WATCH: Georgia freshman P Cole Wilcox hits 100 mph on fastball
The Georgia baseball team has a potential star in the making in RHP Cole Wilcox, who is only a freshman.
The Bulldogs are 17-2 and beat South Carolina 8-7 on Saturday, thanks to some solid relief pitching from Wilcox.
As you can see below, the powerful righty touched 100 on the radar gun with his fastball, which is something you don’t often see in college:
Hey @DSeifertD1PBR – I finally got a good #HeatSheet Alert for you: here's @BaseballUGA freshman righty Cole Wilcox blowing away Jacob Olson on a 100 mph heater. Sat mostly 98-99 with a couple 88 mph sliders in a 1-2-3 5th, also fanned Luke Berryhill on 99. pic.twitter.com/aHmdlKlIxz
— Aaron Fitt (@aaronfitt) March 16, 2019
Wilcox pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and striking out three Gamecocks. With an 88 mph slider, he should continue to dominate.
The Bulldogs go for the series sweep of the Gamecocks on Sunday. Wilcox might be unavailable after his Saturday effort, but he’ll be a guy to keep an eye on moving forward.
