COLUMBIA – A pair of five-run innings gave Georgia the 11-5 win over the University of South Carolina baseball team Friday night (May 10) at Founders Park.

Carolina scored first in the bottom of the first on Cole Messina’s RBI double. Georgia answered with five runs in the third, highlighted by a Slate Alford three-run home run. The Bulldogs then scored five in the fourth as Tre Phelps had a three-run home run.

Dalton Reeves hit two solo home runs for the Gamecock, while Will Tippett, who was playing in his first game since April 19, had a two-run home run in the sixth.

Eli Jones took the loss, allowing seven runs with two strikeouts in three innings. Jake McCoy struck out three in 2.2 innings while Tyler Pitzer pitched 2.1 innings, allowing two hits and a run with a strikeout.

Reeves and Austin Brinling had two hits apiece while Reeves and Tippett had two RBI apiece.

POSTGAME NOTES

• Reeves now has nine home runs in 73 at-bats this season.

• Carolina turned a pair of double plays in Friday’s game.

• Austin Brinling now has five multi-hit games for Carolina.

UP NEXT

Carolina and Georgia wrap up the three-game series with the Gamecocks’ final home game of the regular season Saturday afternoon (May 11) at 2 p.m. The seven seniors will be honored on Senior Day at 1:30 p.m.

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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – The Georgia General Assembly approved nearly $400 million for a new legislative office building and significant changes to the State Capitol.

The Georgia State Capitol was built in the 1890′s.

Matt Sawhill, a Georgia lobbyist with Sawhill Strategic Partners, has spent countless hours in this building. He said the project is needed.

“Simple things like going to the bathroom, getting ADA compliant, and making sure that you can physically move around this building has some real challenges too,” said Sawhill.

Georgia Building Authority Chief of Staff Gerald Pilgrim expects the projects will be completed by 2027.

“We’re proud that it’s 140 plus-year-old building, we get a lot of life out of our buildings, and we’re ready for it to go another 140 years after this renovation where we’re at in technology and all the things that change. We have to have a have to have it where it’s able to serve the public for what their needs are today,” said Pilgrim.

They plan to build a new legislative office building along MLK Jr. Drive near the Agriculture Building.

The proposed $392 million project includes an 8-story office building with a 500-car parking deck. A bridge would connect it to the State Capitol.

Plans include larger meeting rooms and offices, technology, carpet, a new security point, and fixing the outdated 50-year-old HVAC system.

They’ll be restoring parts that have been changed over the years, like the state’s library that used to be open to the public. Pilgrim said parts of the Capitol have lost some of their historical integrity.

“We’re able to take the stress off of this building on just having the large masses of people that are gathered in the hallway, we’re hoping that to move them, spread them out a little bit further throughout the building,” said Pilgrim.

This summer, they’ll start by replacing some of the gold on top of the dome. They’ll pause their work during the 2025 Legislative Session.

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Georgia police arrested 6 people on Thursday as part of protests over the country’s proposed “Foreign Agents” Bill.

There have been many reports of police violence against protesters in Georgia, with Human Rights Watch (HRW) calling the violence concerning after speaking to several protesters who were attacked. The Georgian Special Investigation Service (SIS) is currently investigating over 80 reports of violence against protestors. HRW has also called for Georgia to respect the rights of people to gather and protest as the bill approaches its final reading and protests are expected to increase in size.

The “Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence” would require any organization in Georgia that receives more than 20% of its income from foreign sources to register as a foreign agent. This sparked widespread protests, as many see this as a bill directly inspired by Russia and say the government is trying to isolate Georgia from the rest of the world. The backlash has been so severe that several Georgian officials have stepped down in protest, most notably Gotcha Javakhishvili, the current ambassador to France.

The bill will greatly limit the ability of foreign companies to have any sway within Georgia; most notably, media companies will struggle to publish their views under the new legislation. Critics says this will allow the Georgian government to impose its will more easily over its opponents, as it will be able to label dissenting views as foreign influence. This comes as political tensions in Georgia continue to rise, with several MPs being targets of beating recently, including the leader of the main opposition party of Georgia, Levan Khabeishvili. Many people in Georgia have seen this bill as a concerning shift towards an anti-EU rhetoric that the country has attempted to shake as ties with Europe had recently grown stronger.