Georgia sports for Thursday, May 24th

The Braves lost to the Mets 3-0 at Turner Field in Atlanta last night. Once again, the Braves were not able to solve Mets-starter Oliver Perez: he allowed only 4 hits in 7 scoreless innings of work, and beat Atlanta for a third time this season. Chuck James took the pitching loss for the Braves.

The teams have split the first 2 games of the series, with the finale tonight. Again, it will be a battle of former teammates likely headed to the Hall of Fame: John Smoltz and Tom Glavine. The Braves won both previous games this season in matchups of the two. Smoltz is going for career win number-200. Glavine is 5 wins away from hitting 300 for his career.


From the college baseball conference tournaments on Wednesday, it was victory for Georgia Tech, while Georgia Southern and Georgia State lost their games.

Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets beat North Carolina 8-4 in the ACC Tournament in Jacksonville. Tech will face Virginia today at 4pm. From the Southern Conference tourney in Charleston, a loss for Georgia Southern's Eagles to Elon on Wednesday, 14-7. The Eagles take-on Western Carolina today at 12:45, needing a win to move on.
Georgia State's Panthers fell to Old Dominion at the Colonial Athletic Association tournament, 5-2. State faces George Mason today at noon.