BASEBALL Georgia 8, Mercer 6 The Diamond Dogs took the field for the first time without teammate Johnathan Taylor, who will move to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta after suffering a neck injury Sunday. And they came away with an emotional 8-6 win over Mercer (11-4) in Macon. But not before making the Diamond Dogs [...]

To put it simply, junior designated hitter Chase Davidson is the biggest guy on the Georgia baseball team. At 6-foot-5 and 250 pounds, Davidson said there’s no truth to the rumor that there are laundry hampers in the depths of Foley Field marked “XL,” “XXL,” and then “Davidson.” Still, he allows that his dirty clothes [...]

Junior outfielder Johnathan Taylor underwent neck surgery to stabilize his spine Monday after suffering a neck fracture during Sunday’s loss to Florida State, according to a release from Georgia Sports Communications. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to J.T. and his family during this difficult time,” head coach David Perno said in the release. “J.T. [...]

Georgia junior outfielder Johnathan Taylor is scheduled to have neck surgery this afternoon at St. Mary’s Hospital. Dr. Kim Walpert will lead a team of neurosurgeons, and an update on Taylor’s condition will be released following the surgery. Taylor, a 5-foot-8, 181-pound native of Acworth, Ga., sustained a neck injury during Sunday’s baseball game against [...]

Junior outfielder Johnathan Taylor suffered a neck injury during Georgia’s 7-5 loss to Florida State, team officials said. Head coach David Perno would not comment on the extent of the injuries, but said more information could be available within the next two days. “He hurt his neck and is going through examinations,” Perno said. “I [...]

BASEBALL Furman 3, Georgia 0 GREENVILLE, S.C. — Georgia faced virtually a home game Wednesday night across the state line. With Greenville’s large Bulldog fan base, most of the 1,378 fans at the Fenway-inspired Fluor Field here were sporting red and black. But the Diamond Dogs (2-6) couldn’t replicate their performance from last week in [...]

Sunday wasn’t exactly the best game of  Craig Gullickson’s life. The redshirt junior pitcher from Palm Beach, Fla., sat out last year after transferring to Georgia from Clemson. He made his first start since 2009 on Sunday, and the results weren’t pretty. Gullickson went two and one-third innings, giving up nine runs, three of them [...]

The 16th-ranked Baylor Bears edged Georgia 4-2 Friday in the first game of a three-game set at Foley Field. Baylor junior Logan Verrett and Bulldog junior Michael Palazzone were locked in a pitcher’s duel until the Bears got a pair of runs in the fifth and one in the sixth to build a 3-0 advantage. [...]

The smack of the catcher’s mitt as a pitch hits leather. The roar of the crowd after a grand slam. The crack of the bat. Ask any Diamond Dog, and they’ll tell you these are the sounds of their game. But the last of those sounds is changing this year, after a change in NCAA [...]

Georgia 6, Furman 4 The forecast read 61 degrees and sunny at Foley Field Wednesday, but water flooding behind the mound still delayed Georgia’s home opener. A broken water valve was to blame, though the grounds crew quickly got to work on the gathering puddles and play began. The Diamond Dogs (1-3) also got to [...]