Georgia should get pitching help from junior right-hander Nick Montgomery, who spent last season getting healthy after coming in from Young Harris JC.
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Wyatt and Olson will be cornerstones in the outfield with junior Blake Cannady plus newcomers Travis Parrott (Brevard CC, Cocoa, Fla.) and freshmen Matt Cerione (Chattahoochee HS, Alpharetta, Ga.) and Kurt Waid (Clay-Chalkville HS, Jasper, Ala.) aiming for playing time too. Also, freshman Rich Poythress (Greenbrier HS, Grovetown, Ga.) will get a look at both corner positions and as a designated hitter. Sophomore Bryce Massanari (CC Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, Nev.) and junior Jake Crane (Central Arizona JC, Savannah, Mo.), both junior college transfers, will contend for time at catcher as well. The top candidates looking to earn starting spots around the diamond include a trio of freshman in Luke Stewart (Normal West HS, Normal, Ill.) at third base, Mike Freeman (Edgewater HS, Orlando, Fla.) at second base and Joey Lewis (Starr’s Mill HS, Fayetteville, Ga.) behind the plate. It should be a very competitive and interesting fall.”īeckham returns to anchor the infield at shortstop while Peisel will move from third base to first base. “We’ve got some familiar faces and a lot of new faces. “We are excited about getting started and looking forward to seeing how everybody fits in,” said Perno. The Bulldogs assembled another stellar recruiting class and several newcomers are expected to make an impact this season, according to Perno. Right-hander Trevor Holder (5-3, 4.70 ERA) enjoyed a stellar postseason as a freshman last year, going 2-0 with a 0.87 ERA, notching wins over Florida State in the NCAA Regional Championship and South Carolina in the Super Regional title game. Left-hander Nathan Moreau tied for the team-high in wins last year going 8-1 and was tabbed a Freshman All-American.
On the mound, Georgia returns eight experienced pitchers highlighted by junior All-All-America closer Joshua Fields (3-2, 1.80 ERA, 15 SV). Four of the five aforementioned returning Bulldogs hit at least. In 2006, the Bulldogs led the Southeastern Conference in several offensive categories including a. Beckham is Georgia’s top returning power hitter and run producer after connecting for 12 home runs and 54 RBI in earning Freshman All-America honors in 2006.įor the second year in a row, Georgia's hitters will be using wood bats for most of the fall workouts. 360 batting average in 2006 and was second on the squad with a. Georgia returns 15 lettermen off the 2006 squad that posted a 47-23 record and national ranking of six in the final Baseball America Top 25 poll.įive starters around the diamond return in seniors Jonathan Wyatt and Matt Robbins along with juniors Ryan Peisel, Matt Olson and sophomore Gordon Beckham.
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The Bulldogs, under the leadership of David Perno, are one of only five programs nationally to have advanced to the College World Series twice in the past three years. The preparation for the road to Omaha has begun as the Georgia Bulldog baseball team opened fall practice Sunday at Foley Field. Buddy Dewaine lit it up at the plate in the NEC Tournament, going 9-19 with two home runs and eight RBIs in five games en route to being named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.ATHENS, Ga. The Central Connecticut offense is not the strength of the team, but it has some players who can rake. His batting average hasn’t been lower than. Zavala, the Pac-12 Player of the Year, is the anchor of the Oregon offense, leading the Ducks in practically every major offensive category. Led by All-Pac-12 selections Aaron Zavala, Kenyon Yovan, Gabe Matthews, Tanner Smith, and Josh Kasevich, the Ducks can spray the ball all over the field and out of the park. Oregon’s offense has been one of the best in the country this season. Ahlstrom has been the ace this year, leading the Pac-12 in ERA and the Ducks in innings pitched.Įxpect the Ducks to start Kafka or Walker to save Ahlstrom for a later game in the regional. The Ducks also have three excellent starting pitchers of their own right in Robert Ahlstrom, Brett Walker, and Cullen Kafka, who have combined to pitch more than half of the Ducks’ innings this season.
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