Explosive offenses collide in Georgia-Georgia Tech matchup at Truist Park

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — This year’s Spring Baseball Classic between Georgia and Georgia Tech at Truist Park is a battle between two of the best programs in college baseball.

This year’s game is the first to take place with both teams ranked in the top five. Both the No. 3 Yellow Jackets and No. 5 Dawgs sit atop the ACC and SEC, respectively.

Georgia Tech leads the country with 10.7 runs per game and the Bulldogs are third with 9.7.

The teams have risen to the top of the college baseball world on the backs of the two best offenses in college baseball. Both are top five in hits, home runs and on-base percentage and top two in RBIs, slugging percentage and OPS.

Tech’s .354 batting average is the best in the country and the best at this point in the season of any team since 2011. Jarren Advincula, Carson Kerce, Alex Hernandez and Vahn Lackey lead the charge, all hitting over .360. Advincula’s .415 batting average is the ninth-best in the country.

The Yellow Jackets also lead the nation in OPS and RBIs thanks in no small part to Ryan Zuckerman. The junior leads the team in home runs with 14 and RBIs with 50.

Georgia’s offense instead leans on its sheer power. The Dawgs lead the nation in home runs by a huge margin. Their 113 home runs are nearly 30 more than the next best program.

Catcher Daniel Jackson leads the team in home runs with 20; another five Bulldogs have double-digit home runs. Jackson also leads the team in batting average, slugging and RBIs.

Top prospect Tre Phelps is not too far behind. The Atlanta native is second on the team in batting average behind Jackson and leads the team in on-base percentage thanks to a nation-best 25 hit by pitches. That’s more than the next three Bulldogs combined.

Starting pitchers have not been announced.

The Bulldogs lead the series 220-168-2. Georgia leads the Spring Baseball Classic 15-7.