#6 Vols Fall in Series Finale at Georgia

Sunday, May 7

Athens, Ga.

1 PM

University of Tennessee

32-16, 12-12

Georgia

27-21, 10-14

Tennessee

Georgia

May 07, 2023 | Baseball

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ATHENS, Ga. – No. 6/18 Tennessee fell to Georgia, 9-4, in Sunday's rubber game at Foley Field.

A four-run fifth inning from the Bulldogs proved to be the difference as the Volunteers were unable to lock up their first road series win this season.

Jared Dickey and Maui Ahuna both had multi-hit days for UT while Cal Stark went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer to lead the offense. Dickey reached base in all five of his plate appearances and finished with three hits and an RBI.

Freshman right hander AJ Russell saw his most extensive action this season, tossing a career high 3.1 innings, allowing just one run on three hits while striking out five in relief of Drew Beam, who struggled in 4.1 innings and was stuck with the loss, falling to 6-3 on the year.

UGA jumped out to an early lead with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first and another in the second to go ahead 3-0. Ben Anderson led off the first with a homer while Parks Harber and Dwight Allen II both singled to drive in runs.

A two-out hit from Christian Moore got the Vols on the board in the third, but UGA got that run right back on a solo home run by Charlie Condon to lead off the bottom of the inning.

UT put up a three-spot in the fourth to tie the game at four. Stark blasted a two-run homer to cut the lead to one and Ahuna followed with a double before scoring on an RBI single by Dickey.

The lead didn't last long, however, as the Dawgs capitalized on some fielding miscues and hit two homers in the inning to plate four runs and retake the lead.

Georgia (27-21, 10-14 SEC) added one more insurance run in the bottom of the eighth to take a 9-4 lead before Leighton Finley closed the game out in the ninth, working around a leadoff single by Dickey and retiring the next three batters to secure the win.

The top half of the Bulldogs' order did damage all afternoon as the the one through five spots in their lineup combined for 11 hits and eight RBIs. Anderson went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs from the leadoff spot while No. 2 hitter Charlie Condon homered twice and drove in three runs. Harber also had a pair of hits and three RBIs in the game.

UP NEXT: Tennessee (32-16, 12-12 SEC) returns to Knoxville for its final five home games of the regular season, starting with a midweek contest against Austin Peay on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.