee as the result flashed on the scoreboard.
Texas A&M also lost twice at Ole Miss to set up the clinch for Georgia.
“I’m calling pitches, I’m locked in,” Johnson said.
He said assistant coach Will Coggin told him when the game ended that ‘We’re champs.’”
Many of the players knew.
“We had a few inside operatives, I’d say, tell us,” Farley said.
Shortstop Kolby Branch said he didn’t know “until the water bottles started flying.”
Branch said another Georgia team loaded with transfers grew closer in the fall and built relationships that have turned into wins this season.
Johnson said winning the regular season title in his third season as coach in the age of the transfer portal and NIL “means a lot.”
Johnson mentioned Farley, Branch and Tre Phelps being at Georgia for all three of his seasons.
“Seeing where we were in the first fall, we forget this used to be dirt and grass,” Johnson said standing on on turf field. “And we didn’t have the cool building and we only had one batting cage, all the stuff we’ve been able to do since we’ve been here. The other side is just understanding true belief and understanding what guys can do.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Georgia Tech softball (30-27, 10-14 ACC) collected its second postseason conference honor as first baseman Addison Leschber was named to the 2026 ACC All-Tournament Team, as was announced by the conference following the 2026 ACC Softball Championship game on Saturday.
Leschber is Tech softball’s first All-Tournament honoree since Emma Kauf during the 2023 season. During the First Round of the ACC Championships, Leschber was nothing short of exceptional as she went 2-for-4 with one home run, one double, and five RBI. Leschber’s first-inning home run brought her to 13 home runs this season, the third most of any Yellow Jacket this season. In Tech’s fourth meeting of the season with Notre Dame, Leschber saw her 12th multi-RBI game and ninth multi-hit game of the season. The senior finished the season with 26 runs, 37 hits, seven doubles, 13 home runs, 42 RBI, and 83 total bases.
2026 ACC Softball Championship All-Tournament Team
Jessica Oakland, Duke
Addison Leschber, Georgia Tech
Bri Despines, Louisville
Madison Pickens, Louisville
Bree Carrico, Virginia Tech
Michelle Chatfield, Virginia Tech
Emma Mazzarone, Virginia Tech
Jasyoni Beachum, Florida State
Ashtyn Danley, Florida State
Jazzy Francik, Florida State (MVP)
Isa Torres, Florida State
UP NEXT
The Yellow Jackets will await their fate in the NCAA Tournament Selection show on Sunday, May 10, at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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