Despite pitching five decent innings of baseball, giving up three runs on five hits, Kenshin Kawakami and the Braves were blasted on Sunday, falling 12-0 to the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. In addition to getting four scoreless innings from its bullpen, Arizona starter Max Scherzer pitched an impressive six scoreless innings, allowing just four hits while registering four strikeouts. The loss was just the second for the Braves in the last seven games.
The Georgia baseball team will open play in the SEC Tournament as the No. 6 seed and will face the third-seeded Ole Miss Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Eastern at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala.
The Bulldogs (35-20, 15-15 SEC) will then face either second-seeded Florida or seventh-seeded Arkansas on Thursday. The double elimination tournament begins Wednesday and the championship game is slated for Sunday at 4 p.m.
This is Georgia’s 18th appearance in the SEC Tournament where the Bulldogs are 23-34. Georgia faced Ole Miss in the opening game of the tournament last year, and the Rebels won 4-1. Georgia finished second in 1985, 1986 and 1989 but has never won the tournament. Justin Grimm is expected to start game one for the Bulldogs while Trevor Holder will get the start in game two.
The AJC’s Tony Barnhart released his “Ridiculously Early” College Football Top 25 back in January and updated that list on Friday of last week. Not surprisingly, Florida remained No. 1 with Texas and Oklahoma earning the second and third spots on the list. Alabama and Southern Cal close out Barnhart’s top five.
Georgia Tech earned the 13th position on the list and Barnhart had this to say about the Jackets: “There are some big holes to fill on the defensive line, but Paul Johnson’s offense will be even better in year two.” As for Georgia, the Bulldogs fell just one spot behind Tech at 14, as Barnhart is “still concerned about the defense and the running back position.”
If what Thrasher general manager Don Waddell told the AJC last week is any indication, Ilya Kovalchuk will remain with the Thrashers as they try to re-sign one of the NHL’s top players. We have also learned that should negotiations come to a stop, there will be no trade-deadline move, a contrast from the decision the Thrashers made concerning Marian Hossa not too long ago.
The Thrashers have made it clear that they would like to re-sign the 26-year-old scorer, who has just one year left on his deal, while Kovalchuk has insisted he will not return to the Thrashers unless they improve a team that has missed the playoffs the past two seasons.
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