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2-seeded Georgia Tech faces No. 3 seed Indiana State to open Nashville Regional (TV: ESPN3)

Jackets Open ACC Tournament with Clemson, Louisville

• Georgia Tech finishes the regular season with a home series against North Carolina on Thursday-Friday, May 20-22. • Georgia Tech (19-14) currently leads the Coastal Division and has more ACC wins than any team but Notre Dame (22) with six league games remaining. • The Yellow Jackets will look to lock up its second-straight Coastal Division title and hold off Pitt, who ranks second at 16-14, but owns the head-to-head. • Tech ranks second in the ACC in hitting (.285), first in hits (452...

GAMEDAY CENTRAL TOP STORYLINES • No. 20 Georgia Tech returns home for a brief reprieve, hosting SEC foe Auburn on Tuesday at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium. • Auburn is Georgia Tech’s second-most played opponent in program history and the Jackets’ oldest opponent. Tech and Auburn first squared off on April 10, 1897. • The Jackets stopped the skid on Sunday when they won 4-2 over Notre Dame and will look to continue in the midweek before a pivotal ACC series against V...

THE FLATS – No. 10 Georgia Tech scored in 14 of the final 19 innings of the series to clinch its 12 th-straight ACC series after a 13-9 win over No. 1 Louisville on Sunday afternoon at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium. Five multi-hit batters powered the Yellow Jackets (8-3, 5-1 ACC), led by Tres Gonzalez, who finished 3-for-5 with two RBI, including a crucial squeeze bunt that scored a key insurance run in the eighth. Drew Compton had another strong day, going 2-for-2 with a...

GAMEDAY CENTRAL TOP STORYLINES • After an impressive road trip that saw a 3-0 ACC sweep, No. 10 Georgia Tech baseball hosts its first league opponent of the year in No. 1-ranked Louisville. • Georgia Tech has reached the top-10 rankings for the third time since 2016. Tech was No. 8 in April 2019, remaining there the rest of the season, after also ranking top 10 in March 2016. • This weekend marks the first matchup between top-10 teams on The Flats since 2011 (No. 8 GT, No. 1 UVA) and is t...

The 10 th-ranked Yellow Jackets (6-2) fell behind early after a four-run opening frame for the Panthers (4-6) and were unable to get the bats going for runs in response, hitting just .147 for the game. Third baseman Justyn-Henry Malloy, who was 2-for-3 on the day with the lone RBI and a walk, was the standout bat for Tech on the night. Luke Waddell and Austin Wilhite also had base hits through the right side with Wilhite also drawing a walk. In his first collegiate at-bat, true freshman Han...

GAMEDAY CENTRAL TOP STORYLINES • No. 15 Georgia Tech baseball readies for its first midweek contest in a nationally televised matinee against in-state foe Mercer on Wednesday. • Mercer is Georgia Tech’s fourth-most played opponent in school history with the series currently standing at 170 since 1897. Mercer is Tech’s second-oldest opponent still around by seven days to Auburn. • Georgia Tech leads 114-56 in the all-time series against the Bears from Mercer, Ga. • The Jackets are co...

THE FLATS – A late charge by the Georgia Tech baseball hitters wouldn’t be enough as its miscues were too much to overcome in the 9-6 setback to Eastern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium. The Yellow Jackets (1-1) made two uncharacteristic errors and walked 11 batters in the tough outing, while the Colonels (1-1) used extended innings to their advantage to score and drive up pitch counts. Leading the way offensively for Tech were three multi-h...

Compton, Waddell combine for five hits, three RBI