The Yellow Jackets clinched at least second place in the ACC regular season race. Georgia Tech reduced its "magic number" to clinch the regular season title to two over second place Miami (19-7-1). Clemson, Florida State and North Carolina were all eliminated from the regular season title chase on Sunday afternoon.
Georgia Tech starter Ryan Turner (6-2) pitched 6.2 solid innings, allowing just one run, to earn the win. The left-hander allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out five and lowered his season ERA to 3.29. Tim Gustafson worked 1.1 innings of shutout relief, and Jordan Crews pitched a scoreless ninth inning to close out the game.
Georgia Tech pitching allowed a total of three runs in 24 innings in the three-game series, outscoring Virginia Tech, 48-3.
Greene had a home run, two singles, two runs scored and four RBI. Wieters drove in four runs, and Wes Hodges added two hits and two runs scored.
Three Virginia Tech errors led to three unearned runs and a 4-0 Georgia Tech lead after two innings. The Yellow Jackets scored three runs in the first inning when Steven Blackwood had an RBI single, Matt Wieters was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, and Andy Hawranick added a sacrifice fly. Mike Trapani scored on a throwing error by second baseman Matt Hacker.
The Yellow Jackets loaded the bases in the fifth inning on a walk, single and hit batter before Greene connected on his 11th home run and fourth grand slam of the season.
A three-run homer from Wieters, his eighth of the year, made the score 11-1 in the eighth inning.
The Hokies scored their only run on an RBI groundout from Billy Marn in the sixth inning.
Virginia Tech starter Jake Chaney (5-4) took the loss after surrendering eight runs, five of which were earned, in 4.2 innings.
Georgia Tech returns to action on Thursday night when the Yellow Jackets open a three-game ACC series at North Carolina to close out the regular season.
2005 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Virginia Tech at #5 Georgia Tech
May 15, 2005 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Virginia Tech 1 (20-26,5-18 ACC) Georgia Tech 11 (37-14,21-6 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Chris Stanton 1b........... 4 0 1 0 Danny Payne cf............. 2 1 0 0
Matt Hacker 2b............. 4 1 1 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 4 2 3 4
Bryan Thomas 3b............ 4 0 1 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 3 0 1 1
Billy Marn lf.............. 4 0 1 1 Cameron Lane ph-lf........ 0 1 0 0
Jose Cueto rf.............. 4 0 0 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 2 2 0
Matt Foley c............... 3 0 0 0 Matt Wieters dh............ 4 1 1 4
Warren Schaeffer ss........ 4 0 1 0 Jeff Kindel rf............. 4 0 0 0
Jose Rojas dh.............. 2 0 0 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 3 1 1 1
Nate Parks cf.............. 3 0 2 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 5 1 1 0
Jake Chaney p.............. 0 0 0 0 Mike Trapani 2b............ 2 2 0 0
Adam Redd p............... 0 0 0 0 Jake Hall 2b.............. 1 0 0 0
Ryan Turner p.............. 0 0 0 0
Tim Gustafson p........... 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 32 1 7 1 Totals..................... 32 11 9 10
Score by Innings R H E
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Virginia Tech....... 000 001 000 - 1 7 3
Georgia Tech........ 310 040 03X - 11 9 1
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E - Hacker, M(8); Schaeffer, W(14); Chaney, J(2); Payne, D.(7). DP - VT 1; Georgia
Tech 2. LOB - VT 6; Georgia Tech 10. 2B - Marn, B(6); Hawranick, A(10). HR - Greene,
T.(11); Wieters, M.(8). HBP - Wieters, M.; Trapani, M.. SH - Greene, T.(4);
Blackwood, S(4). SF - Hawranick, A(3). SB - Hacker, M(6); Thomas, B(3); Greene,
T.(28).
Virginia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jake Chaney L,5-4......... 4.2 5 8 5 5 3 2 0 2 0 19 29 8 3 106
Adam Redd ................. 3.1 4 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 13 16 4 2 60
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Ryan Turner W,6-2......... 6.2 7 1 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 26 27 6 8 107
Tim Gustafson ............. 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 16
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 14
WP - Chaney, J 2(9). HBP - by Chaney 2 (Wieters, Trapani).
Inherited runners/scored: Gustafson, T 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Chaney, J 106/57; Redd, A
60/33; Turner, R. 107/71; Gustafson, T 16/10; Crews, J. 14/9.
Strikeouts - Stanton, C; Hacker, M 2; Marn, B; Cueto, J 2; Schaeffer, W; Payne, D.
2; Greene, T.; Wieters, M.; Robbins, W.; Hall, J.. Walks - Foley, M; Rojas, J;
Payne, D. 3; Lane, C.; Hodges, W.; Kindel, J.; Hawranick, A; Hall, J..
Umpires - HP: Bryant Woodall 1B: Al Davis 3B: Paul Guillie
Start: 2:06 pm Time: 2:35 Attendance: 2149