Burress Record-Setting Home Run Not Enough at VT – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

BLACKSBURG, Va. – Drew Burress became the fastest Yellow Jacket in program history to reach 30 career home runs but Georgia Tech baseball (12-3, 1-1 ACC) fell, 8-5 to Virginia Tech (11-4, 1-1 ACC) on Saturday afternoon at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park in Blacksburg, Va.

𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐌𝐁 💣@drew_burress08 obliterates one for his 30th career HR!

Burress becomes the fastest Yellow Jacket to 30 HRs in program history – getting it done in 73 games 😎

ACCNX – https://t.co/kgHNrjWIKW#StingEm🐝 x #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/ydTNshQnMa

— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) March 8, 2025

Burress hit his 5^th home run of the season and 30^th of his career in the third inning. He reached 30 home runs in just 73 games played, beating the previous record by a full 20 games (Kevin Parada – 93 games). His homer tied the game, 3-3, in the top of the third but Virginia Tech would respond with a home run of its own in the bottom of the inning, eventually taking an 8-3 lead. Junior shortstop Kyle Lodise recorded his 5^th homer of the year in the 7^th to make it a three-score game, but the Jackets couldn’t muster any more runs and suffer their first loss of the 2025 ACC season.

QUICK HITS: THE TEAM

• Tech falls to 12-3 on the year (.800 winning %). The Jackets have won at least 80 percent of their first 15 games in three of the last four seasons
• The Georgia Tech bullpen threw 0.2 innings before allowing a run today, bringing the scoreless streak to an end at 22.0 straight innings over the last six games.
• The Yellow Jackets lead the all-time series with Virginia Tech, 45-25, following today’s result.

QUICK HITS: THE BATS

• Sophomore Drew Burress became the fastest Yellow Jacket ever to reach 30 career home runs after he crushed a 1-1 pitch 405 feet over the wall in left field. It took Burress only 73 games to hit 30 homers in White & Gold, beating the previous record (Kevin Parada – 93) by an impressive 20 games.
• It was his fifth home run of the season, tying him for the most on the team, alongside freshman Alex Hernandez and junior Kyle Lodise.
• The two-run shot from Burress brings his season RBI total to 18 and his career number to an impressive 85 (1.16 RBI per game).
• Burress extended his career-long on-base streak to 33 games.
• Junior shortstop Kyle Lodise connected for his 5^th home run of the season in the 7^th inning, a two-run shot to score Tyler Neises who had walked the at-bat prior. Lodise has scored at least one run in 12…