Wood (2-0) won his second straight start and improved to 12-1 over the last two seasons. He allowed one unearned run on six hits and one walk while striking out six.
Brad Rulon worked two scoreless innings in relief, and Matt Wieters pitched the ninth inning to record his first save of the year.
Robbins had just one hit in the game, but his two RBI raised his season total to a team-high 14 RBI in four games. Wes Hodges went 2-for-2.
The Owls took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when Adam Cross singled and scored on a sacrifice fly from Ray Reddin.
The Yellow Jackets quickly answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 2-1 lead. Wes Hodges was hit by a pitch and scored when Jeff Kindel's double was mishandled by Cross in right field. Robbins followed with an RBI single that scored Kindel.
Georgia Tech extended the lead to 3-1 in the third inning when a bases-loaded RBI groundout from Robbins scored Matt Wieters.
From there, the game settled into a pitcher's duel. The Owls managed to get just two runners into scoring position from the third through eighth innings. The Yellow Jackets had just three hits in their final five innings.
Trailing 3-1, the Owls mounted a rally in the ninth inning. Pinch hitter Zachary Upton led off the frame with a single and scored on a two-out RBI double from Matt Dallas to cut the lead to 3-2. But Wieters retired Jay Morrow on a pop up to end the game.
Kennesaw State starter Bubba Blalock (1-1) took the loss after allowing three runs, two of which were earned, on four hits in 4.2 innings. He issued two walks and struck out six. Reliever Dan Dale worked 3.2 scoreless innings, and the two pitchers combined to hold the Yellow Jackets to a season-low three runs and six hits.
Dallas led the Owls with three hits, while Martin Baker had two hits.
Georgia Tech and Kennesaw State will continue the three-game series on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. each day.
2006 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Kennesaw State at #3 Georgia Tech
Feb. 17, 2006 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Kennesaw State 2 (1-2) Georgia Tech 3 (4-0)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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BAKER, Martin cf........... 5 0 2 0 Danny Payne cf............. 4 0 0 0
DALLAS, Matt 3b............ 5 0 3 1 Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 0 0 0
MORROW, Jay lf............. 5 0 0 0 Matt Wieters dh/p.......... 4 1 1 0
HENDRIX, Scott 1b.......... 4 0 0 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 2 1 2 0
HUDSON, Andy dh............ 3 0 0 0 Jeff Kindel rf............. 4 1 1 0
ROBBINS, Jacob ph......... 1 0 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 0 1 2
CROSS, Adam rf............. 4 1 1 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 2 0 1 0
PERRY, Ryan ss............. 4 0 1 0 Michael Fisher ss.......... 3 0 0 0
REDDEN, Ray c.............. 2 0 1 1 Russell Harben 2b.......... 3 0 0 0
UPTON, Zachary ph......... 1 0 1 0 Blake Wood p............... 0 0 0 0
HOPKINS, Matt 2b........... 3 1 0 0 Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
BLALOCK, Bubba p........... 0 0 0 0
DALE, Dan p............... 0 0 0 0
Totals...................... 37 2 9 2 Totals..................... 30 3 6 2
Score by Innings R H E
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Kennesaw State...... 010 000 001 - 2 9 3
Georgia Tech........ 021 000 00X - 3 6 3
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E - DALLAS(1); CROSS(1); HOPKINS(1); Hodges, W.(2); Fisher, M.(3); Harben, R.(1).
DP - Kennesaw St. 1. LOB - Kennesaw St. 10; Georgia Tech 6. 2B - DALLAS(1); Kindel,
J.(3). HBP - Hodges, W.. SF - REDDEN(1). SB - CROSS(1).
Kennesaw State IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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BLALOCK, Bubba L,1-1...... 4.2 4 3 2 2 6 0 0 1 0 19 22 0 8 86
DALE, Dan ................. 3.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 11 5 2 41
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Blake Wood W,2-0.......... 6.0 6 1 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 24 26 6 5 91
Brad Rulon ................ 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 8 8 2 1 27
Matt Wieters S,1.......... 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 15
WP - Rulon, B.(3). HBP - by BLALOCK (Hodges, W.). BK - Wood, B.(2). PB - Hawranick, A(1).
Inherited runners/scored: DALE 1/0. Pitches/strikes: BLALOCK 86/48; DALE 41/27;
Wood, B. 91/59; Rulon, B. 27/19; Wieters, M. 15/10.
Strikeouts - BAKER 2; DALLAS; MORROW; HENDRIX; ROBBINS; CROSS 2; REDDEN; Payne, D.
2; Blackwood, S; Wieters, M.; Kindel, J.; Robbins, W.; Hawranick, A; Fisher, M..
Walks - HOPKINS; Hodges, W.; Hawranick, A.
Umpires - HP: David Savage 1B: Danny Everett 3B: Ken Couch
Start: 4:02 pm Time: 2:28 Attendance: 1401