The Yellow Jackets extended their win streak to seven games after dropping their season opener. Tech scored at least nine runs for the seventh straight game.
Neighborgall (2-0) won his second straight start, holding the Scarlet Knights to two runs on just three hits in six innings of work. He issued two walks and struck out six.
Hodges went 3-for-5 with two home runs, his team-leading fourth and fifth of the year. He added a double, scored three runs and drove in two runs. Jeff Kindel had three hits and drove in two runs, and Danny Payne added two hits and two RBI. The Yellow Jackets outhit the Scarlet Knights, 11-7.
Leading 3-2 after five innings, Tech exploded for eight runs in the sixth to take an 11-2 lead. Hodges led off the inning with a solo home run, his second of the game, and the first nine Yellow Jacket hitters of the inning reached base safely. Danny Payne and Jeremy Slayden each had two-run singles, Jeff Kindel and Mike Trapani had had RBI singles and Steven Blackwood drove in a run with a bases-leaded walk.
Rutgers touched Tech reliever Brad Rulon for three runs in the seventh, including a two-run single from Jeff Frazier, to pull within 11-5. A pinch hit, solo home run from Ryan Hill, his second of the year, made the score 11-6 in the eighth inning. But Tech freshmen relievers Brian Futral and Matt Wieters recorded the seven outs of the game to preserve the victory.
Frazier led the Scarlet Knights, going 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBI from the leadoff position.
The Yellow Jackets took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Hodges doubled and scored on Kindels RBI groundout. A solo home run from Frazier tied the score at 1-1 in the top of the third before Tyler Greene laced an RBI double in the bottom of the inning to make the score 2-1.
A solo home run from Hodges extended the lead to 3-1 in the fourth, but Rutgers pulled to within 3-2 in the fifth on Fraziers RBI single.
Rutgers starter Tom Malifronte (0-1) took the loss, allowing five runs on six hits in five-plus innings.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Rutgers at #13 Georgia Tech
Feb 25, 2005 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stdm.)
Rutgers 6 (3-1) Georgia Tech 11 (7-1)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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FRAZIER, Todd 3b........... 4 1 3 4 Danny Payne cf............. 4 1 2 2
GROSE, Jeff lf............. 5 0 0 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 4 1 1 1
GAYNOR, Colin c............ 3 0 1 1 Steven Blackwood lf........ 2 1 0 1
CANUSO, Rich dh............ 5 0 0 0 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 5 0 1 2
DEFENDIS, Johnny cf........ 4 0 1 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 5 3 3 2
WILLIAMS, Dave rf.......... 3 1 1 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 1 0 0
HOOK, Steve 1b............. 3 0 0 0 Jeff Kindel dh............. 4 1 3 2
HILL, Ryan ph............. 1 1 1 1 Andy Hawranick c........... 3 1 0 0
WOODHULL, Tim p........... 0 0 0 0 Mike Trapani 2b............ 3 2 1 1
RODRIGUEZ, Cory 2b......... 1 2 0 0 Jason Neighborgall p....... 0 0 0 0
GROVER, Jason ss........... 2 0 0 0 Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
QUERNS, Tim ph............ 1 1 0 0 Brian Futral p............ 0 0 0 0
MALAFRONTE, Tom p.......... 0 0 0 0 Matt Wieters p............ 0 0 0 0
DECHRISTOFANO, OJ p....... 0 0 0 0
ACAMPORA, Bobby p......... 0 0 0 0
BRADLEY, Ryan p........... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 32 6 7 6 Totals..................... 34 11 11 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Rutgers............. 001 010 310 - 6 7 0
Georgia Tech........ 011 108 00X - 11 11 1
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E - Greene, T.(2). DP - Rutgers 1; Georgia Tech 3. LOB - Rutgers 7; Georgia Tech 7.
2B - Greene, T.(2); Hodges, W.(3); Kindel, J.(2). HR - T. Frazier(2); R. Hill(2);
Hodges, W. 2(5). HBP - T. Frazier; C. Gaynor 2; Greene, T.; Blackwood, S; Hawranick,
A. CS - T. Frazier(1).
Rutgers IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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MALAFRONTE, Tom L,0-1..... 5.0 6 5 5 3 3 0 0 1 0 20 24 4 8 92
DECHRISTOFANO, OJ ......... 0.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 14
ACAMPORA, Bobby ........... 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 3 0 31
BRADLEY, Ryan ............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 14
WOODHULL, Tim ............. 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 13
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jason Neighborgall W,2-0.. 6.0 3 2 2 2 6 0 0 2 0 19 23 2 9 83
Brad Rulon ................ 0.2 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 1 28
Brian Futral .............. 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 1 26
Matt Wieters .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 1 14
HBP - by Neighborgall (T. Frazier); by Neighborgall (C. Gaynor); by Malafronte
(Blackwood, S); by DECHRISTOFNO (Hawranick, A); by B. Acampora (Greene, T.); by Wieters,
M. (C. Gaynor). Inherited runners/scored: DECHRISTOFNO 1/1; B. Acampora 2/2; Futral, B.
2/0. Pitches/strikes: Malafronte 92/48; DECHRISTOFNO 14/8; B. Acampora 31/16; R. Bradley
14/9; T. Woodhull 13/7; Neighborgall 83/56; Rulon, B. 28/13; Futral, B. 26/14; Wieters,
M. 14/10.
Strikeouts - J. Grose 2; R. Canuso 3; J. Defendis 2; J. Grover; Greene, T.; Slayden,
J.; Hawranick, A. Walks - D. Williams; C Rodriguez 3; T. Querns; Payne, D.;
Blackwood, S 2; Robbins, W.; Trapani, M..
Umpires - HP: Danny Everett 1B: Ken Couch 3B: Tony Thompson
Start: 4:02 pm Time: 2:47 Attendance: 1229