Wood (6-0) went seven innings and allowed just two hits and one walk while striking out a career-high 10 batters. Wood, who faced two batters over the minimum, allowed just three balls to leave the infield.
Blackwood tied a career high with five hits and scored four runs, Wes Hodges went 4-for-5 and Jeff Kindel drove in four runs. Andy Hawranick, Jeremy Slayden and Whit Robbins added three RBI each as the Yellow Jackets outhit the Eagles, 20-5.
The Yellow Jackets took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on a two-out, two-run single from Slayden.
Kindel singled and scored in the second inning to make the score 3-0, and an RBI single from Blackwood extended the lead to 4-0 in the third inning.
From there, Wood took over and dominated the Winthrop lineup. The right-hander held the Eagles to one hit, a 30-foot swinging bunt, and a walk over the first six innings while recording nine strikeouts.
Tech added three runs in the fifth inning, including a bases loaded walk to Kindel and an RBI single from Hawranick, to extend the lead to 7-0. A four-run sixth inning, highlighted by a two-run double from Kindel and RBI hits from Slayden and Hawranick, made the score 11-0.
A one-out single by Winthrop’s Tommy Lentz in the seventh was the Eagles’ first hit to the outfield, but Wood quickly pitched out of the inning by recording a groundout and his 10th strikeout of the game.
The Yellow Jackets scored six runs in the seventh to extend the lead to 17-0. Tech batted around as Hodges, Matt Wieters and Cameron Lane all had run-scoring hits.
Winthrop broke up the shutout in the eighth with three runs off Tech reliever Jordan Crews. Tech answered with a three run double from Robbins in the bottom of the inning that provided the final 20-3 margin.
Winthrop starter Ryan Nasiatka (3-3) took the loss, allowing four runs on eight hits in two-plus innings.
Georgia Tech visits Georgia on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Winthrop at #3 Georgia Tech
April 10, 2005 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Winthrop 3 (22-12) Georgia Tech 20 (26-7)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Carrara, Chris 2b.......... 4 0 1 1 Danny Payne cf............. 5 0 1 0
Rollins, Heath 1b.......... 3 0 1 0 Cameron Lane ph/rf........ 1 0 1 2
Konstanty, Mike ph/1b..... 1 0 0 1 Tyler Greene ss............ 4 2 1 0
Lentz, Tommy cf............ 4 0 1 0 Mike Trapani ss........... 1 1 0 0
Dempsey, Jacob dh.......... 3 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 5 4 5 1
Schmidt, Mark ph.......... 1 0 0 0 Brad Feltes 3b............ 0 1 0 0
Roberson, Kyle lf.......... 3 0 0 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 5 2 4 1
Honce, Mike ph............ 1 0 0 0 Michael Fisher lf......... 1 0 0 0
Carte, Daniel rf........... 1 1 0 0 Jeremy Slayden dh.......... 3 3 2 3
Bly, Nick ph.............. 1 0 0 0 Ryan Stanley ph........... 0 1 0 0
Robbins, Alan c............ 2 0 0 0 Matt Wieters 1b............ 4 3 1 1
Reed, Ryan ph/c........... 0 1 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b........... 1 0 1 3
Repec,Matt ss.............. 3 1 1 1 Jeff Kindel rf............. 3 3 2 4
Ehrlich, Ben 3b............ 2 0 0 0 Loyall Gause cf........... 0 0 0 0
Saum, Mitch ph/3b......... 1 0 1 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 5 0 3 3
Nasiatka, Ryan p........... 0 0 0 0 Nick Scherer ph/c......... 1 0 0 0
Terry, Jason p............ 0 0 0 0 Jake Hall 2b............... 6 0 0 1
Settle, Jonathan p........ 0 0 0 0 Blake Wood p............... 0 0 0 0
Edwards,Chase p........... 0 0 0 0 Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Flail, Tyler p............ 0 0 0 0 Jared Hyatt p............. 0 0 0 0
Hydrick, Andrew p......... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 30 3 5 3 Totals..................... 45 20 21 19
Score by Innings R H E
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Winthrop............ 000 000 030 - 3 5 3
Georgia Tech........ 211 034 63X - 20 21 0
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E - ROLLINS, H.(4); EHRLICH, B(10); NASIATKA, R.(2). DP - Winthrop 2; Georgia Tech
2. LOB - Winthrop 3; Georgia Tech 10. 2B - Payne, D.(7); Hodges, W.(14); Slayden,
J.(7); Robbins, W.(10); Kindel, J.(13); Hawranick, A(6). HBP - Slayden, J.; Kindel,
J.. SB - Greene, T.(16).
Winthrop IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Nasiatka, Ryan L,3-3...... 2.0 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 2 3 48
Terry, Jason .............. 2.1 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 8 12 5 1 40
Settle, Jonathan .......... 1.2 6 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 11 0 3 34
Edwards,Chase ............. 0.1 3 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 0 19
Flail, Tyler .............. 0.2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 18
Hydrick, Andrew ........... 1.0 1 3 3 3 2 2 0 0 0 5 8 0 2 33
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Blake Wood W,6-0.......... 7.0 2 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 22 23 4 6 90
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 24
Jared Hyatt ............... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 9
WP - HYDRICK, A. 2(2). HBP - by TERRY, J. (Slayden, J.); by FLAIL, T. (Kindel, J.).
Inherited runners/scored: TERRY, J. 2/0; SETTLE, J. 3/2; FLAIL, T. 3/3. Pitches/strikes:
NASIATKA, R. 48/31; TERRY, J. 40/17; SETTLE, J. 34/23; EDWARDS, C 19/10; FLAIL, T.
18/10; HYDRICK, A. 33/15; Wood, B. 90/64; Crews, J. 24/11; Hyatt, J. 9/8.
Strikeouts - LENTZ, T.; DEMPSEY, J. 2; SCHMIDT, M.; ROBERSON, K 3; HONCE, M.; CARTE,
D.; ROBBINS, A; REPEC, M.; EHRLICH, B; Greene, T.; Trapani, M.; Scherer, N.; Hall,
J. 2. Walks - CARTE, D. 2; REED, R.; Greene, T.; Feltes, B.; Slayden, J.; Stanley,
R.; Wieters, M.; Kindel, J.; Gause, L..
Umpires - HP: Thomas Price 1B: Rick Brown 3B: Jack Martin
Start: 1:35 pm Time: 2:51 Attendance: 1248