Kent Schmidt Walks Off GT’s 30th Win of the Year – Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

THE FLATS – No. 21 Georgia Tech baseball (30-14, 15-9 ACC) got back into the win column in dramatic fashion as Drew Burress hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth, setting up a walk-off solo shot from Kent Schmidt to defeat Virginia (24-16, 11-10 ACC) 7-6, in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium.

After falling behind, 6-3 in the top of the seventh, the #CardiacJackets started the comeback. Freshman Will Baker launched a pinch-hit solo home run to cut the lead to two in the bottom of the seventh, followed by a two-run game-tying blast from Burress in the bottom of the ninth. After Mason Patel pitched his third scoreless inning in the top of the 10^th, it was Schmidt, who had missed the previous 20 games before the series with an injury, coming through with an opposite field blast in the bottom of the 10^th to snap GT’s seven-game losing skid with the second walk-off home run of the season.

DREW BURRESS!!!!! WE’RE ALL TIED UP!

ACCNX – https://t.co/8JMK8UVU1k#StingEm🐝 x #CardiacJackets pic.twitter.com/NNVvBe7lIH

— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) April 27, 2025

KENT SCHMIDT WALKS IT OFF!!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/sIaMEXKpaw

— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) April 27, 2025

QUICK HITS: THE TEAM

• Tech is now 30-14, securing the sixth straight 30-win season and tying the best start to a season in 14 years (since 2011).
• This was Tech’s first extra-inning game of the season and second true walk-off home run – also Burress ODU (Feb. 16).
• It was GT’s fourth walk-off hit of the season after Hernandez and Burress secured run-rule wins on March 2^nd and April 12^th
• GT has now won two games this season when trailing after eight innings, both coming in ACC play – other at Virginia Tech on March 9.
• Tech is 4-4 in one-run games this year.
• The Jackets connected for two doubles today, bringing the season total to 117, the most in the nation.
• Georgia Tech is averaging 2.66 doubles per game this season (117 in 44 games) – the program record for doubles/game is 2.51, set in 1987.
• The pitching staff struck out 10 Virginia batters today, marking the 21^st double-digit K performance of the season and first since April 8 vs. Auburn.
• With this win, Tech is tied with North Carolina for the 3^rd-best record in the ACC, holding firm to one of the four coveted double-bye positions in the ACC Tournament in Durham, N.C. at the end of the year.
• GT’s 15 conference wins is tied with NC State and North Carolina for…