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Thursday, April 8 aoio | The Red a Black
Tigers sweep Diamond
Dogs in two-game series
By DREW KANN
The Red & Buck
The Diamond Dogs’ sta
ble of pitchers couldn’t
preserve an early 4-0 lead
Wednesday night, as the
No. 16 Clemson Tigers
went on to capture a 14-6
win at Clemson’s Doug
Kinsmore Stadium.
After the Tigers’
(22-8) victory over
Georgia in Athens
Tuesday night,
Clemson’s win
Wednesday com
pleted a decisive
sweep of the two
game series, after
the Bulldogs swept
the annual series
between the two
squads in 2008 and
2009.
In what has been
a rare occurrence
for Georgia (10-19,
2-7 SEC) in 2010,
the Bulldogs drew
first blood
Wednesday, despite
a poor offensive
night from sopho
more Zach Cone,
who saw his
18-game hitting streak van
ish.
“Cone didn’t have a good
night tonight, and he’s
huge for us," said Georgia
head coach David Pemo on
his post-game radio show.
“We’re fortunate to score
six runs tonight when
[Peter] Verdin goes 0-for-4
and Cone goes 0-for-4.”
Sophomore Verdin led
off the Bulldog first with
his fifth walk of the season,
before an RBI groundout
Men’s golf takes home first in Texas
By RACHEL G. BOWERS
The Red & Buck
The Georgia men’s golf team took home
first place Tuesday in the Morris Williams
Intercollegiate at the Texas Golf Club.
Led by junior Harris English, the
Bulldogs finished at 26-over par 878 after
going even-par 284 in the final round.
English tied the Texas Golf Club record
in the third round of play with a 6-under
65 score, finishing at 1-under 212.
Bryden Macpherson went even-par 71
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two batters later from
freshman Robert Shipman
brought Verdin home to
give Georgia the early 1-0
lead.
Shipman added to the
Georgia scoring in the
third, when he blasted his
fourth home run of the sea
son, a three-run shot to
right field off Tiger fresh-
man Mike Kent to
give the Bulldogs
the 4-0 advantage.
After two score
less innings from
sophomore left
hander Chase
Hawkins, the Tigers
who registered 14
hits against the
Georgia pitching
clawed their way
back in the game in
the third to narrow
the Bulldog lead to
4-3.
Hawkins' team
high fourth balk of
the season with the
bases loaded
brought in the first
Tiger run, before
Clemson second
baseman Mike
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Freeman added a two-run
single.
The Tigers snatched a
7-4 lead in the fourth, after
it took four Bulldog pitch
ers to close out the frame.
With two on and two
out, Tiger first baseman
Will Lamb’s two-run triple
off of junior Ben Cornwell
put the Tigers ahead for
the first time 5-4.
The Tigers added two
more runs off Cornwell’s
replacement, freshman
Blake Dieterich, before the
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Clemson 14, Georgia 6
four-run Tiger fourth came
to an end.
Dieterich continued to
struggle in the fifth, as the
Tigers added five more
runs on three hits, a sacri
fice fly and a bases loaded
hit-by-pitch to stretch their
lead to 12-4.
After a leadoff single
from freshman shortstop
Farmer, freshman left
fielder Zach Taylor’s first
career triple brought home
Farmer.
On the play, a relay
throw from the Tigers’
Freeman sailed into the
Bulldog dugout, allowing
Taylor to score to make it a
12-6 contest.
A two-run home run by
the Tigers’ John Hinson off
sophomore Cecil Tanner in
the sixth brought the final
tally to 14-6.
On a positive note,
Bulldog senior Alex Mcßee
delivered 1.1 innings of late
scoreless relief, after strug
gling with his control and
walks in several previous
outings.
“I can’t help but be a
little bit excited for Cecil
[Tanner] and Alex
[Mcßee]," said Pemo on
his post-game radio show.
“I think that’s the first time
in about a month that they
actually came out there
and threw very few balls,
very few full counts, exe
cuted pitches and got quick
outs.”
in the third round of play, and took home
fifth place overall with 6-over 219.
“I could not be prouder of our guys,”
Georgia coach Chris Haack told Georgia
Sports Communications. “We were 15
shots back after two rounds, but they
refused to quit. That’s always important
for a team, but especially this time of year
as we get ready for the postseason. We
can definitely build off of this as we move
forward. I am really happy for Harris. He’s
such a great leader for this team ... We are
lucky to have him."
SPORTS
Softball steals win from Tech
By ZACH DILLARD
The Red & Biack
In the first visit ever by No. 12 Georgia
to No. 6 Georgia Tech’s new facility in
downtown Atlanta, the Bulldogs stole
the game from the Yellow Jackets on a
three-run home run in the final inning by
sophomore Ashley Razey in the 5-4 win.
Razey, a transfer from Southern Miss,
stepped into the box with runners on
first and second in the seventh inning for
one of her biggest at-bats
of her Georgia career.
With an 0-1 count,
Razey produced the late
game heroics by sending
a shot over the center
field wall off national play
er of the year candidate
Hope Rush.
Hope Rush (18-4), a
freshman from
Stockbridge, had domi
nated the majority of the
game from the circle giving up only
two runs and five hits through the first
six innings.
But Razey erased the difference on
one swing making up for Georgia’s
numerous mistakes in the process.
Starting pitcher Sarah McCloud
received very little help from her defense
during the game, leaving the game with a
3-2 deficit despite piecing together one
of her best outings of 2010. The native of
Celina, Texas, submitted five innings of
work while allowing four hits and two
earned runs.
Freshman Alison Owen, who has
turned into a go-to reliever for Georgia,
earned the win for her effort in the sixth
and seventh innings holding Georgia
Tech to just one run to close out the
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Georgia 5, Georgia Tech 4
game.
But along the way, the Bulldogs accu
mulated four errors in the field, allowing
seven free bases and two costly runs to
put themselves in an early hole.
The Yellow Jackets would set the
sloppy tone for the game after allowing a
leadoff single to center fielder Taylor
Schlopy, allowing the All-American to
advance to third and then score on two
consecutive errors.
The Bulldogs’ erratic fielding would
follow suit by paving the way for Georgia
Tech to take an early 2-1 lead in the bot
tom of the first inning.
After a leadoff walk by All-American
Jen Yee, the second baseman stole a
base and advanced to third on a sacrifice
bunt.
Razey's throwing error would score
Yee as she tried to prevent a stolen base,
allowing a one-run lead.
Two more errors by junior Laura Trout
and sophomore Ashley Pauly would pro
vide the Yellow Jackets with additional
free bases, with Pauly’s error allowing a
second run to cross the plate in the
inning.
Razey’s sacrifice fly in the fifth inning
would cut the lead to 3-2, setting up her
game-winning home run to send the
Bulldogs traveling back down Highway
316 victorious.
Razey went just l-for-4 in the game,
but accounted for her four big-time
RBIs.
Georgia has taken two straight games
from the Yellow Jackets, putting them
ahead 17-9 in the all-time series.
RAZEY
