Georgia Baseball wins series against Kentucky, continues mixed trends

It’s always great to win your opening series in conference play in college baseball. It’s even better when you play in a conference that is as incredibly difficult as the Southeastern Conference.

Georgia took games from Kentucky on Friday and Sunday and dropped the Saturday contest to the Wildcats. Another very positive note for Georgia coming out of this weekend is that the Dawgs demolished the Wildcat’s pitching staff in the three games to the tune of 36 runs, 35 hits, and 11 home runs! This is particularly impressive considering that Kentucky had the No. 2 overall team ERA coming into this series against Georgia.

Despite all of the positives for the red and black this weekend, a troubling trend continues in this 2025 season. Georgia fell behind early and by a substantial amount in each game. Friday, Georgia gave up three runs in the first and third innings and had to climb out of a 6-2 hole after 2 1/2 innings.

On Saturday, Georgia gave up nine runs in the first four frames and could never make up a 9-2 deficit. In the finale on Sunday, Georgia once again gave up three runs to start the game and was down 4-2 after the second inning before exploding for seven runs in the bottom of the third inning and never relinquishing the lead again.

Georgia can hit with any team in the country and played clean in the field this weekend, not committing an error. The starting pitching is a problem that has to be corrected if this Dawgs squad wants to win the SEC and ultimately get to Omaha. Charlie Goldstein and Leighton Finley, Georgia’s top two starting pitchers, have an ERA over 7.00 on the season. Georgia’s bullpen has performed admirably in the face of adversity and the starting pitching struggles and has allowed the Georgia bats to chip away and regain leads.

Ultimately, as long as Hunter Henry, Robbie Burnett, and Ryland Zaborowski swing the stick like they are, it may not matter that the starting pitching is struggling. The three Dawg hitters have combined for a .395 average, 29 homers, and 182 total bases. Henry hit four home runs alone this weekend.

Georgia has plenty of pop in the lineup but will need to see Finley and Goldstein turn the corner on the mound as the Dawgs prepare to take on Florida in Gainesville this weekend.