University of Georgia Athletics
Photo by: Conor Dillon/UGAAA
October 26, 2026 | Baseball
ATHENS-----Georgia posted an 18-2 win over Walters State in an 18-inning scrimmage Sunday at Foley Field.
Ten Bulldog pitchers combined to allow just two runs on five hits with six walks and 28 strikeouts. Georgia collected 25 hits including home runs from Nolan
Stevens (5-for-9, 3 RBI), Hunter Carns (3-for-7, 1 RBI), Naulivou Lauaki Jr. (4-for-11, 2 RBI), and Cole Johnson (2-for-6, 3 RBI).
Senior right-hander Zach Brown started for the Bulldogs and provided two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Down 4-0 in the fourth, the Senators managed a couple of runs off graduate Logan Spivey who struck out three over two innings.
The rest of the Georgia bullpen combined to throw 14 scoreless innings. Freshman Matthew Sharman began this stretch with two innings and three strikeouts followed by junior Finn Edwards who pitched two hitless innings with four strikeouts. The other Bulldog hurlers on Sunday included graduate Andrew Behnke, sophomore Jackson Peavy, junior Rodney Peña, freshman Wells Grisham, freshman Landon Schutte and graduate Zane Coppersmith.
Stevens hit the first Bulldog home run of the day in the bottom of the first while Carns followed with his in the second. In the sixth, Junior smashed a blast that left the yard with an exit velocity of 109 miles per hour and traveled 426 feet. Johnson crushed the final one of the day in the 16th.
The Senators employed 18 pitchers on the afternoon with each one throwing one inning. Walters State pitchers tallied 12 strikeouts and 11 walks.
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the scrimmage…
"Overall, I thought we threw the ball really well today. We threw everybody in both of our scrimmages this fall. We scrimmaged earlier this week so you didn't see some of our guys today like (Marcos) Paz, (Jason) Flores, (Riley) Goodman, Paul Farley, Joe Nottingham, I could go on, but back to today, I was really excited about the guys we threw today and the strikeouts to walks. I though Walters State pitching was better than some of the midweeks we'll see. I was really impressed with them. They had velo (velocity); they had some stuff. They threw strikes. We played 18 innings in under six hours."
On the Georgia offense…
"I thought Nolan Stevens had a big day today. (Naulivou Lauaki Jr.) Junior does what Junior does; Mikey (Bell) got some hits and Cole Johnson hit a big home run and Hunter Carns got got one too. We're making some changes to some of our hitters, their approach and getting them to hit it in the air and not ground balls. The wind was howling in today. We could've hit a few more home runs, and they could've too. We're starting to get healthy, and when we are, we could have as much power as last year."
Ten Bulldog pitchers combined to allow just two runs on five hits with six walks and 28 strikeouts. Georgia collected 25 hits including home runs from Nolan
Stevens (5-for-9, 3 RBI), Hunter Carns (3-for-7, 1 RBI), Naulivou Lauaki Jr. (4-for-11, 2 RBI), and Cole Johnson (2-for-6, 3 RBI).
Senior right-hander Zach Brown started for the Bulldogs and provided two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Down 4-0 in the fourth, the Senators managed a couple of runs off graduate Logan Spivey who struck out three over two innings.
The rest of the Georgia bullpen combined to throw 14 scoreless innings. Freshman Matthew Sharman began this stretch with two innings and three strikeouts followed by junior Finn Edwards who pitched two hitless innings with four strikeouts. The other Bulldog hurlers on Sunday included graduate Andrew Behnke, sophomore Jackson Peavy, junior Rodney Peña, freshman Wells Grisham, freshman Landon Schutte and graduate Zane Coppersmith.
Stevens hit the first Bulldog home run of the day in the bottom of the first while Carns followed with his in the second. In the sixth, Junior smashed a blast that left the yard with an exit velocity of 109 miles per hour and traveled 426 feet. Johnson crushed the final one of the day in the 16th.
The Senators employed 18 pitchers on the afternoon with each one throwing one inning. Walters State pitchers tallied 12 strikeouts and 11 walks.
Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Wes Johnson
On the scrimmage…
"Overall, I thought we threw the ball really well today. We threw everybody in both of our scrimmages this fall. We scrimmaged earlier this week so you didn't see some of our guys today like (Marcos) Paz, (Jason) Flores, (Riley) Goodman, Paul Farley, Joe Nottingham, I could go on, but back to today, I was really excited about the guys we threw today and the strikeouts to walks. I though Walters State pitching was better than some of the midweeks we'll see. I was really impressed with them. They had velo (velocity); they had some stuff. They threw strikes. We played 18 innings in under six hours."
On the Georgia offense…
"I thought Nolan Stevens had a big day today. (Naulivou Lauaki Jr.) Junior does what Junior does; Mikey (Bell) got some hits and Cole Johnson hit a big home run and Hunter Carns got got one too. We're making some changes to some of our hitters, their approach and getting them to hit it in the air and not ground balls. The wind was howling in today. We could've hit a few more home runs, and they could've too. We're starting to get healthy, and when we are, we could have as much power as last year."
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