The 10-run margin of victory was Tech’s largest in the series since a 21-4 win in 1998.
Turner (4-1) held the Bulldogs to one run on four hits while striking out five batters. The bullpen duo of Tim Gustafson and Tim Ladd combined to work the final three innings and allowed just one run.
Wieters recorded his fourth game with at least four hits, finishing with a home run, double and two singles. He raised his batting average to a team-leading .421 while driving in five runs.
Tyler Greene had three hits, including a home run, Steven Blackwood added three hits and Jeff Kindel drove in three runs. The Yellow Jackets outhit the Bulldogs, 14-7.
Tech, which averages an ACC-leading 10.7 runs per game, scored in double figures for the 20th time in 2005. The Yellow Jackets have scored nine or more runs in 28 of 37 games this season.
The Bulldogs took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning on an RBI single from Kyle Keen. The Yellow Jackets tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run from Greene, his seventh of the season, and took a 2-1 lead in the fourth on a solo home run from Wieters, his sixth of the year.
Tech added two runs off reliever Rip Warren in the fifth inning to extend the lead to 4-1. An infield single and two hit batters loaded the bases before Wieters delivered a two-out, two-run single.
The Yellow Jackets scored four runs in both the seventh and eighth innings to break the game open and extend the lead to 12-1. Kindel had a two-run double and Wes Hodges added an RBI double in the seventh, while a two-run double from Wieters highlighted the eighth inning.
Georgia starter Mickey Westphal (2-1) pitched well but took the loss after allowing two runs in four innings.
The Yellow Jackets and Bulldogs will play two more games as part of the three-game regular season series. Tech and Georgia meet next Tuesday at Turner Field and on Wednesday in Athens.
Georgia Tech returns to Atlantic Coast Conference play this weekend in a three game series at Virginia, beginning on Friday at 7 p.m.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia at #4 Georgia Tech
April 20, 2005 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Georgia 2 (20-16) Georgia Tech 12 (30-7)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Bobby Felmy rf............. 4 0 0 0 Danny Payne cf............. 4 0 1 0
Brandon Masters ph........ 1 0 1 1 Tyler Greene ss............ 4 3 3 1
Kyle Keen lf............... 3 0 2 1 Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 3 3 0
Jonathan Wyatt ph/cf...... 2 0 0 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 5 2 1 1
Joey Side cf............... 2 0 0 0 Jeremy Slayden dh.......... 2 2 0 1
Justin Niefer ph/lf....... 0 0 0 0 Matt Wieters 1b............ 4 2 4 5
Jason Jacobs 2b............ 3 0 0 0 Jeff Kindel rf............. 5 0 2 3
Josh Morris 1b............. 4 0 1 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 5 0 0 1
Derek Smith dh............. 3 0 0 0 Jake Hall 2b............... 4 0 0 0
Brandon Lowe ph........... 1 1 1 0 Whit Robbins ph........... 1 0 0 0
Clay Whittemore c.......... 2 0 0 0 Michael Fisher 2b......... 0 0 0 0
Joe Billick c............. 1 0 0 0 Ryan Turner p.............. 0 0 0 0
Matt Olson ph............. 1 0 0 0 Tim Gustafson p........... 0 0 0 0
Josh Smith ss.............. 1 1 0 0 Tim Ladd p................ 0 0 0 0
Jake Crane ph............. 1 0 0 0
Adam McDaniel 3b........... 3 0 1 0
Matthew Dunn ph........... 1 0 1 0
Mickey Westphal p.......... 0 0 0 0
Rip Warren p.............. 0 0 0 0
Bo Lanier p............... 0 0 0 0
Joshua Fields p........... 0 0 0 0
Brooks Brown p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 33 2 7 2 Totals...................... 38 12 14 12
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia............. 001 000 001 - 2 7 2
Georgia Tech........ 001 120 44X - 12 14 1
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E - Felmy(1); Smith, J.(11); Hall, J.(1). DP - Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Georgia 9;
Georgia Tech 9. 2B - Masters(3); Blackwood, S(12); Hodges, W.(16); Wieters, M.(11);
Kindel, J. 2(16). HR - Greene, T.(7); Wieters, M.(6). HBP - Blackwood, S; Slayden,
J. 2. SB - Jacobs(2); Payne, D.(17); Greene, T. 2(18); Hawranick, A(2). CS -
Side(3); Payne, D.(5).
Georgia IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Mickey Westphal L,2-1..... 4.0 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 18 7 4 67
Rip Warren ................ 2.0 3 2 2 0 5 0 0 2 0 9 11 0 1 39
Bo Lanier ................. 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 5
Joshua Fields ............. 0.0 2 3 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 18
Brooks Brown .............. 2.0 3 4 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 9 11 0 2 45
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Ryan Turner W,4-1......... 6.0 4 1 1 3 5 0 0 0 0 21 24 8 3 86
Tim Gustafson ............. 2.0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 6 8 1 1 40
Tim Ladd .................. 1.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 22
WP - Lanier(4); Fields(3); Gustafson, T(2). HBP - by Warren 2 (Blackwood, Slayden);
by Brown (Slayden, J.). Inherited runners/scored: Fields 1/1; Brown 2/1.
Pitches/strikes: Westphal 67/43; Warren 39/28; Lanier 5/3; Fields 18/6; Brown 45/29;
Turner, R. 86/55; Gustafson, T 40/27; Ladd, T. 22/14.
Strikeouts - Felmy 3; Wyatt; Jacobs 2; Morris 2; Olson; Smith, J.; McDaniel; Payne,
D.; Greene, T.; Hodges, W.; Slayden, J.; Kindel, J.; Hawranick, A 2; Hall, J.;
Robbins, W.. Walks - Side; Niefer; Jacobs; Smith, J. 2; Payne, D.; Greene, T.;
Slayden, J.; Wieters, M..
Umpires - HP: Ken Couch 1B: Steve Manders 3B: Tony Thompson
Start: 7:08 pm Time: 2:52 Attendance: 3130