The Yellow Jackets won their 15th consecutive ACC home game, and improved to 28-1 in their last 29 conference games overall.
Wieters had three or more hits for the seventh time in 13 ACC games. Slayden finished 3-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 16 games, and Wes Hodges drove in three runs on two hits. Whit Robbins added two hits as the Yellow Jackets raced out to a 13-4 lead after four innings.
Jared Hyatt (1-0) earned the win in relief, working a career-long five innings and allowing three runs on six hits. He issued one walk and struck out four.
After the Yellow Jackets took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on two-out RBI hits from Hodges, Slayden, Wieters and Robbins, the Terrapins answered with three runs in the top of the second to make the score 4-3.
Tech scored three runs in the third, including a two-run single from Wieters and a bases-loaded walk to Steven Blackwood, to extend the lead to 7-3. The Yellow Jackets batted around for the third time in the first four innings in a six-run fourth, making the score 13-4. Hodges had a two-run double, Tyler Greene delivered a two-run single and Wieters added an RBI single as Tech sent 10 batters to the plate in the inning.
Once the game was resumed on Saturday afternoon, the Terrapins scored four quick runs to cut the lead to 13-8. Maryland scored one run in the fifth inning on a bases loaded double play ground out, and then added three runs in the sixth on a two-run double from Will Frazier and an RBI single from Chad Durakis.
Tech starter Jason Neighborgall worked four innings before leaving the game after the rain delay. He allowed five runs and struck out six.
Maryland starter Chris Clem (1-4) took the loss, allowing 10 runs in three-plus innings. Reliever Brett Tidball pitched well, retiring the final 10 Tech hitters of the game.
Dan Melvin went 3-for-5 for the Terrapins, while Frazier and Bobby Ryan added two hits each.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Maryland at #1 Georgia Tech
April 1, 2005 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Maryland 8 (13-15,3-10 ACC) Georgia Tech 13 (22-5,12-1 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Elliot Singletary 2b....... 5 0 1 1 Danny Payne cf............. 3 1 1 1
Dan Melvin ss.............. 5 1 3 1 Tyler Greene ss............ 5 1 1 2
Truan Mehl cf.............. 5 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 1 1 1
Jordan Wilson 3b........... 3 3 1 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 5 1 2 3
Will Frazier lf............ 3 2 2 2 Jeremy Slayden dh.......... 5 3 3 1
Chad Durakis dh............ 4 1 2 1 Jeff Kindel rf............. 3 3 1 0
Jason Von Behren 1b........ 4 1 0 0 Matt Wieters c............. 5 2 3 4
Bobby Ryan c............... 4 0 2 1 Whit Robbins 1b............ 5 0 2 1
Nick Jowers rf............. 4 0 1 1 Mike Trapani 2b............ 3 1 0 0
Chris Clem p............... 0 0 0 0 Jason Neighborgall p....... 0 0 0 0
Josh Andrews p............ 0 0 0 0 Jared Hyatt p............. 0 0 0 0
Brett Tidball p........... 0 0 0 0
Totals...................... 37 8 12 7 Totals..................... 38 13 14 13
Score by Innings R H E
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Maryland............ 030 113 000 - 8 12 4
Georgia Tech........ 403 600 00X - 13 14 0
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E - Von Behren,J 2(14); Jowers, N(2); Clem, C(8). DP - Maryland 1; Georgia Tech 1.
LOB - Maryland 11; Georgia Tech 7. 2B - Frazier, W 2(7); Hodges, W. 2(12); Kindel,
J.(12). HBP - Wilson, J; Durakis, C; Kindel, J. 2. SF - Singletary,E(1).
Maryland IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Chris Clem L,1-4.......... 3.0 12 10 8 2 3 0 0 1 0 22 25 5 1 86
Josh Andrews .............. 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 38
Brett Tidball ............. 4.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 12 3 5 44
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jason Neighborgall......... 4.0 6 5 5 5 6 0 0 0 0 17 23 3 3 94
Jared Hyatt W,1-0......... 5.0 6 3 3 1 4 0 0 2 0 20 23 3 7 82
HBP - by Clem, C (Kindel, J.); by Hyatt, J. (Durakis, C); by Tidball, B (Kindel, J.); by
Hyatt, J. (Wilson, J). PB - Ryan, B(5). Inherited runners/scored: Andrews, J 2/2; Hyatt,
J. 2/1. Pitches/strikes: Clem, C 86/51; Andrews, J 38/20; Tidball, B 44/30; Neighborgall
94/54; Hyatt, J. 82/56.
Strikeouts - Singletary,E 2; Mehl, T; Wilson, J 2; Frazier, W; Durakis, C; Von
Behren,J; Ryan, B; Jowers, N; Payne, D.; Greene, T. 2; Slayden, J.; Kindel, J.;
Robbins, W.; Trapani, M.. Walks - Wilson, J; Frazier, W 2; Von Behren,J; Ryan, B;
Jowers, N; Payne, D. 2; Blackwood, S; Trapani, M..
Umpires - HP: Scott Graham 1B: Gerald Trexler 3B: Darrell Arnold
Start: 7:04 pm Time: 2:56 Attendance: 1253