Yeller Jackets overcome a 7-3 deficit and roll past NC State (and their
pitching ace Surkamp) to take the opener at the Baseball Grounds of
Jacksonville. Haniger's amazing tag saved a run (and nearly started a
brawl) as NC State basically booted away the lead and the game.
We'll take the "W". Next is the 600 pound gorilla U of Miami who
trashed Clemson 7-1. Looks like a great tournament...stay tuned.
From www.ramblinwreck.com:
Georgia Tech Wins 10-9 Thriller Over NC State In ACC Tournament Opener
Yellow Jackets score five in the eighth and two in the ninth for win
over Wolfpack
May 21, 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Georgia Tech scored eight runs over the last three
innings, including two runs without the benefit of a base hit in the top
of the ninth, for a wild and entertaining 10-9 win over NC State in the
opening game of the 2008 ACC Baseball Tournament at the Baseball Grounds
of Jacksonville.
The 3-hour, 50-minute game - the first of four tournament games here
Thursday - saw the two teams combine for 28 base hits, 26 strikeouts, 19
runs, eight errors, three wild pitches, two hit batsmen and four lead
changes.
Trailing 9-8 in the top of the ninth inning, Georgia Tech scored a pair
of runs when three different NC State infielders committed errors on
consecutive plays. Chase Burnette and Patrick Long scored the tying and
go-ahead runs, respectively, on State's third straight miscue, this one
on a ground ball by Jason Haniger.
Yellow Jacket reliever Brad Rulon sealed the win in the bottom of the
ninth inning - but not without suspense. After retiring the first two
batters, Rulon nailed Matt Payne with a pitch and walked Jeremy Synan to
put the Wolfpack in scoring position with two outs. Rulon, however, got
Pat Ferguson to ground out for the game's final out.
"It was a wild game and an excellent comeback from my team," Georgia
Tech head coach Danny Hall said. "I didn't know if we were ever going to
get them out after we took the lead. I thought that Brad Rulon made a
great pitch on Pat Ferguson, who we had a hard time with all day, to get
that last out.
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 200 000 152 - 10 14 3
NC State............ 011 130 120 - 9 14 5
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E - Dietrich, D.(14); Plagman, T.(6); Haniger, J.(7); Poulk(9); Ferguson
2(5); Wilson(2); Martin(9). DP - Georgia Tech 1; NC State 1. LOB -
Georgia Tech 11; NC State 14. 2B - Dantzler, J.(4); Long, P.(7);
Schaeffer(3); Foschi(17); Martin(7); Stanley(8). HR - Murton, L.(11).
HBP - Payne; Ferguson. SH - Blackmon, C.(4); Long, P.(5); Jones(4);
Martin(10). SB -Blackmon, C. 2(23); Pond(4); Ferguson(2); Jones(11). CS
- Dantzler, J.(1).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Deck McGuire........ 4.2 5 5 1 4 6 20 25 115 3.41
Kevin Jacob......... 1.1 5 1 1 0 1 8 8 31 4.71
Brandon ***pton..... 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 5 6 29 6.90
Andrew Robinson..... 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 3 6 18 4.54
Brad Rulon.......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 23 3.56
NC State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Eric Surkamp........ 6.0 7 2 1 2 9 24 27 95 4.39
Sam Brown........... 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 6 6 24 3.12
Drew Taylor......... 0.0 1 2 2 1 0 1 2 9 4.54
Joey Cutler......... 1.0 3 1 1 0 4 7 7 23 2.97
Eryk McConnell...... 1.0 0 2 0 0 1 5 6 25 5.18
Win - Robinson, A. (3-2). Loss - McConnell (4-2). Save - Rulon, B.
(5).WP - Jacob, K. 2(6); Cutler(6). HBP - by Robinson, A. (Ferguson); by
Rulon, B. (Payne). Inherited runners/scored: Jacob, K. 1/1; Taylor 2/1;
Cutler 3/3 Pitches/strikes: McGuire, D. 115/67; Jacob, K. 31/21;
***pton, B. 29/20; Robinson, A. 18/8; Rulon, B. 23/14; Surkamp 95/60;
Brown 24/17; Taylor 9/4; Cutler 23/21; McConnell 25/18.
Umpires - HP: Randy Harvey 1B: Steve Manders 2B: Frank Sylvester 3B:
Mark Chapman Start: 10:06 pm Time: 3:50 Weather: PCloudy, 79 deg,
Wind WNW-15 Brown faced 2 batters in the 8th.
Taylor faced 2 batters in the 8th.
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