BASEBALL GT vs. Cal ACC Tournament preview...

Alex Farrer · Wednesday at 1:26 PM

Baseball SID Anthony had this one ready to roll with the insert name of opponent and publish. Haha.

From GT Athletics...

GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS – 2025 ACC TOURNAMENT
Game 1 – Thursday, May 22 at 3 p.m. | Potential Game 2 – Saturday, May 24 at 1 p.m. | Championship Game – Sunday, May 25 at 12 p.m.
Durham, N.C. (Durham Bulls Athletic Park)

Georgia Tech (39-16) vs. Cal (24-30)
Thursday – 3 PM
TV: ACC Network | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Chris Cotter
Analyst: Devon Travis
Sideline: Dani Wexelman
Radio: GT Gameday App
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy
Live Stats
Semifinal Game Saturday – 1 PM
TV: ACC Network | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Chris Cotter
Analyst: Devon Travis
Sideline: Dani Wexelman
Radio: GT Gameday App
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy
Live Stats
Championship Game – 12 PM
TV: ESPN2 | Watch Live
Play-by-Play: Chris Cotter
Analyst: Devon Travis
Sideline: Dani Wexelman
Radio: GT Gameday App
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy
Live Stats
TECH AT THE ACC TOURNAMENT
Overall Record: 83-69 (.546) – 9 Championships: 1985, ’86, ’87, ’88, 2000, ’03, ’05, ’12 and ’14.
Record at Durham Bulls Athletic Park: 19-23 (.452) – 1 Championship: 1986
GAMEDAY CENTRAL
Game Notes
TOP STORYLINES
TEAM NOTES

The Yellow Jackets won their 10th ACC regular season championship with an ACC leading 19 wins in conference play.
This was the 10th regular season title in program history: 1987, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2011 and now 2025 (Divisional titles in 2019 and 2021).
The Jackets are tied with North Carolina for the 2nd most regular season titles since Danny Hall took over in 1994, with eight.
Georgia Tech (39-16, 19-11 ACC) owns its best record in 15 years (tied with 2019 for the best since 2010), coming off its second straight series win over a Top 20 opponent (at No. 20 Duke and vs. No. 20 Louisville the week prior)
The Jackets finish the regular season with a 26-9 record at home (.743 winning %) – the best home record since 2010 (31-6) – and a 13-6 record on the road (.684 winning %) – the best road record since 2004 (14-3).
Tech owns one of the most potent offenses in the Power 4, leading the nation’s top four conferences in doubles (141) and among the Top 5 in batting average (3rd – .317), hits (4th – 582), on-base percentage (4th – .418), slugging percentage (5th – .534) and runs/game (5th – 8.4).
Georgia Tech is averaging 2.56 doubles per game this season, the most in the Power 4 – the program record for doubles/game is 2.51, set in the 1987 season.
The Jacket arms have only allowed 8.53 hits-per-nine this season – the fewest since 1994 – Head Coach Danny Hall’s first season on The Flats.
The Georgia Tech bullpen boasts a season ERA of 4.31, the lowest in nine seasons (since 2016 – not counting 2020 season).
Tech is Top 20 across Division I in the following statistical categories: SAC flies (1st – 39), Doubles (3rd – 141), batting average (13th – .317), slugging % (14th – .534) and hits (17th – 582)
GT leads the ACC in doubles (141), doubles per game (2.56), average (.317), hits (582), SAC flies (39) and slugging % (.534)

AWARD NOTES

Georgia Tech was well represented in the postseason conference awards with Alex Hernandez winning Freshman of the Year and Coach Hall winning Coach of the year.
The Jackets also had numerous players on the all-conference teams:
- 1st Team All ACC – Drew Burress & Alex Hernandez
- 2nd Team All ACC – Vahn Lackey, Kyle Lodise, Mason Patel
- 3rd Team All ACC – Brady Jones
- All-Freshman Team – Alex Hernandez & Caleb Daniel
Hernandez becomes the 7th Yellow Jacket to win Freshman of the Year, joining GT legends Drew Burress (2024), Matt Wieters (2005), Micah Owings (2003), (Mark Teixeira (1999), Nomar Garciaparra (1992), and Jason Varitek (1991).
Georgia Tech is now tied with North Carolina for the most freshman of the year awards in ACC history since the conference first began awarding them back in 1991. GT and UNC are the only programs with more than five.
This is Coach Hall’s fifth ACC Coach of the year award, joining UVA’s Brian O’Connor and the legendary Mike Martin (FSU) as the only three coaches in conference history with at least 5 coach of the year honors. Coach Martin holds the conference record with seven while Hall is tied with O’Connor at five.
Coach Hall won his first Coach of the Year award back in 1997 and has won in ’97, 2000, ’05 and ’19.
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).
The Yellow Jackets have been featured on multiple midseason award watch lists:Alex Hernandez (John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year), Mason Patel (National Pitcher of the Year & NCBWA Stopper of the Year) and Kyle Lodise (Brooks Wallace Award)
Burress was named a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award for the second year in a row. One of only two players in the nation to do so (also FSU’s Jamie Arnold).
Lodise was named a semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, marking the third time in program history Tech has had multiple players on the semifinal ballot, joining Derek Dietrich & Deck McGuire in 2010 and Nomar Garciaparra, Jay Payton and Jason Varitek in 1994.
Vahn Lackey was named a semifinalist for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year award. Georgia Tech is one of three programs with multiple Buster Posey Award winners (Kevin Parada in 2022 and Joey Bart in 2018), alongside Florida State and Southern California.

Alex Farrer · Wednesday at 1:26 PM