Tag: Charlie Condon

Charlie Condon sets Georgia’s home run record

Georgia baseball’s Charlie Condon sets UGA’s single season, career home run record in win over Texas A&M

Star Georgia Bulldogs first baseman Charlie Condon hit his 29th home run of the season as No. 17 Georgia picked up a massive 5-4 road win over No. 1 Texas A&M. Georgia lost the series to Texas A&M, but went 2-2 against the Aggies and No. 4 Clemson on the week, which is a win for the Dawgs.

Condon’s home run gave him sole possession of Georgia’s single season home run record. It was his 54th career home run, which is most in Georgia history.

Charlie Condon and Georgia lost their first two games to Texas A&M including an embarrassing performance where Georgia allowed the Aggies scored 19 unanswered runs after jumping out to a 9-0 lead over Texas A&M.

Georgia’s win moves the Bulldogs to 31-12 and should help the Bulldogs rise in the college baseball rankings. Here’s a look at Charlie Condon’s record-breaking home run.

Georgia baseball continues to hover around .500 in SEC play, which is good considering how stacked the conference is.

Georgia baseball blows 9-0 lead, loses 19-9 vs. No. 1 Texas A&M

Georgia baseball blows 9-0 lead, allows 19 consecutive runs to No. 1 Texas A&M

No. 17 Georgia baseball picked up a big win over No. 4 Clemson earlier in the week. However, Georgia has already dropped its road series at No. 1 Texas A&M.

Star first baseman Charlie Condon hit home run No. 28 as Georgia jumped out to a 9-0 lead over Texas A&M. Georgia’s lead did not last long as the Aggies scored 19 unanswered runs to clinch the series over Georgia. The Aggies ended the game with the run rule in the seventh inning.

Georgia’s road loss drops the Bulldogs to 30-12 ahead of Saturday’s double header. Georgia will look to salvage one game in the second half of Saturday’s doubleheader against Texas A&M, who defeated Georgia 5-2 on Friday, April 26.

Georgia’s pitching has let down the Bulldogs on several occasions this year. The Bulldogs have the third-most home runs in the country (through 40 games) with 101. Georgia has the top hitter in the country in Charlie Condon. Through 40 games, Georgia’s pitching staff has an ERA of 5.08, which is No. 68 in the country.

UGA stays put in USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll

UGA baseball stays put in latest poll after winning one of three games against Tennessee

The Georgia Bulldogs remain the No. 24 team in the country. UGA received 82 votes in the April 1 edition of the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll.

Georgia baseball went 1-2 over the weekend against the No. 4 Tennessee Volunteers. Star infielder/outfielder Charlie Condon continues to look like a potential No. 1 MLB draft pick. Condon has 19 home runs and 40 RBIs this season. The Georgia offense is playing outstanding, but needs more support from its pitching staff, which allowed 25 total runs over three games at Tennessee.

Georgia head coach Wes Johnson is off to a good start in his first season with the Bulldogs. Georgia is 4-5 to begin SEC play and 22-6 on the season.

The SEC has five of the nine top teams in the country in Florida, Vanderbilt, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas A&M. The SEC is typically baseball’s strongest conference.

Arkansas remains the No. 1 team in the country. Georgia baseball’s next game is against Georgia State at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia, at 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 1. The Bulldogs play a series at Mississippi State over the weekend.

Georgia ranked in latest USA TODAY baseball coaches poll

UGA baseball finally ranked in the coaches poll after 21-4 start to the season, sweeping Alabama

Following a sweep of the previously No. 10 Alabama Crimson Tide over the weekend, the Georgia Bulldogs have made their debut in the USA TODAY Sports baseball coaches poll. The Dawgs are up 13 spots from a week ago to No. 24 in the latest poll, which is No. 11 among SEC teams. Alabama dropped to No. 18 in the rankings after falling to Georgia.

Georgia currently sits at 21-4 for the season, with three of those losses coming in a road sweep at the hands of the Kentucky Wildcats last weekend before their victorious return to Foley Field against the Crimson Tide. In the series against the Tide, the Bulldogs hit eleven home runs over two days after the Friday matchup was postponed to Saturday morning.

Star Charlie Condon has continued to shine for the Bulldogs, now holding a .517 batting average with 17 home runs and 37 RBIs for the season. Condon, who is projected to be a top pick in the MLB draft, leads the country in batting average and home runs.

Georgia will host Mercer on Tuesday before traveling to Knoxville for a series against the fifth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers this weekend.

Georgia baseball’s Charlie Condon ranked No. 1 on MLB draft big board

UGA baseball star Charlie Condon ranked No. 1 on 2024 MLB draft big board

Georgia baseball star infielder/outfielder Charlie Condon looks like one of the best players in the country. In fact, Condon is projected as the No. 1 prospect in the 2024 MLB draft, per Keith Law of The Athletic. Law considers Condon to be a third base and outfield prospect.

“Condon made a small adjustment to his hand position from last summer and has exploded this spring,” wrote Keith Law.

The 6-foot-6, 215-pound MLB draft prospect is hitting .531 with nine home runs, 14 walks, and has 17 RBIs through 13 games.

“He’s also playing at least a capable enough third base to separate himself from the first base-only types in the class, although he’s most likely to end up a plus defender in right or left. He had three homers in four swings against Michigan State,” continued Law.

Georgia baseball is off to a strong start to the year. Entering Friday’s game against Nothern Colorado, Georgia is 12-1. Condon and Georgia face a challenging SEC schedule filled with ranked opponents and other top MLB draft prospects.

“He’s got extremely strong hands, bat speed, and good feel for the zone. If he keeps this up against SEC pitching, including better velocity, he’ll end up the top guy in this jumbled class,” said Law.

The SEC has six of the 10 top teams in the country and is the deepest conference in college baseball. Charlie Condon and Georgia baseball still have a long way to go this season, but both are off to a fantastic start to the year.

Georgia baseball’s next games are against Northern Colorado at Foley Field in Athens, Georgia, at 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 9.

LSU’s Luke Holman wins NCBWA National Player of the Month Award

LSU’s new ace of their rotation, Luke Holman, has added another accolade to his short LSU career.

LSU’s new ace of its rotation, [autotag]Luke Holman[/autotag], has added another accolade to his short LSU career. Holman was recently named as one of the [autotag]Dick Howser Trophy Players of the Month[/autotag].

The season is just getting started so Holman only made two starts in February, but he made those two starts count. Holman pitched 12.1 innings in two games and allowed zero runs on five hits while striking out 18 hitters and only walking one. The two starts came against Central Arkansas and Northern Illinois.

LSU beat UCA 2-0 and beat NIU 5-2.

Those stats helped him join Georgia’s [autotag]Charlie Condon[/autotag] as one of the National Players of the Month. Holman was the pitcher of the month and Condon was the hitter of the month.

Holman carried those strong starts into March as he got a start against the Texas Longhorns at the Astros Foundation Classic last Friday night and he shut Texas down. He has proven he is the ace of this team this Spring.

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