Wood improved to 8-1 after working seven innings and allowing three runs, only one of which was earned, on eight hits. He struck out four and did not issue a walk. Jordan Crews and Brad Rulon each worked a scoreless inning of relief.
Slayden went 3-for-5 with his team-leading 11th home run of the year, and drove in four runs. Tyler Greene had four hits, including a home run, and scored three runs, while Matt Wieters, Wes Hodges and Jeff Kindel had two hits each. The Yellow Jackets outhit the Blue Wave, 16-9.
The Yellow Jackets scored two runs in each of the first three innings to build a 6-1 lead. After FAU’s Mike McBryde led off the game with his fourth home run of the year, Tech scored two runs in the bottom of the first on a sacrifice fly from Wieters and an RBI double from Slayden.
Wes Hodges had an RBI single and Wieters added his second sacrifice fly in as many innings to push the lead to 4-1 in the second inning. A two-run homer from Greene, his ninth of the year, made the score 6-1 in the third.
Wieters singled and scored on a sacrifice fly from Kindel to extend the lead to 7-1 in the fourth inning.
FAU pulled to within 7-4 in the fifth inning on Tim Mascia’s two-out, two-run double.
A three-run homer from Slayden extended Tech’s lead to 10-3 in the sixth, and Wieters singled and scored on an error to make the score 11-3 in the seventh. An RBI single from freshman Brad Feltes in the eighth inning provided the final 12-3 margin.
Florida Atlantic starter Chris Salberg (2-4) took the loss after allowing seven runs on 10 hits in three-plus innings. Mascia led FAU with three hits in four at bats, while McBryde and Tyler Stevens had two hits each.
Georgia Tech and Florida Atlantic will conclude the series on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Florida Atlantic at #6 Georgia Tech
May 7, 2005 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Florida Atlantic 3 (26-18) Georgia Tech 12 (34-12)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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MCBRYDE, Mike cf........... 3 2 2 1 Tyler Greene ss............ 5 3 4 2
HAFER, Jordan ph.......... 1 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 6 1 1 0
MASCIA, Tim rf............. 4 0 3 2 Matt Wieters 1b............ 3 2 2 2
WIDLANSKY, Robbie 3b....... 4 0 1 0 Brad Feltes ph............ 1 0 1 1
LIPMAN, Brian dh........... 4 0 0 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 3 1 2 1
SHAPLAND, Jonathon lf...... 4 0 0 0 Jake Hall ph.............. 1 0 0 0
FONSECA, Alex ss........... 3 0 0 0 Loyall Gause cf........... 0 0 0 0
COOK, Daniel ph........... 1 0 0 0 Jeff Kindel dh............. 4 1 2 1
MCKENNA, Mike 1b........... 3 0 0 0 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 5 1 3 4
HUTTON, Derek 2b.......... 1 0 0 0 Cameron Lane rf........... 0 0 0 0
STEVENS, Tyler 2b.......... 3 1 2 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 4 0 0 0
TERPAK, Daniel ph......... 1 0 0 0 Danny Payne cf............. 4 0 0 0
MARTIN, Justin c........... 2 0 0 0 Whit Robbins ph........... 0 0 0 0
YODICE, Robert ph......... 1 0 1 0 Mike Trapani 2b............ 1 2 1 0
SALBERG, Chris p........... 0 0 0 0 Michael Fisher ph......... 1 1 0 0
DOHERTY, Jason p.......... 0 0 0 0 Blake Wood p............... 0 0 0 0
MANN, Will p.............. 0 0 0 0 Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
SALIVAR, Mike p........... 0 0 0 0 Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
DUNN, Matt p.............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 35 3 9 3 Totals...................... 38 12 16 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida Atlantic.... 100 020 000 - 3 9 3
Georgia Tech........ 222 103 11X - 12 16 2
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E - MCBRYDE(8); FONSECA 2(17); Greene, T.(13); Trapani, M.(8). DP - Georgia Tech 3.
LOB - FAU 5; Georgia Tech 13. 2B - MASCIA(6); Kindel, J.(20); Slayden, J.(8). HR -
MCBRYDE(4); Greene, T.(9); Slayden, J.(11). SF - Wieters, M. 2(3); Kindel, J.(2).
SB - Greene, T.(25).
Florida Atlantic IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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SALBERG, Chris L,2-4...... 3.0 10 7 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 18 22 7 0 88
DOHERTY, Jason ............ 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 8
MANN, Will ................ 2.0 2 3 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 8 12 1 1 63
SALIVAR, Mike ............. 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 3 19
DUNN, Matt ................ 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 1 29
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Blake Wood W,8-1.......... 7.0 8 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 28 28 6 8 103
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 19
Brad Rulon ................ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 15
WP - MANN(4). Inherited runners/scored: DOHERTY 2/1; MANN 1/0; SALIVAR 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: SALBERG 88/56; DOHERTY 8/5; MANN 63/34; SALIVAR 19/13; DUNN 29/17;
Wood, B. 103/67; Crews, J. 19/13; Rulon, B. 15/9.
Strikeouts - WIDLANSKY; SHAPLAND 2; FONSECA; COOK; MCKENNA; TERPAK; Blackwood, S 4;
Wieters, M.; Hall, J.; Hawranick, A; Payne, D. 2. Walks - Greene, T.; Hodges, W. 2;
Hawranick, A; Robbins, W.; Trapani, M. 3.
Umpires - HP: Ed Haggray 1B: Thomas Price 3B: Mike Mazzarisi
Start: 7:06 pm Time: 3:09 Attendance: 1489