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Baseball: Stats, lineups for Saturday's 10 finalists
The state baseball finals resume Saturday. Below are probable lineups for all 10 finalists still playing, plus statistics for most of those teams. Still gathering stats on a few and hope to have them updated later today.
Also, check out Thursday's blog for a little more info on each team and how they arrived to the final.
Class A is complete. Schley County (public) and King’s Ridge Christian (private) won titles this week.
For the rest, double-headers will be played one the first day, with a Game 3 if necessary. The Gainesville-Greenbrier series (AAAAA) will begin Monday, the rest on Saturday. The Wesleyan-Darlington series (AA) will have one game Saturday with the second game and potential third on Monday.
Parkview at Walton: 3 p.m. Saturday (6 p.m. Monday if necessary)
Gainesville at Greenbrier: 3 p.m. Monday (TBA Tuesday if necessary)
Buford at Whitewater: 5 p.m. Saturday (4 p.m. Monday if necessary)
Jefferson at Blessed Trinity: 4:30 p.m. Saturday ( 5 p.m. Monday if necessary)
Darlington at Wesleyan: 3 p.m. Saturday (1 p.m. Monday)
| AAAAAA | |||||||
| WALTON | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| 2B | Parker McCoy | Jr. | .383 | 0 | 7 | .584 OBA | Georgia Tech |
| 1B/DH | Michael Guldberg | So. | .382 | 0 | 29 | 4 SO/110 AB | |
| 3B | Carter Kieboom | Jr. | .351 | 5 | 31 | 9 HBP | Clemson |
| CF | Tyler Heinrichs | Sr. | .336 | 7 | 43 | 13 doubles | Tulane |
| RF | Jason Rooks | So. | .393 | 10 | 48 | Rated #21 U.S. soph. | |
| C | Jason Avers | So. | .309 | 0 | 15 | 10 doubles | |
| LF | Ben Spencer | Jr. | .329 | 0 | 13 | ||
| SS | Luke Manzo | Sr. | .255 | 0 | 15 | 30 runs | College of Charleston |
| DH | Chandler Miller | Jr. | .275 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Pitcher | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | ||
| Zac Kristofak | Jr. | 11-0 | 0.97 | 73/71 | Georgia | ||
| Pierce Smith | Sr. | 9-0 | 2.25 | 40/65 | Height: 6-foot-6 | ||
| Chris Hummel | Jr. | 4-1 | 3.12 | 14/42 | |||
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| PARKVIEW | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| 2B | Daino Deas | Sr. | .431 | 2 | 23 | 14 EBH, 11 SB | Auburn |
| SS | Trevor Brown | Sr. | .355 | 3 | 24 | 12 SB, 6 SH | Kennesaw State |
| CF | Brandon Hill | Sr. | .347 | 11 | 37 | 3 triples; 18 SB | Chattahoochee Valley |
| C | Austin Biggar | Jr. | .372 | 10 | 44 | Georgia | |
| LF | David Draper | Sr. | .297 | 2 | 22 | Emory | |
| 1B | Johnathon Whitmer | Jr. | .300 | 4 | 18 | ||
| RF/P | Brian Kregel | Jr. | .262 | 2 | 20 | ||
| DH/P | Will Etheridge | Jr. | .333 | 0 | 9 | Ole Miss | |
| RF | Jason Awtrey | Sr. | .286 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 3B | Schyler Chapman | Sr. | .222 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Will Etheridge | Jr. | 12-0 | 1.52 | 47/64 | Ole Miss | ||
| Ryne Inman | Sr. | 10-1 | 1.31 | 81/64 | No-hitter vs. Mill Creek | Georgia State | |
| Cody Collett | So. | 4-0 | 1.38 | 25/21 | |||
| Andy Albright | Sr. | 4-0 | 0.33 | 14/21 | No walks allowed | ||
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| AAAAAA | |||||||
| GREENBRIER | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| LF | John Dennany | Jr. | .307 | 0 | 14 | 8 SAC; 12 SB | |
| RF | Braz Staples | Jr. | .383 | 0 | 15 | 35 runs | |
| SS/P | Ty Snipes | Jr. | .413 | 3 | 26 | ||
| DH/1B | Adam Sasser | Sr. | .341 | 9 | 32 | Georgia | |
| P/2B | Nick Sandlin | Sr. | .351 | 1 | 24 | 8 doubles | Southern Miss |
| 3B | Garrett Marchman | So. | .412 | 1 | 20 | ||
| C | Davis Murray | Jr. | .235 | 1 | 14 | Only 3 SO | |
| 1B | Avery Smoak | Jr. | .265 | 0 | 3 | ||
| CF | Justen Hartfield | Jr. | .375 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Nick Sandlin | Sr. | 11-1 | 1.06 | 110/79 | 1-hitter in semis | Southern Miss | |
| Adam Sasser | Sr. | 5-1 | 1.83 | 67/57 | Georgia | ||
| Ty Snipes | Jr. | 4-0 | 1.83 | 21/15 | 3 saves | ||
| Connor Hogan | Jr. | 6-1 | 3.60 | 27/35 | |||
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| GAINESVILLE | |||||||
| Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed | |
| SS | Fedrick Cardona | Jr. | .278 | 1 | 7 | 31 runs | |
| 3B | Mikey Gonzalez | Sr. | .244 | 0 | 12 | Football QB | |
| C/P | Michael Curry | Sr. | .456 | 15 | 43 | .536 OBA | Georgia |
| 1B | Caleb Whitenton | Sr. | .398 | 18 | 40 | South Carolina | |
| CF | Anthony Carrera | Jr. | .384 | 5 | 21 | .475 OBA | |
| P/DH | Jonathan Gettys | Jr. | .327 | 13 | 41 | LSU | |
| RF | Brandon Sewell | Sr. | .235 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2B | Banks Griffith | Fr. | .270 | 0 | 12 | ||
| LF | Drew Wright | Sr. | .312 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Jonathan Gettys | Jr. | 11-2 | 0.68 | 117/72 | LSU | ||
| Caleb Whitenton | Sr. | 7-2 | 3.13 | 59/49 | South Carolina | ||
| Harrison Styles | Sr. | 7-1 | 2.25 | 29/48 | Furman | ||
| Mikey Gonzalez | Sr. | 2-1 | 1.62 | 26/30 | |||
| Michael Curry | Sr. | 1-0 | 1.27 | 11/11 | Georgia | ||
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| AAAA | |||||||
| BUFORD | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| RF | Brandon Marsh | Jr. | .378 | 0 | 15 | 13 SB, 42 runs | |
| SS | Austin Wilhite | Jr. | .390 | 2 | 24 | 10 SB | Georgia Tech |
| C | Joey Bart | Sr. | .427 | 3 | 27 | 4-year-starter | Georgia Tech |
| CF | Nick Wilhite | Jr. | .356 | 3 | 34 | 14 SB, 6 triples | Georgia Tech |
| 3B | Griffin Jolliff | Jr. | .338 | 3 | 28 | .509 OBA | |
| LF | Caleb Moore | Sr. | .309 | 2 | 22 | Young Harris | |
| DH | Ian Jenkins | So. | .381 | 1 | 16 | ||
| P/1B | Justin Glover | Jr. | .351 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 2B | Dillon Lancaster | Jr. | .310 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Jake Higginbotham | Sr. | 10-1 | 0.23 | 117/60 | Clemson | ||
| Connor Bennett | Sr. | 7-0 | 0.78 | 115/54 | Six saves | West Virginia | |
| Keyton Gibson | Sr. | 8-1 | 0.58 | 72/49 | Georgia Tech | ||
| Kevin Coulter | Sr. | 3-0 | 0.70 | 33/20 | Height: 6-5 | Mercer | |
| Justin Glover | Jr. | 2-0 | 0.39 | 24/18 | |||
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| WHITEWATER | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| SS | Tyler Burdette | Sr. | .250 | 0 | 15 | 27 BB | |
| 2B | Tyler Doanes | So. | .451 | 0 | 16 | 26 runs | |
| 3B | Brandon Bell | Sr. | .462 | 2 | 28 | 32 runs | Georgia Highlands |
| DH | Miles Jones | Jr. | .409 | 2 | 29 | 6-3, 220 | |
| CF | Jabari Richards | Sr. | .389 | 2 | 22 | 29 runs | Furman |
| RF | J.D. Norred | Jr. | .469 | 0 | 24 | 25 runs | |
| LF | Avery Roth | Sr. | .380 | 1 | 19 | ||
| 1B | Connor Nalley | Jr. | .463 | 0 | 9 | ||
| C | Nick Weinstein | Sr. | .250 | 0 | 5 | ||
| C | Levi Whitlock | So. | .393 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Jake Lee | Sr. | 11-1 | 0.50 | 90/ | Only 5 BB | Georgia Tech | |
| Ethan Gillis | Sr. | 8-3 | 1.00 | 90/ | Lefty | Kennesaw State | |
| Colby Taylor | Sr. | 2-0 | 30/ | 7 saves | Georgia Highlands | ||
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| AAA | |||||||
| Blessed Trinity | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| CF | Bronco O'Brien | Sr. | .338 | 2 | 14 | 42 runs | Erskine |
| SS | Jack Dunn | Sr. | .303 | 0 | 24 | .505 OBA; 18 SB | Northwestern |
| 2B/P | Cody Roberts | Sr. | .444 | 6 | 32 | 18 EBH; | North Carolina |
| 1B | Conor Davis | Jr. | .444 | 8 | 31 | 38 runs | |
| LF | John Castro | Sr. | .413 | 8 | 25 | ||
| C | Will Galloway | Sr. | .405 | 7 | 40 | .535 OBA | |
| 3B | Jack Bogosian | Jr. | .366 | 2 | 25 | 10 doubles | |
| DH/2B | Garrett Dupuis | Jr. | .351 | 0 | 17 | ||
| RF | Colin Davis | So. | .257 | 1 | 12 | ||
| RF | Chris Siebert | Sr. | .255 | 1 | 16 | 3 triples | |
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Brad Spinner | Sr. | 10-1 | 0.72 | 44/59 | Lefty | Georgia College | |
| Hayden Lehman | Jr. | 9-0 | 1.02 | 52/48 | |||
| Jackson Svete | Jr. | 7-0 | 0.43 | 33/33 | 1-hitter in semis | ||
| Cody Roberts | Sr. | 0-0 | 1.75 | 15/8 | 6 saves | ||
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| JEFFERSON | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| LF | Taylor Wilkes | Jr. | |||||
| CF | Hunter Thompson | Jr. | |||||
| 3B | Christian Hutch | Sr. | |||||
| SS | Jake Franklin | Sr. | Kennesaw State | ||||
| P/RF | Micah Carpenter | Sr. | |||||
| 1B/P | Ethan Garner | Sr. | |||||
| C | Zach Boobas | So. | |||||
| DH | Joshua Hutch | Jr. | |||||
| 2B | Will Breese | Jr. | |||||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Micah Carpenter | Sr. | Georgia Tech | |||||
| Ethan Garner | Sr. | North Greenville | |||||
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| AA | |||||||
| DARLINGTON | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| P/DH | Jay Shadday | Jr. | .448 | 2 | 27 | 10 doubles | Georgia Tech |
| 3B | Tripp Flournoy | Sr. | .301 | 0 | 15 | ||
| C | Drake Frix | Jr. | .406 | 0 | 22 | 10 doubles | College of Charleston |
| 2B/P | Burton Dulaney | Sr. | .391 | 6 | 38 | Georgia Tech | |
| SS | Seth Little | Sr. | .298 | 1 | 12 | Georgia Highlands | |
| RF | Jake Maxwell | Jr. | .317 | 1 | 15 | ||
| LF | Jake Walker | Jr. | .295 | 0 | 7 | ||
| DH | Sam Hunt | So. | .286 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1B | Nick Mauer | Fr. | .224 | 1 | 15 | ||
| CF | John Goldin | Sr. | .309 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Jay Shadday | Jr. | 9-0 | 0.61 | 86/69 | Lefty | Georgia Tech | |
| Burton Dulaney | Sr. | 6-1 | 1.36 | 44/41 | Georgia Tech | ||
| John Goldin | Sr. | 6-1 | 3.47 | 26/40 | |||
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| WESLEYAN | |||||||
| POS | Batter | YR | BA | HR | RBI | Other | Signed/committed |
| CF | Jahmai Jones | Sr. | .444 | 8 | 21 | 39 SB, 49 runs | North Carolina |
| 2B | Will Collins | Sr. | .308 | 0 | 20 | ||
| SS | Carter Hall | Sr. | .318 | 2 | 28 | 15 SB | Georgia Tech |
| RF | Colin Hall | So. | .411 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 1B/P | Andrew Sauer | Sr. | .338 | 3 | 24 | Navy | |
| LF/P | Christian Stark | Sr. | .408 | 2 | 25 | 12 SB | |
| C | Sam McWhorter | Jr. | .393 | 2 | 12 | Samford | |
| DH | Brendan Abernathy | Sr. | .395 | 0 | 13 | .569 OBA | |
| 3B | Jake McClesky | Jr. | .333 | 0 | 21 | ||
| Pitcher | YR | W/L | ERA | SO/IP | Other | Signed/committed | |
| Andrew Sauer | Sr. | 10-2 | 0.53 | 78/66 | Navy | ||
| Jordan Ward | So. | 9-1 | 1.93 | 44/61 | |||
| Andy Archer | Jr. | 2-0 | 2.46 | 27/25 | |||
| Alex Thompson | Jr. | 4-0 | 1.03 | 21/20 |
