The Cavaliers’ win clinched the weekend series, snapping the Yellow Jackets’ streak of 13 straight ACC series wins. Georgia Tech had won 32 of 34 regular season ACC games before dropping the first two games of this series.
Virginia starter Mike Ballard (6-3) earned the win, working five innings and holding Tech to two runs on five hits. He issued three walks and struck out four.
Reliever Sean Doolittle earned his first save of the year by working four scoreless innings to close out the game. He struck out eight of the 13 batters he faced.
Tim Henry led the Cavs with three hits in five at bats, and Mike Campagna and Ryan Zimmerman had two hits each.
Jeremy Slayden and Mike Trapani each had two hits for the Yellow Jackets.
Virginia jumped to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a two-run single from Guyer and an RBI single from Josh Darby. The Cavaliers added five runs on just two hits in the second inning to extend the lead to 8-0. Tech pitchers issued fours walks, hit a batter, threw a wild pitch and the defense committed an error, while Campagna had the only RBI hit of the inning.
A two-run single from Tech’s Tyler Greene made the score 8-2 in the third inning.
Campagna was hit by a pitch with two outs in the fifth inning and scored on Kyle Werman’s RBI triple to extend the lead to 9-2.
Tech starter Jason Neighborgall (5-3) took the loss, allowing eight runs in 1.1 innings. Reliever Jordan Crews worked a career-long 5.2 innings and allowed one run.
Georgia Tech and Virginia will conclude the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#4 Georgia Tech at Virginia
April 23, 2005 at Charlottesville, Va. (Davenport Field)
Georgia Tech 2 (30-9,16-4 ACC) Virginia 9 (28-13,8-10 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Danny Payne cf............. 3 1 0 0 Tim Henry cf............... 5 1 3 0
Cameron Lane ph........... 1 0 0 0 Matt Street rf............. 4 2 0 1
Michael Fisher cf......... 0 0 0 0 Ryan Zimmerman 3b.......... 4 1 2 0
Tyler Greene ss............ 3 0 1 2 Sean Doolittle 1b/p........ 4 1 0 0
Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 0 0 0 Brandon Guyer lf........... 3 1 1 3
Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 0 1 0 Josh Darby dh/1b........... 3 0 1 1
Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 4 0 2 0 Scott Headd c.............. 3 0 1 1
Matt Wieters c............. 4 0 0 0 Mike Campagna ss........... 2 2 2 1
Jeff Kindel dh............. 3 0 0 0 Kyle Werman 2b............. 3 1 1 1
Whit Robbins 1b............ 2 0 0 0 Mike Ballard p............. 0 0 0 0
Mike Trapani 2b............ 3 1 2 0
Jason Neighborgall p....... 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 31 2 6 2 Totals..................... 31 9 11 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 002 000 000 - 2 6 1
Virginia............ 350 010 00X - 9 11 1
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E - Greene, T.(11); Zimmerman(7). DP - Georgia Tech 2; Virginia 2. LOB - Georgia
Tech 5; Virginia 7. 3B - Werman(3). HBP - Campagna 2. SF - Guyer(3). SB - Guyer(5).
CS - Henry(7); Zimmerman(4).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jason Neighborgall L,5-3.. 1.1 4 8 5 3 2 3 0 1 0 9 13 1 1 48
Jordan Crews .............. 5.2 6 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 19 23 8 3 73
Brad Rulon ................ 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 14
Virginia IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Mike Ballard W,6-3........ 5.0 5 2 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 18 21 6 3 76
Sean Doolittle S,1........ 4.0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 13 13 4 0 57
WP - Neighborgall 3 (15). HBP - by Neighborgall (Campagna); by Crews, J. (Campagna).
Inherited runners/scored: Crews, J. 3/3. Pitches/strikes: Neighborgall 48/24;
Crews, J. 73/48; Rulon, B. 14/8; Ballard 76/44; Doolittle 57/42.
Strikeouts - Payne, D.; Lane, C.; Greene, T. 2; Blackwood, S 2; Slayden, J.;
Wieters, M. 2; Kindel, J. 2; Trapani, M.; Street; Doolittle 3; Headd 2. Walks -
Greene, T.; Kindel, J.; Robbins, W.; Street; Zimmerman; Doolittle; Darby; Headd;
Werman.
Umpires - HP: Bryant Woodall 1B: Phelps Prescott 3B: Ron Sebastian
Start: 7:00 pm Time: 2:27 Attendance: 1681