Georgia sports for Wednesday, May 23rd

It was a good opening for the Braves in their series against the NL-East leading Mets, as the Braves won 8-1 last night. Kyle Davies threw 8 strong innings on the mound, and added his own 3-run homer in the 6th inning at the plate. Davies improved his record to 2-2 with only a run and 6 hits allowed in his 8 innings of work. Scott Thorman added a home run, and there were 2 hits each for Kelly Johnson, Brian McCann, and Andruw Jones. The Braves are back to within a game-and-a-half of the division lead.

The NBA Draft lottery was held last night. The Atlanta Hawks will have the 3rd overall pick for the draft, which comes in late June. They'll also have the number-11 pick in the 1st round.

Georgia and Georgia Tech each won a sports championship on Tuesday. The NCAA team tennis championships from Athens concluded yesterday. It was victory for the Georgia Bulldogs in the men's tournament--they won their 5th title with the win over Illinois. Georgia Tech won the women's team title, their triumph over UCLA. It's the first championship for Tech women's tennis.

Georgia Tech, Georgia Southern, and Georgia State are all involved in their respective conference baseball tournaments today. Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets are the number-7 seed for the ACC Tournament in Jacksonville. Tech faces North Carolina at 1pm this afternoon. The Eagles of Georgia Southern are in Charleston for the Southern Conference tourney. The Eagles take-on Elon College at 4 o'clock.
Georgia State's Panthers lead-off the Colonial Athletic Association tournament in Wilmington--they face Old Dominion at noon today.