Just flat out forgot to post this last night. Huge one tonight which I'll be there for in person. Looking forward to it.
Swygert back on the mound for the midweek start.
From GT Athletics...
GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS (26-6, 11-4 ACC) vs. AUBURN TIGERS (22-10, 6-6 SEC)
APRIL 8, 2025 • 6 PM
Atlanta, Ga. (Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium)
Ticket Information | Parking | Promotions
Probable Starting Pitchers
GT – RHP SAM SWYGERT (1-1) vs. AU – RHP Christian Chatterton (2-1)
Tuesday – 6 PM
TV: ACC Network | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Andy Demetra
Analyst: Bobby Moranda
Radio: GT Gameday App
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy
Live Stats
SERIES STATS
Overall: AU leads 128-113-5
Home: GT leads, 66-54-2
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Game Notes | Gameday Rosters
TOP STORYLINES
Swygert back on the mound for the midweek start.
From GT Athletics...
GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS (26-6, 11-4 ACC) vs. AUBURN TIGERS (22-10, 6-6 SEC)
APRIL 8, 2025 • 6 PM
Atlanta, Ga. (Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium)
Ticket Information | Parking | Promotions
Probable Starting Pitchers
GT – RHP SAM SWYGERT (1-1) vs. AU – RHP Christian Chatterton (2-1)
Tuesday – 6 PM
TV: ACC Network | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Andy Demetra
Analyst: Bobby Moranda
Radio: GT Gameday App
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy
Live Stats
SERIES STATS
Overall: AU leads 128-113-5
Home: GT leads, 66-54-2
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Game Notes | Gameday Rosters
TOP STORYLINES
- Georgia Tech baseball (26-6, 11-4 ACC) has been awarded the No. 15 ranking in Perfect Game’s latest Top-25 poll, No. 18 in D1 Baseball and the USA Today Coaches’ Poll and No. 20 in Baseball America. The Yellow Jackets have been ranked in three consecutive weeks, with this week marking the first time in the Top-15 since March 21, 2022. Tech moved up seven spots in the D1 Baseball Poll, the largest jump of any team, this week.
- Tech is now 26-6. The best start to a season in 15 years (since 2010).
- The Jackets are 10-1 on the road this year, the best road start in program history, dating back to 1895.
- GT has now swept back-to-back ACC road series (at ND and at Stanford) for the first time since 2004.
- Tech owns the most potent offense in the Power 4, leading the nation’s top four conferences in batting average (.342), doubles (98), hits (376) and runs-per-game (10.3).
- The Jackets are the only ACC program, and one of only four teams in the nation, to be Top 20 in both runs-per-game (2nd – 10.3) and ERA (20th – 3.93) – also No. 1 Arkansas, No. 3/4 LSU and No. 4/5 Tennessee.
- Tech has now won at least one game via mercy-rule in each of its last four ACC series (11-1 (7) vs. Pitt / 18-7 (8) at ND / 18-2 (7) vs. No. 3 Clemson / 18-2 (7) at Stanford).
- The Jackets boast a +186 run differential so far this season, the best since 2010 (+197). Tech has scored 328 runs through 32 games (most since 2018) while only allowing 142 (fewest since 2013).
- Since Head Coach Danny Hall announced this would be his final season on The Flats, GT is outscoring opponents 85-31 (7 games).
- Georgia Tech is averaging 3.06 doubles per game this season, the most in the nation – the program record for doubles/game is 2.51, set in the 1987 season.
- Tech pitching has struck out 10.50 per-nine-innings this season, the program record for a full season is 10.00 set back in 1998.
- Tech is Top 10 across Division I in the following statistical categories: Doubles (1st – 98), Avg. (2nd – .342), hits (2nd – 376), runs-per-game (2nd – 10.3), SAC flies (2nd – 29), slugging % (5th – .591) and on-base % (6th – .446).
- Last week, four Yellow Jackets were named Midseason All-Americans: Drew Burress (1st Team / D1 Baseball & Perfect Game), Mason Patel (1st Team / D1 Baseball & Perfect Game), Kyle Lodise (2nd Team / Perfect Game) and Alex Hernandez (Freshman All-American / Perfect Game).
- Lodise and Burress lead the Power 4 and are third in the nation with 17 doubles each – Tech is the only team in the nation with two players in the Top 20, let alone the Top 5.
- Over the weekend, Burress passed college baseball hall of famer Mark Teixeira, among others, on the all-time home run leaderboard. He is currently 17th, tied with Anthony Maisano (1989-90). He is five home runs shy of the Top 10 and 20 away from the program record (Jason Varitek – 57).
- Lodise leads the ACC with a .860 slugging % this season (7th in Division I)
- Burress leads Division I in career slugging % (.806) by a margin of .079, the same as the distance between 2nd and 27th.
- The game against Auburn will be the 4th Top 25 battle of the season and the first Top 20 match up at home since COFH in 2022 (No. 10 GT vs. No. 5 UGA – March 4, 2022)
- Sam Swygert will get his third start of the season – tied his season long for IP last start vs. Mercer, getting his 1st win as a Yellow Jacket (1-1)
- This will be the 248th meeting between Georgia Tech and Auburn, tied for the second-most common opponent in program history.
