The Yellow Jackets won their school-record 17th straight ACC contest dating back to the 2004 season. Tech’s 17-straight wins ranks tied for the third longest streak in ACC history, four wins short of the conference record.
Neighborgall (3-0) worked five innings and allowed two runs on six hits and five walks. The junior right-hander struck out the side in the first and fifth innings, and recorded two strikeouts in the second, third and fourth innings.
Third baseman Wes Hodges went 4-for-4 with two walks to raise his season batting average to .524, and he has 12 hits in his last 16 at bats.
Greene went 3-for-6 with three RBI and Matt Wieters had three hits.
The Yellow Jackets took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on Wes Hodges’ RBI single, and the Blue Devils tied the game in the bottom of the first when Adam Murray walked and scored from second base on a wild pitch.
Tech broke the game open with a five run third inning to take a 6-1 lead. The Yellow Jackets send 10 batters to the plate, including a RBI double from Matt Wieters and RBI singles from Greene and Danny Payne. Hodges singled and scored to make the score 7-1 in the fourth.
Greene extended the Jackets’ lead to 9-1 in the top of the fifth with a two-run homer, his first of the year.
The Blue Devils pulled to within 9-2 on Eric Baumann’s RBI double in the bottom of the fifth inning. An RBI single from Brett Smith made the score 9-3 in the seventh.
A solo home run from Andy Hawranick, his first of the year, gave Tech a 10-3 lead in the eighth. Hodges completed his 4-for-4 day with a single in the ninth and scored on Jeff Kindel’s RBI groundout.
Duke starter Greg Burke (3-2) took the loss, allowing six runs in three innings.
Brett Bartles led the Blue Devils with three hits in four at bats.
Georgia Tech and Duke will continue the three-game series on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#13 Georgia Tech at Duke
Mar 04, 2005 at Durham, N.C. (Jack Coombs Field)
Georgia Tech 11 (9-2,1-0 ACC) Duke 3 (6-9,0-1 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Danny Payne cf............. 3 2 1 1 J.J. Koterba 3b............ 2 0 0 0
Tyler Greene ss............ 6 2 3 3 John Berger ph/1b......... 2 0 0 0
Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 6 1 1 0 Adam Murray ss/3b.......... 3 1 0 0
Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 2 4 1 Corey Whitin rf............ 3 1 2 0
Jeff Kindel lf............. 4 1 1 1 Cody Wheeler ph/rf........ 1 0 1 0
Matt Wieters dh............ 5 1 3 1 Eric Baumann dh............ 5 0 2 1
Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 0 0 2 Bryan Smith 2b............. 5 0 0 0
Andy Hawranick c........... 5 2 2 1 Brett Bartles 1b/ss........ 4 1 3 0
Jake Hall 2b............... 5 0 0 0 Javier Socorro lf.......... 4 0 1 0
Jason Neighborgall p....... 0 0 0 0 Ron Causey c............... 1 0 0 0
Ryan Self p............... 0 0 0 0 Brett Smith ph/c.......... 3 0 1 1
Tim Gustafson p........... 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Gallagher cf......... 2 0 0 0
Senterrio Landrum ph/cf... 2 0 0 0
Greg Burke p............... 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Anderson p....... 0 0 0 0
Jim Perry p............... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 42 11 15 10 Totals..................... 37 3 10 2
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 105 120 011 - 11 15 0
Duke................ 100 010 100 - 3 10 2
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E - Bryan Smith 2. LOB - Georgia Tech 13; Duke 16. 2B - Wieters, M.(2); Cody
Wheeler; Eric Baumann; Brett Bartles. HR - Greene, T.(1); Hawranick, A(1).
SH - Kindel, J.(3). SF - Robbins, W.(1). SB - Payne, D.(5).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jason Neighborgall W,3-0.. 5.0 6 2 2 5 12 1 0 0 0 21 26 0 3 114
Ryan Self ................. 1.2 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 8 10 2 2 41
Tim Gustafson ............. 2.1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8 10 1 4 40
Duke IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Greg Burke L,3-2.......... 3.0 7 6 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 15 21 5 2 74
Jonathan Anderson ......... 1.1 3 3 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 10 0 1 47
Jim Perry ................. 4.2 5 2 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 19 20 3 4 65
WP - Neighborgall(4). Inherited runners/scored: Gustafson, T 2/0; Jim Perry 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: Neighborgall 114/62; Self, R. 41/23; Gustafson, T 40/20; Greg Burke
74/38; Jonathan Anderson 47/23; Jim Perry 65/41.
Strikeouts - Payne, D.; Greene, T. 2; Slayden, J.; Kindel, J.; Wieters, M.; Robbins,
W. 2; Hawranick, A; Hall, J. 3; J.J. Koterba; Adam Murray; Corey Whitin; Eric
Baumann 3; Bryan Smith 3; Brett Bartles; Javier Socorro; Ron Causey; Brett Smith 2;
Jimmy Gallagher. Walks - Payne, D. 3; Hodges, W. 2; Kindel, J.; Wieters, M.; J.J.
Koterba; John Berger; Adam Murray 2; Cody Wheeler; Brett Bartles; Javier Socorro; Brett
Smith; Senterrio Landrum.
Umpires - HP: John Magnusson 1B: Dennis McComb 3B: Randy Harvey
Start: 3:02 pm Time: 3:15 Attendance: 301