ATHENS, Ga.— The fourth-ranked Georgia baseball team, riding a 15-game winning streak, plays host to East Tennessee State on Tuesday at Foley Field. First pitch will be at 3:02 p.m.
The Bulldogs (18-1) are batting .321 with a 4.28 ERA and a .979 fielding percentage. ETSU (12-3) owns a .334 batting average, a 3.38 ERA and a .972 fielding percentage.
UGA-ETSU Probable Pitching Matchup
JT Quinn, RHP, Jr. (0-0, 2.57 ERA) vs. Tristan Curless, LHP/DH, Sr. (0-0, 7.50 ERA; .286-1-4)
Quinn will be making his fourth start and fifth appearance overall for the Bulldogs this season. He has pitched a total of seven innings with nine strikeouts and four walks. He has gone two scoreless innings in each of his last two starts, both on pitch counts. Curless will be making his third start, with six total innings pitched in 2025.
Quick Glance
Georgia and ETSU rank second and third nationally in home runs behind Tennessee. The Volunteers have hit 49 while Georgia has 45, and the Buccaneers are next with 37. The Bulldogs swept a weekend series from Columbia, while ETSU captured a series over ACC-member Pittsburgh. The Bulldogs, now in their second season under Ike Cousins head coach Wes Johnson, are a consensus top 10 team in this week's top 25 poll,s including No. 3 by Perfect Game and No. 4 by D1Baseball.com.
Top Hitters
The league announced Monday that Georgia's Ryland Zaborowski (.447-10-36) earned SEC Co-Player of the Week honors. The graduate leads the nation with a 1.170 Slugging Percentage and ranks second in home runs and RBI. In four games last week, he batted .438 with six home runs and 18 RBI. His roommate, senior Robbie Burnett, is also enjoying a fine start this season, batting .375-9-27. ETSU is led at the plate by junior Grant Gallagher (.372-9-13) and redshirt senior JD Yakubinis (.358-2-12).
On Deck
After the ETSU contest, Georgia opens SEC play Friday by playing host to No. 23 Kentucky (12-2). The Wildcats boast one of the nation's top pitching staffs with a 1.88 ERA. Game times are 6 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday, and 1 p.m. on Sunday.
