Georgia baseball eliminated in ‘cruel’ 6-5 heartbreaking defeat to North Carolina

A ninth-inning Georgia baseball rally fell agonizingly brief in a season-ending, 6-5 loss to host North Carolina on Sunday afternoon.

Redshirt senior Josh McCallister drove a shot deep into heart discipline, the Bulldogs’ hopes crusing excessive together with the ball because it seemed to be on its means out of Boshamer Stadium.

As an alternative, Tar Heels’ freshman Vance Honeycutt soared excessive to grab the ball out of the air, denying UGA (36-23) what would have been the game-tying run whereas recording the second out.

Corey Collins took a referred to as third strike moments later, and a Georgia baseball season that began with a lot hope was instantly over.

“It’s a merciless recreation to have that occur,” an emotional UGA coach Scott Stricklin stated on the workforce’s broadcast.

“Josh McAllister’s last at-bat in his profession, he hits the ball over the fence and the man robs him. It’s a merciless recreation.”

The Oconee County Tate Twins, Cole and Connor, had fired up the comeback engine on the prime of the ninth with Georgia down 6-2 to North Carolina (40-20).

Cole Tate, taking part in his last recreation for UGA, lined the primary pitch of the inning for a single earlier than Connor Tate blasted a ground-rule double off the highest of the wall placing runners on second and third.