Dominant pitching leads to Georgia Tech sweep of Louisville

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THE FLATS – Georgia Tech baseball (37-15, 17-10 ACC) allowed only two hits over 16.0 innings of action, taking both games of a doubleheader against No. 20 Louisville (34-17, 14-13 ACC) by final scores of 6-0 (7) and 2-1 on Sunday at Mac Nease Baseball Park at Russ Chandler Stadium. Brady Jones tossed the Jackets first complete game shutout of the season in game one before Jaylen Paden threw six no-hit innings and Mason Patel polished off the final three for back-to-back one-hit games from the GT pitching staff to cap off Danny Hall Weekend.

Both Tech starters, Jones and Paden carried no-hitters through the sixth inning with Jones coming one strike away from GT’s first no-hitter in 38 years before he allowed a full count single in the top of the seventh. Paden didn’t allow any hits over his 6.0 innings of work with Louisville getting their first hit of game two in the seventh inning, a solo shot to tie the game, 1-1, only for Kyle Lodise to put Tech back in front in the bottom of the inning with his third RBI of the day.

In between games, Georgia Tech retired head coach Danny Hall’s No. 17. Joining Mark Teixeira (23), Jason Varitek (33) and Jim Luck (44) on the right field wall. This was Coach Hall’s final regular season weekend on The Flats after he announced that this would be his last season as head coach earlier this spring. The Jackets sent him out with a pair of wins, reaching 17 conference victories while securing the best regular season home record (26-9) in 15 seasons.

QUICK HITS: THE TEAM

• Tech is now 37-15, tied for the best record in 15 years (tied with 2019 & 2011 for best since 2010).
• This was the third time Tech has held an opponent to just two combined hits over back-to-back games this season (also vs. Pitt March 14 & 15) and vs. Western Carolina (May 3 & 4^th). Tech pitching has not accomplished that three times in a single season since at least the turn of the century.
• The Jackets finish the regular season with a 26-9 record at home (.743 winning %) – the best home record since 2010 (31-6).
• GT has won 17 ACC games for the first time since 2021 and secured a winning record in conference for the season.
• Tech connected for four doubles today, bringing the season total to 133, the most in Division I.
• Georgia Tech is averaging 2.56 doubles per game this season (133 in 52 games) – the program record for doubles/game is 2.51, set in 1987.
• With today’s results, Georgia Tech, once again, leads the ACC in conference wins, with 17. The Jackets are 3^rd in the standings, trailing Florida State (15-8) and NC State (16-9) on win percentage.
• Game one (W, 6-0) marked the second shutout of the season and first ACC shutout since April 10, 2022 (10-0 vs. No. 13 Florida State). It is also the first time Tech has recorded multiple shutouts in a season since 2022.

QUICK HITS: THE ARMS

• May 11, 2025 will go down as one of the best pitching days in recent history for Georgia Tech as Brady Jones, Jaylen Paden and Mason Patel combined to allow just two hits and one earned run over 16.0 innings while striking out nine and walking six.
• Jones tossed a complete game, one-hit shutout in game one – the first one-hit shutout by a Tech pitcher since Mark Pope on April 15, 2011 (at Wake Forest).
• Jones is the first Tech pitcher since at least the turn of the century to record a one-hit complete game against a ranked opponent.
• It was Jones’ first-career complete game while only tying his career-high for pitches thrown (96 – set March 29 vs. Clemson and tied on May 3 vs. WCU (his last start before today)).
• The Decatur, Ga. native has delivered quality starts in four of his last five outings and leads the team with four quality starts this season.
• He has completed at least five innings in seven consecutive starts, the longest streak by any Tech pitcher this season, and lowers his season ERA back under 4.00 (3.81) as he aims to be the first GT starter with an ERA under 4.00 since current major leaguer Brant Hurter did so back in 2021 (3.90 over 15 starts).
• His 3.81 ERA is the lowest of any Tech starter with 10+ starts since current major leaguer Connor Thomas posted a 3.11 ERA over 16 starts back in 2019.
• Jones recorded five strikeouts today, bringing his season total to 65, tied with Tate McKee for the most on the team.
• He recorded 10 straight outs across innings 4-7, the second-longest stretch of the season behind only Patel’s 16 straight retired at Georgia Southern (Feb. 18).

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