ATHENS, Ga. — No. 8 Georgia fell to Western Carolina, 10-9, Wednesday afternoon at Foley Field in a narrow, high-scoring battle.

Fast Facts

• Junior Daniel Jackson (3-4, 4 RBI, GS) recorded his first career grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Bulldogs’ first of the season. He also added his first career triple, marking Georgia’s (11-3) first triple of the year.
• Georgia started strong in the bottom of the first, loading the bases on two walks and a hit-by-pitch before senior Michael O’Shaughnessy (2-3, 1 RBI) and sophomore Henry Allen (0-4, 1 RBI) each delivered sacrifice flies, bringing home two runs. 
• In the bottom of the fourth, senior Jordy Oriach (2-5, 1 RBI, HR) launched his second home run of the season to right field. Moments later senior Brennan Hudson (1-2, 1 RBI, HR) followed with his own long ball to right field, marking the fifth time this year Georgia has delivered back-to-back home runs.
• Trailing 6-4 in the bottom of the eighth, Jackson’s grand slam gave the Bulldogs an 8-6 lead. In the top of the ninth, Western Carolina (9-3) answered with a grand slam of their own to regain the lead, 10-8. 
• In the bottom of the ninth, senior Ryan Black hit an RBI single, but the Bulldogs were unable to secure the win. 

   

  Key Quotes

  Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson

  On tonight’s performance…

  “You’re going to get a game where you hit a lot of balls hard, and they all go for you. Tre (Phelps) lines out there in the third, but we have to do a better job of runners in scoring position. We were 2-for-14 today with runners in scoring position, and we have to do a better job when we get them in there. That’s going to be the difference in a game like this. When you really look at things, we have six games in six days. We did that for a reason. We did that to test and to stretch our players. You want to win them all. We’re trying to win them all, but we learned a lot today.”

   
  
  #3 Daniel Jackson | Jr. | C/OF

  On his first-career grand slam…

  “Honestly, I didn’t really know if it was going to get out or not, but I knew I had a chance. I knew at the very least it was going to get a runner in, but it was obviously better that it got out.”

   

  Up Next

  Georgia will face Queens in the first of a four-game series on Friday afternoon. There will be one game Friday, a doubleheader Saturday and the finale Sunday. Friday’s first pitch is set for 3 p.m. The series will be live on SEC Network+ and the Georgia Bulldogs Sports Network.