When the weather warms, balls have the tendency to fly at Foley Field.

Friday’s game against Lipscomb was one of those times, as four different players homered for Georgia, which rolled to a 10-0 win.

Three of the homers came consecutively in the sixth, when Connor Tate, Riley King, and Josh McAllister went deep to push the lead to 10-0. Before Friday night, the last Bulldog trio to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs were Steve Carter, Derek Lilliquist, and Rich Bielski in the first inning off Sam Drake of Georgia Tech on April 29, 1987. Georgia won that day, 9-4.

Chaney Rogers almost made it four straight, but settled for a double when his drive hit high off the top of the wall in right center.

“It was fun to see those guys swing the bat,” Georgia head coach Scott Stricklin said. “I thought our guys took good swings all night long tonight.”

Freshman Corey Collins continued his recent surge.

After getting three hits Tuesday at Georgia Southern, the former North Gwinnett standout went 3-for-5 against the Bisons, including a three-run homer, finishing with four RBIs.

“I was eager to get back at it,” Collins said. “I’ve started seeing the ball well again, and I feel very comfortable right now.”

Collins’ third homer of the year highlighted a four-run fourth for the Bulldogs, who opened the scoring with three runs in the first. RBI singles by Collins, King, and a sacrifice fly by McAllister drove in runs for Georgia (11-3).

All nine starters hit safely for the Bulldogs, who out-hit Lipscomb 16-3, with Cole Tate going 3-for-3, Ben Anderson 2-for-3, King 2-for-3 and Rogers 2-for-3.

Starting pitcher Luke Wagner was grateful for all the support.

Wagner (3-0), who started in place of C.J. Smith who was held out with a sore arm, went six scoreless, allowing just two hits with four walks and three strikeouts. The left-hander lowered his ERA to 0.71.

“I really didn’t think much of it (getting a Friday start) until Webby (Ryan Webb) and Jonathan Cannon started getting on me, telling me it was a pretty big deal,” Wagner said. “It was cool, but I just tried to treat it like any other start.”

Florida transfer Nolan Crisp also enjoyed his best game to date. Crisp, who Stricklin had penciled in as the closer prior to the season, came in with an ERA of 8.44. Friday, however, he responded, allowing just one hit over the final three innings to pick up his first save as a Bulldog.

“I’m really happy for Nolan. Nobody works harder than him,” Stricklin said. “Everything was working for him today; his command was really good; his slider was really good. He went three innings and just gave up the one hit with four strikeouts. I thought he was very good today.”

Stricklin said C.J. Smith, who was held out as a precaution Friday, told him after the game he’s feeling fine.

“He just took a week off,” Stricklin said. “He’s going to throw (Saturday). It’s just soreness. C.J. is a tough kid, he threw through it a little bit, and last week it just kind of came to a head.”

Barring any setback, Smith hopes to be on the mound for next weekend’s SEC opener against Tennessee.

“He gave me a thumbs-up about 10 minutes ago when I asked him how he felt,” Stricklin said. “We hope we’ll have him back next week in some capacity, but we’ll just have to wait and see.”

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Freshman Parks Harber made his first appearance in three weeks, when he received the start at third base for Friday’s first game.

Harber has been out due to a wrist injury.

It didn't take the youngster long to get going, as he lined the first pitch he saw Friday for a hard-hit line drive single to center, the first hit of his college career.

“He hit that hard. I bet the exit velocity was over 100 mph; I’d guess 105,” Stricklin said.

Georgia and Lipscomb continue their series Saturday at 1. Ryan Webb (1-0, 0.00) will start for the Bulldogs.