Tech continued its rise in the ACC standings with its 10th straight win against league opponents, its second longest win streak in league play behind only an 11-game ACC win streak in 1997. Tech is percentage points behind league leader Virginia (15-6), but the Yellow Jackets are one game up on the Cavaliers in the loss column and thus can control their own fate in the ACC regular season race. Clemson (12-6), which visits Tech next weekend, is in third place in the league standings.
Tech freshman Blake Wood (1-1) earned his first career win, working a season-high five innings and allowing two runs on four hits. He issued two walks and struck out three.
Trapani, filling in for ill starter Tyler Greene, went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI. Freshman Whit Robbins was a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, while Brandon Boggs and Ryan Stanley drove in two runs each. Tech outhit Duke, 15-8.
Duke took advantage of Wood's early wildness for a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning. But Tech answered with an RBI single from Whit Robbins in the second inning to make the score 2-1.
The Yellow Jackets exploded for eight runs in the third inning to take a 9-2 lead. Tech sent 12 batters to the plate in the inning, highlighted by a two-run double from Robbins, two-run singles from Boggs and Trapani, and an RBI single from Steven Blackwood.
A two-run homer from Trapani, his first of the year, extended the Tech lead to 11-2 in the fifth inning.
Duke's Mike Miello cut the lead to 11-3 when he singled and scored in the top of the sixth, but Boggs and Clifton Remole had back-to-back singles in the bottom of the inning to make the score 12-3.
Stanley hit a two-run homer, his second of the year, to make the score 14-3 in the eighth inning.
Duke's Jim Perry (0-1) took the loss in his first start of the season, working two-plus inning and allowing three runs. Javier Socorro and Adam Murray had two hits each for the Blue Devils.
Georgia Tech will face Georgia at Turner Field on Tuesday at 7 p.m. before hosting Clemson for a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series next weekend at Russ Chandler Stadium.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
DUKE at GEORGIA TECH
May 9, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
DUKE 3 (23-23,7-11 ACC) GEORGIA TECH 14 (30-17,12-5 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Javier Socorro lf.......... 5 1 2 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 3 2 0 0
Senterrio Landrum dh....... 3 1 1 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 1 0 0
Tim Layden 1b.............. 5 0 0 1 Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 1 1 1
Brian Hernandez c/3b....... 5 0 0 0 Jeff Kindel lf/cf......... 1 0 0 0
Bryan Smith 2b............. 5 0 0 0 Micah Owings dh............ 3 1 1 0
Mike Miello rf............. 4 1 1 0 Jake Hall ph.............. 1 1 1 0
John Berger 3b............. 2 0 1 1 Brandon Boggs cf........... 4 2 2 2
Adam Loftin c............. 1 0 0 0 Ryan Stanley ph........... 1 1 1 2
Adam Murray ss............. 4 0 2 0 Lee Hyde lf............... 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Anderson cf....... 3 0 1 1 Clifton Remole rf.......... 4 2 3 1
Jim Perry p................ 0 0 0 0 Cameron Lane pr/rf........ 1 0 0 0
David Torcise p........... 0 0 0 0 Mike Nickeas c............. 5 0 1 0
Billy Muldowney p......... 0 0 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 3 2 3 3
Kevin Thompson p.......... 0 0 0 0 Mike Trapani ss............ 4 1 2 4
Justin DiLucchio p........ 0 0 0 0 Blake Wood p............... 0 0 0 0
Jared Hyatt p............. 0 0 0 0
Ryan Turner p............. 0 0 0 0
John Goodman p............ 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 37 3 8 3 Totals..................... 38 14 15 13
Score by Innings R H E
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DUKE................ 200 001 000 - 3 8 2
GEORGIA TECH........ 018 021 02X - 14 15 1
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E - Hernandez(6); Berger(11); Patterson, E(6). DP - DUKE 1.
LOB - DUKE 12; GEORGIA TECH 5. 2B - Boggs, B.(10); Remole, C.(10); Robbins, W.(7).
HR - Stanley, R.(2); Trapani, M.(1). HBP - Berger; Robbins, W.. SB - Patterson, E(38).
CS - Trapani, M.(1).
DUKE IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jim Perry L,0-1........... 2.0 2 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 8 11 3 1 44
David Torcise ............. 0.0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 17
Billy Muldowney ........... 3.1 6 5 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 16 18 3 3 79
Kevin Thompson ............ 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 1 16
Justin DiLucchio .......... 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 19
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Blake Wood W,1-1.......... 5.0 4 2 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 20 23 7 5 88
Jared Hyatt ............... 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 6 7 1 0 30
Ryan Turner ............... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 5
John Goodman .............. 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 1 21
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 9
Jim Perry faced 2 batters in the 3rd.
David Torcis faced 4 batters in the 3rd.
WP - Jim Perry(1); Hyatt, J.(2). HBP - by Wood, B. (John Berger); by Billy Muldow
(Robbins, W.). Inherited runners/scored: David Torcis 2/2; Billy Muldow 3/3; Kevin
Thomps 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Jim Perry 44/19; David Torcis 17/10; Billy Muldow 79/45;
Kevin Thompson 16/9; Justin DiLucchio 19/11; Wood, B. 88/52; Hyatt, J. 30/18; Turner, R. 5/4;
Goodman, J. 21/12; Crews, J. 9/7.
Strikeouts - Javier Socorro 2; Senterrio Landrum; Bryan Smith 2; John Berger; Adam Loftin;
Patterson, E; Blackwood, S; Owings, M.; Remole, C.; Lane, C.; Trapani, M.. Walks -
Senterrio Landrum 2; Mike Miello; Jonathan Anderson; Patterson, E 2; Hodges, W.; Owings, M..
Umpires - HP: Jack Cox 1B: Al Davis 3B: Jeff Headd
Start: 1:06 pm Time: 3:02 Attendance: 1582