ATHENS — A five-run outburst helped the fourth-ranked Georgia baseball team defeat 17th-ranked Georgia Tech 6-5 Friday in front of a Foley Field crowd of 3,294.
The Bulldogs (9-1) claimed Round 1 of the three-game weekend series over Tech (7-2). Saturday’s contest will be on the Tech campus at 2 p.m. followed by a Sunday tilt at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville at 2 p.m.
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