With the score knotted at 7-7, Perry led off the bottom of the 10th inning and belted a 1-0 pitch over the left field wall for his seventh home run of the season. The blast gave the Yellow Jackets their second straight win over the Blue Devils.
Tech's Victor Menocal went 2-for-5 to extend his career-long hitting streak to 28 games and tie the school record that was originally set by Carlton Fleming in 1990.
Tech reliever Jeff Watchko (4-1) earned the win after tossing 2 1/3 shutout innings to close out the game, holding Duke to just one hit and striking out four batters.
With Tech trailing 5-1 after five and a half innings, Perry doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly from Clifton Remole to cut the lead to 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth. The Yellow Jackets plated two more runs in the sixth on a RBI double from Menocal and a sacrifice fly from Tyler Parker to make the score 5-4.
After Duke's Drew Jerdan led off the top of the seventh with his third home run of the season to give the Blue Devils a 6-4 lead, the Yellow Jackets scored three times in the bottom of the seventh to take a 7-6 lead. Matthew Boggs drove in Wes Rynders with a RBI single before Eric Patterson blasted a two-run homer to right field, his second of the year.
Duke immediately tied the score at 7-7 in the top of the eighth inning when Bryan Smith drew a two-out walk and eventually scored on Larry Broadway's RBI single.
Perry, Menocal, Parker and Jeremy Slayden each had two hits in the game for the Yellow Jackets. Broadway and Tim Layden each had three hits for the Blue Devils in a losing effort.
Duke's Justin Dilucchio (4-2) took the loss after surrendering Perry's game-winning homer in the 10th inning. He worked three innings and allowed that lone run.
Georgia Tech and Duke will conclude the three-game series on Sunday at 1:30 p.m., when the Yellow Jackets will send right-hander Kyle Schmidt (2-0, 1.23 ERA) to the mound to face Duke right-hander Jeff Alleva (4-3, 4.08).
2002 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
DUKE at GEORGIA TECH
April 6, 2002 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
DUKE 7 (26-4,5-2 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Bryan Smith 2b........... 4 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2
Kevin Kelly ss........... 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 2 0
Larry Broadway 1b........ 5 1 3 1 1 1 8 0 1
Drew Jerdan dh........... 4 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 3
Tim Layden lf............ 4 1 3 2 0 0 2 0 0
Doug Bechtold pr/lf..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Grant Stanley 3b......... 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 0
Troy Caradonna c......... 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0
Zach Schreiber pr....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blake Walker c.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Miello cf........... 5 0 1 1 0 1 6 0 2
Brian Patrick rf......... 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1
Greg Burke p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Perry p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul DeMarco p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Justin Dilucchio p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 42 7 13 7 7 8 27 8 12
GEORGIA TECH 8 (17-15,0-5 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Eric Patterson 2b........ 5 2 1 2 0 0 4 3 0
Victor Menocal ss........ 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 0
Jeremy Slayden rf........ 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Tyler Parker c........... 4 0 2 1 0 1 9 1 0
Matt Murton dh........... 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jason Perry lf/1b........ 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0
Brandon Boggs cf/lf...... 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
Clifton Remole 1b........ 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 1 0
Wes Rynders ph/cf....... 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Matthew Boggs 3b......... 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 2
Chris Goodman p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Aaron Walker p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Burks p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Watchko p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 37 8 13 8 3 2 30 12 7
Score by Innings R H E
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DUKE................ 010 130 110 0 - 7 13 2
GEORGIA TECH........ 000 112 300 1 - 8 13 1
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E - Tim Layden(5), Grant Stanle(5), Slayden, J.(1). LOB - DUKE 12, GEORGIA
TECH 7. 2B - Bryan Smith(9), Tim Layden(6), Grant Stanle(6), Menocal,
V.(11), Perry, J.(5), Rynders, W.(4). HR - Drew Jerdan(3), Patterson, E(2),
Slayden, J.(9), Perry, J.(7). SF - Parker, T.(4), Remole, C.(4). CS - Doug
Bechtol(1), Boggs, B.(3).
DUKE IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Greg Burke.......... 5.1 7 4 3 0 2 21 23 78
Kevin Perry......... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6
Paul DeMarco........ 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 14
Justin Dilucchio.... 3.0 4 1 1 2 0 12 14 58
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Chris Goodman....... 4.1 7 5 5 2 3 20 22 70
Aaron Walker........ 0.1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 12
Brian Burks......... 3.0 4 2 2 3 1 12 15 49
Jeff Watchko........ 2.1 1 0 0 1 4 8 9 40
Win - Watchko, J. (4-1). Loss - Justin Diluc (4-2). Save - None.
WP - Kevin Perry(1), Goodman, C.(1). PB - Troy Caradon(9). Inherited
runners/scored: Kevin Perry 2/0, Walker, A. 3/3, Burks, B. 2/0, Watchko, J. 3/0.
Pitches/strikes: Greg Burke 78/48, Kevin Perry 6/4, Paul DeMarco 14/7, Justin
Diluc 58/29, Goodman, C. 70/40, Walker, A. 12/5, Burks, B. 49/26, Watchko, J. 40/23.
Umpires - HP: Phelps Prescott 1B: Wayne Morris 3B: John Magnusson
Start: 7:03 pm Time: 3:29 Attendance: 1551
Paul DeMarco faced 3 batters in the 7th.
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