2019 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team

The 2019 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represented the University of Georgia in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Foley Field.

2019 Georgia Bulldogs baseball
Athens Regional, 2–2
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
CB	No. 17
Record	46–17 (21–9 SEC)
Head coach	Scott Stricklin (6th season)
Assistant coaches	Scott Daeley Sean Kenny
Home stadium	Foley Field
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt  x‍†‍‡‍y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			58	–	12	–	0		.829
No. 18 Georgia  ‍‍‍y	21	–	9	–	0		.700			46	–	17	–	0		.730
Tennessee  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			40	–	21	–	0		.656
Missouri  ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1		.450			34	–	22	–	1		.605
Florida  ‍‍‍y	13	–	17	–	0		.433			34	–	26	–	0		.567
South Carolina  ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0		.267			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Kentucky  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			26	–	29	–	0		.473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			52	–	15	–	0		.776
No. 6 Arkansas  x‍‍‍y	20	–	10	–	0		.667			46	–	20	–	0		.697
No. 14 LSU  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13	–	0		.567			40	–	26	–	0		.606
No. 20 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y	16	–	13	–	1		.550			39	–	23	–	1		.627
No. 12 Ole Miss  ‍‍‍y	16	–	14	–	0		.533			41	–	27	–	0		.603
No. 9 Auburn  ‍‍‍y	14	–	16	–	0		.467			38	–	28	–	0		.576
Alabama  ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0		.233			30	–	26	–	0		.536
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2019[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

3rd Team

• Aaron Schunk – Utility Player (Baseball America) ^[2]

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Bulldogs predicted to finish in third place in the Eastern Division.^[3]

Media poll (East)
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Vanderbilt	87 (9)
2	Florida	81 (4)
3	Georgia	68 (1)
4	South Carolina	53
5	Tennessee	40
6	Kentucky	30
7	Missouri	26

Preseason All-SEC teams

1st Team

• Aaron Schunk – Third Baseman

2nd Team

• Mason Meadows – Catcher
• LJ Talley – Second Baseman
• Aaron Schunk – Designated Hitter/Utility

Roster

2019 Georgia Bulldogs roster
	Pitchers  5 C.J. Smith – Sophomore 11 Will Proctor – Junior 12 Zac Kristofak – Junior 13 Cole Wilcox – Freshman 16 Adam Goodman – Senior 17 Emerson Hancock – Sophomore 18 James Williams – Sophomore 19 Jack Gowen – Freshman 21 Logan Moody – Junior 25 Tony Locey – Junior 26 Christian Ryder – Junior 27 Trevor Tinder – Junior 33 Justin Glover – Junior 35 Hunter Goodwin – Freshman 39 Darryn Pasqua – Sophomore 43 Riley Crean – Freshman 44 Tim Elliott – Junior 45 Garrett Brown – Freshman 50 Ryan Avidano – Junior 55 Ryan Webb – Sophomore		Catchers 6 Kaden Fowler – Junior 8 Austin Biggar – Junior 30 Mason Meadows – Sophomore 32 Shane Marshall – Freshman 42 John Cable – Graduate Infielders 2 LJ Talley – Senior 7 Cam Shepherd – Junior 14 Patrick Sullivan – Junior 15 Cole Tate – Sophomore 22 Aaron Schunk – Junior 23 Connor Tate – Freshman 31 Riley King – Sophomore 41 Steven Minter – Freshman		Outfielders 1 Tucker Maxwell – Junior 4 Randon Jernigan – Freshman 20 Chaney Rogers – Freshman 28 Tucker Bradley – Junior 36 Ben Anderson – Sophomore

Schedule and results

Legend
	Georgia win
	Georgia loss
	Postponement
Bold	Georgia team member

2019 Georgia Bulldogs baseball game log
Regular season (42–14)
February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Feb. 15 Dayton No. 9 Foley Field Athens, Georgia 5–1 Emerson Hancock (1–0) Hunter Wolfe (0–1) Ryan Webb (1) SECN+ 2,056 1–0 Feb. 16 (1) Dayton No. 9 Foley Field 10–7 Will Proctor (1–0) Aaron Ernst (0–1) Aaron Schunk (1) SECN+ 3,204 2–0 Feb. 16 (2) Dayton No. 9 Foley Field 13–1 Tony Locey (1–0) Cole Pletka (0–1) SECN+ 3,204 3–0 Feb. 19 at Kennesaw State No. 9 Stillwell Baseball Stadium Kennesaw, Georgia Cancelled due to weather. Feb. 23 UMass Lowell No. 9 Foley Field W 6–2 Emerson Hancock (2–0) Nick Rand (0–2) SECN+ 1,917 4–0 Feb. 24 (1) UMass Lowell No. 9 Foley Field W 13–5 Will Proctor (2–0) Henry Funaro (0–2) SECN+ 2,006 (DH) 5–0 Feb. 24 (2) UMass Lowell No. 9 Foley Field W 12–5 Tony Locey (2–0) Sean O'Neill (0–1) SECN+ 2,006 (DH) 6–0 Feb. 26 LIU Brooklyn No. 9 Foley Field L 0–1 Jackson Svete (1–0) Tim Elliott (0–1) Nick Torres (1) SECN+ 1,548 6–1 Feb. 27 Kennesaw State No. 9 Foley Field W 11–1 C.J. Smith (1–0) Jake Rothwell (0–2) SECN+ 1,649 7–1
March (16–4) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record Mar. 1 at Georgia Southern No. 9 J. I. Clements Stadium Statesboro, Georgia W 3–1 Emerson Hancock (3–0) Seth Shuman (0–3) Aaron Schunk (2) ESPN+ 2,247 8–1 Mar. 2 at Georgia Southern No. 9 J. I. Clements Stadium W 4–2 Zac Kristofak (1–0) Braden Hays (0–2) Aaron Schunk (3) ESPN+ 2,916 9–1 Mar. 3 at Georgia Southern No. 9 J. I. Clements Stadium L 7–10 David Johnson (1–0) Jack Gowen (0–1) Hayden Harris (1) ESPN+ 1,554 9–2 Mar. 5 Alabama State No. 9 Foley Field W 11–3 Tim Elliott (1–1) AJ Stinson (0–2) SECN+ 1,379 10–2 Mar. 6 Jacksonville State No. 9 Foley Field W 5–1 C.J. Smith (2–0) Jackson Tavel (2–1) Aaron Schunk (4) SECN+ 1,352 11–2 Mar. 8 Presbyterian No. 9 Foley Field W 17–0 Emerson Hancock (4–0) Eric Miles (1–1) SECN+ 1,415 12–2 Mar. 9 (1) Presbyterian No. 9 Foley Field W 7–6 Zac Kristofak (2–0) Colton Springs (1–1) Aaron Schunk (5) SECN+ 1,960 (DH) 13–2 Mar. 9 (2) Presbyterian No. 9 Foley Field W 8–1 Tony Locey (3–0) Reagan Fowler (0–3) SECN+ 1,960 (DH) 14–2 Mar. 13 at Georgia State No. 8 Georgia State Baseball Complex Atlanta, Georgia W 6–3 Tim Elliott (2–1) Tyler Koch (0–2) Aaron Schunk (6) 392 15–2 Mar. 15 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 8 Founders Park Columbia, South Carolina W 6–1 Emerson Hancock (5–0) Wesley Sweatt (1–1) SECN+ 6,435 16–2 1–0 Mar. 16 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 8 Founders Park W 8–7 Will Proctor (3–0) Daniel Lloyd (2–1) Aaron Schunk (7) SECN+ 7,210 17–2 2–0 Mar. 17 at No. 22 South Carolina No. 8 Founders Park W 4–2 Zac Kristofak (3–0) Brett Kerry (2–1) SECN+ 6,539 18–2 3–0 Mar. 19 Georgia State No. 5 Foley Field W 11–1 Tim Elliott (3–1) Grant Gaspard (0–1) SECN+ 1,814 19–2 Mar. 22 No. 10 LSU No. 5 Foley Field L 0–1 Zack Hess (2–1) Emerson Hancock (5–1) Devin Fontenot (1) SECN+ 3,209 19–3 3–1 Mar. 23 No. 10 LSU No. 5 Foley Field W 2–0 Justin Glover (1–0) Cole Henry (1–1) Aaron Schunk (8) SECN 3,344 20–3 4–1 Mar. 24 No. 10 LSU No. 5 Foley Field W 9–7 Tony Locey (4–0) Eric Walker (1–1) Aaron Schunk (9) SECN 3,042 21–3 5–1 Mar. 26 at Georgia Tech No. 4 Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia L 2–11 Amos Willingham (4–0) Adam Goodman (0–1) 1,974 21–4 Mar. 28 at Kentucky No. 4 Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, Kentucky W 7–3 Emerson Hancock (6–1) Jimmy Ramsey (2–2) SECN 3,292 22–4 6–1 Mar. 29 at Kentucky No. 4 Kentucky Proud Park L 0–5 Zack Thompson (2–0) C.J. Smith (2–1) SECN+ 3,124 22–5 6–2 Mar. 30 at Kentucky No. 4 Kentucky Proud Park W 10–8 Aaron Schunk (1–0) Daniel Harper (2–1) SECN+ 3,134 23–5 7–2
April (11–7) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record April 2 at No. 23 Clemson No. 4 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, South Carolina W 5–3 Tim Elliott (4–1) Brooks Crawford (1–2) Aaron Schunk (10) 5,170 24–5 April 3 Kennesaw State No. 4 Foley Field W 7–6 Adam Goodman (1–1) Jared Rine (1–3) Zac Kristofak (1) 1,402 25–5 April 5 No. 5 Vanderbilt No. 4 Foley Field L 2–3 Tyler Brown (1–0) Aaron Schunk (1–1) SECN+ 3,188 25–6 7–3 April 6 No. 5 Vanderbilt No. 4 Foley Field W 8–3 C.J. Smith (3–1) Patrick Raby (5–1) SECN+ 3,117 26–6 8–3 April 7 No. 5 Vanderbilt No. 4 Foley Field W 3–1 Tony Locey (5–0) Kumar Rocker (2–4) Zac Kristofak (2) SECN 3,045 27–6 9–3 April 9 No. 17 Georgia Tech No. 2 Foley Field W 12–2 Tim Elliott (5–1) Amos Willingham (4–2) SECN 3,009 28–6 April 11 at Tennessee No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium Knoxville, Tennessee L 0–2 Andrew Schultz (1–0) Emerson Hancock (6–2) Redmond Walsh (5) SECN 1,994 28–7 9–4 April 12 at Tennessee No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 0–3 Garrett Stallings (6–2) C.J. Smith (3–2) SECN+ 2,765 28–8 9–5 April 13 at Tennessee No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium W 7–1 Tony Locey (6–0) Zach Linginfelter (5–4) Zac Kristofak (3) SECN+ 3,311 29–8 10–5 April 16 No. 24 Clemson No. 5 Foley Field W 3–2 Darryn Pasqua (1–0) Luke Sommerfeld (0–1) SECN 3,419 30–8 April 18 No. 21 Missouri No. 5 Foley Field W 3–0 Emerson Hancock (7–2) Jacob Cantleberry (3–3) Zac Kristofak (4) ESPNU 2,553 31–8 11–5 April 19 No. 21 Missouri No. 5 Foley Field W 5–2 Cole Wilcox (1–0) Art Joven (3–1) Aaron Schunk (11) SECN+ 2,962 32–8 12–5 April 20 No. 21 Missouri No. 5 Foley Field W 4–2 Tony Locey (7–0) TJ Sikkema (4–3) Zac Kristofak (5) SECN+ 2,860 33–8 13–5 April 23 vs. No. 11 Georgia Tech No. 4 SunTrust Park Atlanta, Georgia L 6–8 Hugh Chapman (1–0) Tim Elliott (5–2) Tristin English (5) SECN+ 18,861 33–9 April 26 at No. 9 Mississippi State No. 4 Dudy Noble Field Starkville, Mississippi L 3–19 Ethan Small (5–1) C.J. Smith (3–3) SECN+ 9,061 33–10 13–6 April 27 at No. 9 Mississippi State No. 4 Dudy Noble Field L 3–9 JT Ginn (8–2) Tony Locey (7–1) SECN 9,572 33–11 13–7 April 28 at No. 9 Mississippi State No. 4 Dudy Noble Field L 5–6 Peyton Plumlee (3–3) Tim Elliott (5–3) SECN+ 8,204 33–12 13–8 April 30 vs. The Citadel No. 9 SRP Park North Augusta, South Carolina W 9–0 Logan Moody (1–0) Alex Bialakis (0–5) 3,602 34–12
May (8–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record May 3 Florida No. 9 Foley Field W 6–4 Tony Locey (8–1) Tommy Mace (7–4) Zac Kristofak (6) SECN+ 3,106 35–12 14–8 May 5 (1) Florida No. 9 Foley Field W 9–1 Tim Elliott (6–3) Jack Leftwich (4–5) ESPN2 2,807 36–12 15–8 May 5 (2) Florida No. 9 Foley Field W 4–1 Cole Wilcox (2–0) Nolan Crisp (3–2) SECN+ 2,845 37–12 16–8 May 8 at Jacksonville State No. 8 Rudy Abbott Field Jacksonville, Alabama L 8–9 Cody Willingham (1–1) Aaron Schunk (1–2) ESPN+ 1,527 37–13 May 10 at Auburn No. 8 Plainsman Park Auburn, Alabama W 11–2 Tony Locey (9–1) Jack Owen (4–1) SECN+ 3,703 38–13 17–8 May 11 (1) at Auburn No. 8 Plainsman Park L 3–4 Cody Greenhill (2–2) Cole Wilcox (2–1) SECN+ 3,361 38–14 17–9 May 11 (2) at Auburn No. 8 Plainsman Park W 10–8 Zac Kristofak (4–0) Blake Schilleci (0–2) SECN+ 3,340 39–14 18–9 May 16 Alabama No. 7 Foley Field W 9–4 Cole Wilcox (3–1) Tyler Ras (1–3) SECN+ 3,006 40–14 19–9 May 17 Alabama No. 7 Foley Field W 12–2 Tony Locey (10–1) Brock Love (5–5) SECN+ 3,093 41–14 20–9 May 18 Alabama No. 7 Foley Field W 9–1 Emerson Hancock (8–2) Sam Finnerty (6–8) SECN+ 3,010 42–14 21–9
Post-season (4–3)
SEC Tournament (2–1) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SECT Record May 22 vs. No. 13 Texas A&M No. 7 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama W 2–0 Zac Kristofak (5–0) Joseph Menefree (3–2) SECN 5,264 43–14 1–0 May 23 vs. No. 5 Arkansas No. 7 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 3–1 Ryan Webb (1–0) Jacob Kostyshock (1–3) Aaron Schunk (12) SECN 8,620 44–14 2–0 May 25 vs. No. 22 Ole Miss No. 7 Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 3–5 Max Cioffi (2–2) Tony Locey (10–2) Parker Caracci (11) SECN 12,872 44–15 2–1
Athens Regional (2–2) Date Opponent Seed/Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Regional Record May 31 (4) Mercer No. 7 (1) Foley Field W 13–3 Tony Locey (11–2) Tanner Hall (8–6) SECN 3,256 45–15 1–0 June 1 (3) Florida State No. 7 (1) Foley Field L 3–12 CJ Van Eyk (10–3) Emerson Hancock (8–3) ESPN2 3,046 45–16 1–1 June 2 (2) Florida Atlantic No. 7 (1) Foley Field W 13–0 Tim Elliott (7–3) Mike Ruff (6–5) SECN 2,773 46–16 2–1 June 3 (3) Florida State No. 7 (1) Foley Field L 1–10 Conor Grady (9–5) Cole Wilcox (3–2) ESPNU 2,996 46–17 2–2

Schedule Source:^[4]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Athens Regional

Athens Regional Teams
(1) Georgia Bulldogs	(2) Florida Atlantic Owls	(3) Florida State Seminoles	(4) Mercer Bears

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Georgia	13
	4	Mercer	3
						1	Georgia	3
						3	Florida State	12
	3	Florida State	13
	2	Florida Atlantic	7
											3	Florida State
											1	Georgia
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	Georgia	13
	4	Mercer	6			2	Florida Atlantic	0
	2	Florida Atlantic	10

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2019 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2019 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	7–23		1–2	1–2	0–3	0–3	.	1–2	0–3	.	1–2	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	ALA	W7	1–9	0–4
ARK	20–10	2–1		2–1	.	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	3–0	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	ARK	W1	7–3	3–0
AUB	14–16	2–1	1–2		.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	3–0	1–2	0–3	AUB	W6	4–6	1–1
FLA	13–17	3–0	.	.		0–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–3	2–1	1–2	.	0–3	FLA	E5	4–6	2–3
UGA	21–9	3–0	.	2–1	3–0		2–1	2–1	0–3	3–0	.	3–0	1–2	.	2–1	UGA	E2	8–2	4–1
KEN	7–23	.	1–2	.	1–2	1–2		0–3	.	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	0–3	0–3	KEN	E7	1–9	0–4
LSU	17–13	2–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0		3–0	1–2	1–2	.	.	2–1	.	LSU	W3	6–4	2–1
MSU	20–10	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	0–3		.	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	.	MSU	W2	8–2	3–1
MIZZ	13–16	.	0–3	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	.		2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	MIZZ	E4	5–4	1–3
MISS	16–14	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–2		.	1–2	3–0	.	MISS	W5	5–5	2–1
SCAR	8–22	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–1	.	1–2	0–3	.		1–2	1–2	0–3	SCAR	E6	1–9	0–3
TENN	14–16	.	0–3	0–3	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1		.	1–2	TENN	E3	5–5	1–2
TAMU	16–13	2–1	2–1	2–1	.	.	3–0	1–2	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	.		2–1	TAMU	W4	6–3	1–1
VAN	23–7	3–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	.	.	2–1	.	3–0	2–1	1–2		VAN	E1	8–2	5–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Missouri at Texas A&M series had one tie game.

Rankings

Main article: 2019 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches'[5]	13	13*
Baseball America[6]	15
Collegiate Baseball^[7]	13
NCBWA†[8]	12

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

2019 MLB draft

Main article: 2019 MLB Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Aaron Schunk	3B	2	62	Colorado Rockies
Tony Locey	RHP	3	96	St. Louis Cardinals
Tim Elliot	RHP	4	126	Seattle Mariners
LJ Talley	2B	7	207	Toronto Blue Jays
Zac Kristofak	RHP	14	421	Los Angeles Angels
Cam Sheperd	SS	20	608	Tampa Bay Rays
Tucker Maxwell	OF	22	660	Atlanta Braves
Riley King	OF/IF	26	787	Atlanta Braves

References

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2. Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
3. "Vanderbilt picked to win 2019 SEC Baseball Championship".
4. "Bulldogs Announce 2019 Schedule" (Press release). University of Georgia Athletics. September 13, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
5. "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on July 10, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
6. "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
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8. "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved December 22, 2018.