Georgia baseball will try to lock down its spot in the NCAA Super Regionals Sunday evening when it plays in the Athens Regional final at Foley Field.
The No. 3 national seed Bulldogs will go up against region No. 3 seed Liberty which eliminated Boston College earlier Sunday, 8-3.
Georgia (48-12) can clinch the regional title Sunday, but the Flames (43-20) would need to force a second game against the Bulldogs Monday in the double-elimination tournament to advance.
Georgia beat Liberty 6-2 on Saturday.
“As far as the mindset, I told our guys, yeah, it’s an old cliché, but the job’s not done,” Georgia coach Wes Johnson said. “We’ve just put ourselves in position to play one game (Sunday). Real simple. We played good (against Liberty). Job’s not done. We’ve got to…understand runs don’t carry over. None of that matters. You’ve got to seize the moment, those kind of things.”
Righty Caden Aoki is starting for Georgia.
Georgia has hit 14 homers in two games in the regional including in an 18-2 win over Long Island. Bulldog pitching has given up just 5 hits total.
Georgia baseball vs. Liberty live updates
Georgia’s infield did their job in cleanly fielding a couple of ground balls for outs before Caden Aokin struck out Kyle Hvidsten for his fourth strikeout of the game. Liberty is ahead 1-0 going to the bottom of the second.
Georgia didn’t get anything going off Liberty starter Cooper Harrington. He has been the Flames’ closer but had two starts previously. Georgia went down 1-2-3 with Rylan Lujo grounding out on a ball that came off his bat at 101 miles per hour.
Caden Aoki had three strikeouts in the first inning but also gave up a one-out double to Riley DeCandido who moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a two-out single up the middle from Jaxon Sorenson. It’s Liberty up 1-0 heading to the bottom of the first.
Georgia vs Liberty starting lineup:
- 3B Tre Phelps
- C Daniel Jackson
- CF Rylan Lujo
- 1B Brennan Hudson
- LF Kenny Ishikawa
- 2B Ryan Wynn
- DH Jack Arcamore
- SS Kolby Branch
- RF Ryan Black
On the mound is Caden Aoki.
Georgia baseball vs Liberty projected starting pitchers
Caden Aoki (8-1, 4.07 ERA, 3 saves) vs. Cooper Harrington (2-1, 3.72, 14 saves)
How to watch Georgia baseball vs Liberty
The game will be streamed on the ESPN+. (Watch on ESPN Unlimited).
Georgia baseball schedule
- May 29-June 1: NCAA Regional
- June 5-8: NCAA Super Regional
- June 12-22: NCAA College World Series in Omaha
