#19 Georgia Tech to Face KSU in Marietta – Baseball — Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS at KENNESAW STATE OWLS

MARCH 25, 2025 • 6 PM
Marietta, Ga. (S. Walter Kelly Sr. Memorial Field)

Probable Starting Pitchers

GT – RHP SAM SWYGERT (0-1) vs. KSU- RHP Ryan Renfroe (2-1)

Tuesday – 6 PM
TV: ESPN+ | Watch Live
Radio: GT Gameday App 
Play-by-Play: Colin Lacy

Live Stats

SERIES STATS

Overall: GT leads, 27-10

at KSU: GT leads, 8-5

Last Game: Georgia Tech took the first meeting this season, 11-4, back on March 4. Sophomore Tyler Neises hit his first-career home run in the win that featured 7.2 scorless innings from the bullpen thanks to the arms of Mason Patel, Caden Gaudette, Sam Swygert, Alex Hernandez and Cole Royer. Shortstop Kyle Lodise scored three runs in the first meeting, one of four times he has scored three or more in a game this season, doing so as recently as last Friday, at Notre Dame.

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Game Notes

TOP STORYLINES

• The Jackets are 20-4 for the first time in 14 seasons (2011) and are ranked in Perfect Game (No. 19) and D1 Baseball (No. 25) for the first time since 2022.
• Tech is outscoring their opponents 32-11 in the 7^th, 8^th and 9^th innings over the last 11 games.
• The Yellow Jackets are coming off a series sweep at Notre Dame, its first road sweep in conference play since sweeping Pitt in the final regular season series of 2022. Tech outscored Notre Dame 37-14.
• Head Coach Danny Hall is one of the Top 10 winningest coaches in Division I history – 1,431 wins – 2nd most among active coaches after South Carolina hired Paul Mainieri out of retirement this year.
• Georgia Tech has replaced Texas as the only program in Division I with two head coaches in the Top 10 for career wins – also Jim Morris (5th – 1,594 – coached at Tech from 1982-93)
• Tech is led by reigning National Freshman of the Year, Drew Burress. He leads all of Division I with a .795 career slugging percentage.
• The Houston Co. product became the fastest Yellow Jacket in program history to reach 30 career home runs – doing so in just 73 games, a full 20 games faster than the previous record holder, Kevin Parada
• Burress has now hit eight home runs this season, bringing his career total to 33. This past week, he surpassed Georgia Tech legends Joey Bart (2016-18), Jake Davies (2009-12), Pete Geist (1983-85), Matt Murton (2001-03) and Scott Byers (1993-96) on the all-time home run leaderboard as he creeps closer to the Top 20 in program history (36).
• GT leads the nation in doubles (73) and doubles per game (3.04) – the…