ATLANTA — With seven scoreless innings in the seventh and eighth innings, Georgia Tech trailed Cornell for 1,063 points by nine in the Big Red's season opener Friday night at McNeese Baseball Field at Russ Chandler Stadium. We won against 6.
The Yellow Jackets' four runs in the seventh inning turned Cornell's 5-2 lead into a 6-5 advantage for the hosts, and two home runs in the eighth added insurance to Georgia Tech.
Drew Burress (2-for-4, 3 RBIs), Peyton Green (3-for-5, triple, home run, 2 RBIs) and John Giesler (1-for-5, home run, 2 RBIs) all hit multiple posts. Recorded – RBI effort for Georgia Tech (5-0).
junior first baseman max jensen On this day, Cornell University scored 3 out of 5 runs (0 wins, 1 loss), and at the plate, they allowed 1 hit in 2 at bats and drew 2 walks.
Riley Stanford pitched one inning as a reliever, allowing no earned runs, earning his first win for the Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech's Camron Hill started and fanned seven Cornell batters in the first four innings. He allowed one hit and one run while throwing three free passes.
Cornell sophomore southpaw Noah Keller took the loss, giving up four runs in 3.1 innings in relief from sophomore right-hander Carson Mayfield, who pitched the Big Red's first three innings. Keller allowed three hits, five walks, and three walks, while Mayfield allowed four hits, two runs scored, and three walks while adding two punchouts.
Cornell University took the lead in the first frame when junior center fielder Jakobi Davis elected to walk the bases loaded. Freshman third baseman Luke Johnson ignited the Big Red's inning with his first collegiate hit, a leadoff double at the other end just out of the reach of right fielder Parker Brosius' diving dive. Davis' walk was the last free pass issued by Hill, as five of Cornell's first six batters reached base safely.
Georgia Tech tied the score in the home half on Green's RBI triple in the first inning, and Bobby Zmarzulak's RBI single in the third gave the Yellow Jackets a 2-1 lead.
Hill regained his form after a shaky first inning and retired the last 10 Cornell batters he faced before getting a lead off Camren Landry in the fifth inning.
Cornell took a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning with a three-run, two-out rally on senior catcher Nathan Waugh's RBI, and junior left fielder Ryan Porter's two-run single put the Big Red ahead.
In the 7th inning, 5-3, Cornell University's lead increased to three points when Green's error allowed Jensen to cross home plate for the third time on the day.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, a four-run no-hitter gave the Yellow Jackets a 6-5 lead, but Green ended that lead with a bases-loaded double to left-center field.
In the eighth inning, home runs by Green and Giesler extended the Yellow Jackets' lead to 9-5.
In the ninth, following a grounder and a strikeout, Cornell sparked another two-out rally with a pinch-hit double by the senior. braeden mack Next, the sophomore right fielder hit a single over the left field infield. caden wildman. Mack eventually scored on a wild pitch from Terry Busse.
game memo
• Friday marked the fifth-ever meeting between Cornell University and Georgia Tech, and the first since a doubleheader on March 23, 1991.
●Jensen's three RBIs were the most in a single game since he crossed home plate in the third inning against Columbia on April 2 last year.
• Big Red hit .400 (6 hits for 15) with two outs and collected five hits to lead the inning.
• Cornell fell to 63-11 under. Dan Pepicelli When he held the lead after six innings. The Big Red is currently 9-2, going back to last season when they took the lead in the seventh inning.
next
Cornell University and Georgia Tech will play the middle of a three-game series Saturday from McNeese Baseball Park to Russ Chandler Stadium.First pitch for the Big Red Jackets and Yellow Jackets is scheduled for 2 p.m. Freshman left-handed pitcher Huxley Holcomb will make his collegiate debut against Georgia Tech right-hander Aiden Finatelli (1-0, 1.50 ERA). Game action will be broadcast on ACC Network Extra.
