Mid-week Baseball Preview

In-state rival No. 1

Your No. 3 ranked Tech Baseball team returns to the diamond to

day when in-town rival Georgia State visits for the first part of a home & home series (game two will be played April 15 @ Panthersivlle).

Freshman Jed Bradley will get his second start of the season.

The jackets are coming off a 2-1 series versus the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI). The first win in that series included a six run rally in the top of the 9th inning.

GSU’s record is 14-7 and inluced a loss last Wednesday to the bad guys 11-6.

In-state rival No. 2

Clean old fashioned HATE continues tomorrow @ 7PM. The game will be televised live on CSS, if you won’t be able to make it there.

The opponent team is currently ranked No. 1 in certain polls. Their two only losses come at the hands of SEC opponent Alabama.

Before you attend Wednesday’s baseball game, come by the Georgia Tech Rose Bowl Field and catch a peek at Coach Paul Johnson’s second spring '09 practice.

Wednesday’s NAB practice report won’t be published until later that night due to this important commintment.

Georgia Tech is 3-1 against in-state opponents this season, with the lone loss at the hands of (16-4, 3-1) Georgia Southern in Statesboro.

ACC POTW

Congratulations to Georgia Tech’s own Matt Skole, the ACC’s Baseball player of the week. His performance during the VPI series was spectacular; (10 for 15 .667) and three home runs (including a clutch homer in the top of the 9th during game one for the late lead).