Reporters had to lean in close to hear C.J. Smith Saturday.
Amidst the fans excitedly chattering with one another, the Foley Field grounds crew working away and his teammates yelling “let’s go!” to one another, Smith’s soft voice and quiet demeanor was drowned out fast.
The ninth-ranked Bulldogs had just beaten No. 11 LSU 2-0. They were excited, understandably. It was a tough, quick game, which capped in at under three hours in length, full of strikeouts and defensive gems. Georgia, which had a single hit after seven innings, had to wait until the bottom of the eighth inning before scoring its first runs of the game (it scored both of its runs in that frame).