Sports Page Atlanta

Georgia and Georgia Tech will take battle once again on the ball field tonight at 7:00 PM EST. This time the game will be played at Turner Field. The Bulldogs are having a great season and last Sunday they clinched their 6th SEC title. The one bad thing for the Dawgs is that in-state rival Georgia Tech has already destroyed them twice this season. The first Yellow Jacket win was 9-4 at Tech’s Russ Chandler Stadium on April 9th then later they won again, this time in Athens at Foley Field by the score of 11-1 last Wednesday.

The 3rd matchup at Turner Field is dubbed ‘Spring Baseball Classic For Kids’ and proceeds from the game benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and its Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Program. They have been playing this game every year since 2003. The Dawgs have won 4 of the 5 previous meetings at Turner. In 2004, a total of 28,836 people attended which was the 2nd largest crowd in NCAA baseball history at the time.

Senior Nick Montgomery will make the start for Georgia while Georgia Tech counters with freshman Deck McGuire. McGuire is 8-0 this season including 2 wins against the Bulldogs. This will be Montgomery’s first career start.

Georgia Tech takes the first game of three against in-state rivals, the Georgia Bulldogs by defeating them 9-4 at Russ Chandler Stadium. The Yellow Jackets were led by designated hitter Luke Murton as he went 4-for-5 on the night with a home run and 3 runs batted in. Thomas Nichols also helped with 2 hits of his own and also drove in two and scored two.

Deck McGuire was solid as he improved to 5-0 on the season, pitching 5 and 2/3 innings strong allowing just 3 earned runs.

Ryan Peisel did most of the damage for the Bulldogs driving in two runs of his own.

Both teams resume to conference play this weekend as Georgia hosts Kentucky and Georgia Tech takes on top-ranked Miami.

Georgia and Georgia will face each other two more times during the season with the next time being on May 7th in Athens.