Dawgs' Win Streak Ends

The Georgia baseball team dropped its matchup with Winthrop today 5-1. Though Winthrop jumped out to an early lead, they were unable to end the scoreless inning streak of the Georgia bullpen. The Dawgs, however, were cold at the plate all day and could not cash in when runners did reach safely. In addition, the Diamond Dawgs seemed to catch a number of bad breaks including an Winthrop infield hit that rolled off of the third base bag and another broken bat.

This most recent broken bat has us wondering where Nike messed up. They provided the team with bats to start the year that broke at least twice. The new shipment of bats--including the sharp all-white bats--have broken 2 or 3 more times in the past few weeks. We imagine Coach Perno is losing all patience with the equipment given the importance of every at-bat in SEC play. One bad bat is understandable but they are aluminum and should rarely break (if ever). 

Georgia travels to Atlanta for a matchup with the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech tomorrow before returning this weekend for a 3 game home stand with the Kentucky Wildcats. With such an important week ahead, we're almost glad the team struggled today. The team should be fired up for the next 4 and we'll bet Perno is already on the horn to Nike headquarters.

Happy Masters week from all of us.