Georgia shut out Texas, 2-0, in Tuesday night’s elimination game behind another spectacular pitching performance, this time from Dylan Vigue and Justin Byrd to advance to the Men’s College World Series semifinals.
With the victory, the Bulldogs set a program record for single-season wins (53). UGA will next take on Oklahoma again at 7 p.m. ET Wednesday on ESPN. Georgia must beat the Sooners twice to reach the championship finals, needing wins on Wednesday and in Thursday’s if necessary game.
Vigue and Byrd combined for 12 strikeouts while allowing only four total hits. Tre Phelps ended the stalemate in the fifth, breaking out of his hitting slump with an RBI double to left field. Georgia scored again in the seventh, a frame filled with challenges, on Rylan Lujo’s sacrifice fly.
Just three different players collected hits for UGA in the win. Only four recorded hits for Texas.
Here are some notes from the game:
- Tuesday marked the first time since aluminum bats were introduced in 1974 that there have been multiple shutouts on the same day in the Men’s College World Series
- Georgia pitchers struck out 27Â hitters in two MCWS games against the Longhorns
- Dylan Vigue posted eight, while Justin Byrd struck out four
- It was Tre Phelps‘ first extra-base hit since his home run in the regional final vs Liberty
- Team’s one extra-base hit matches their fewest in a game this season
- Texas starter Luke Harrison became the first pitcher with 10 strikeouts in the first four innings of a MCWS game since Mississippi State’s Will Bednar in 2021
- Him and Sam Cozart struck out 17, the most in a MCWS game in program history
