Miller (5-0) established a new career high with 13 strikeouts, holding the Yellow Jackets scoreless on four hits and one walk in seven innings.
Andrew Carignan recorded his team-leading fifth save of the year by pitching two shutout innings and striking out three batters. Overall, Tech batters struck out 16 times in the contest.
Tech starter Blake Wood (5-2) was the tough luck loser, holding the Tar Heels to two runs on five hits in 6.2 innings. The Yellow Jackets' bullpen of Jared Hyatt, Lee Hyde, Brad Rulon and Danny Payne combined to work 2.2 scoreless and hitless innings.
Matt Wieters recorded three of Georgia Tech's six hits in the game. The Yellow Jackets outhit the Tar Heels, 6-5.
The Tar Heels took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Chad Flack was hit by a pitch and scored on an RBI double from Tim Federowicz. In the second inning, North Carolina loaded the bases with one out and extended the lead to 2-0 on Chad Flack's RBI groundout. Tech had a chance to escape without allowing a run, but Wood elected to throw back to second base instead of taking the force out at home after Flack hit a two-hopper right back to the mound.
The Yellow Jackets had opportunities to get on the scoreboard in the second and fourth innings, but stranded a runner at third base with one out on both occasions. In the second, Wieters singled, Whit Robbins walked and a groundout from Luke Murton put runners on first and third with one out. But Miller struck out the next two batters to end the threat. In the fourth, a single from Wieters and a double from Robbins put runners on second and third with one out, but again Miller struck out the next two batters to end the inning.
Miller dominated the Tech lineup all night, striking out the side in the fourth inning and recording two strikeouts in the first, second, third and seventh innings. The Yellow Jackets advanced just one runner into scoring position after the fourth inning.
Tech mounted a threat against Carignan in the eighth inning but failed to score. Consecutive singles from Jeff Kindel and Wieters put two runners on base with one out, but Carignan recorded a strikeout and a groundout to end the inning and preserve the shutout.
Georgia Tech and North Carolina continue the series on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Saturday�s game will be televised by Fox Sports Net South.
2006 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#2 North Carolina at #4 Georgia Tech
March 24, 2006 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
North Carolina 2 (20-3,5-2 ACC) Georgia Tech 0 (18-4,3-4 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Reid Fronk 3b.............. 2 1 0 0 Danny Payne cf/p........... 5 0 0 0
Kyle Shelton dh............ 3 0 1 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 0 0 0
Mike Cavasinni ph......... 0 0 0 0 Jeff Kindel rf............. 4 0 1 0
Jay Cox lf................. 5 0 1 0 Matt Wieters c............. 4 0 3 0
Chad Flack 1b.............. 3 1 0 1 Whit Robbins 1b............ 3 0 1 0
Josh Horton ss............. 3 0 1 0 Luke Murton dh............. 3 0 0 0
Tim Federowicz c........... 3 0 1 1 Wally Crancer ph/lf....... 1 0 0 0
Matt Spencer rf............ 4 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 2 0 0 0
Seth Williams cf........... 4 0 1 0 Chris House ph/lf......... 1 0 0 0
Bryan Steed 2b............. 3 0 0 0 Ryan Tinkoff ph........... 1 0 0 0
Andrew Miller p............ 0 0 0 0 Mike Trapani 2b............ 4 0 0 0
Andrew Carignan p......... 0 0 0 0 Michael Fisher ss.......... 3 0 1 0
Blake Wood p............... 0 0 0 0
Jared Hyatt p............. 0 0 0 0
Lee Hyde p................ 0 0 0 0
Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
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Totals..................... 30 2 5 2 Totals..................... 35 0 6 0
Score by Innings R H E
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North Carolina...... 011 000 000 - 2 5 3
Georgia Tech........ 000 000 000 - 0 6 0
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E - Horton, J 2(8); Spencer, M(1). LOB - UNC 10; Georgia Tech 10. 2B -
Federowicz,T(9); Robbins, W.(5). HBP - Shelton, K; Flack, C. CS - Fronk, R(1).
North Carolina IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Andrew Miller W,5-0....... 7.0 4 0 0 1 13 0 0 0 0 27 28 3 5 108
Andrew Carignan S,5....... 2.0 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 8 9 2 1 41
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Blake Wood L,5-2.......... 6.1 5 2 2 4 5 0 0 2 0 23 29 7 6 117
Jared Hyatt ............... 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 19
Lee Hyde .................. 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
Brad Rulon ................ 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 22
Danny Payne ............... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3
WP - Rulon, B.(6). HBP - by Wood, B. (Flack, C); by Wood, B. (Shelton, K).
PB - Federowicz,T(3). Inherited runners/scored: Hyatt, J. 1/0; Hyde, L. 2/0;
Rulon, B. 2/0; Payne, D. 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Miller, A 108/71; Carignan, A 41/27;
Wood, B. 117/72; Hyatt, J. 19/7; Hyde, L. 1/1; Rulon, B. 22/12; Payne, D. 3/2.
Strikeouts - Fronk, R; Shelton, K; Cox, J; Flack, C; Federowicz,T; Spencer, M 2;
Steed, B; Payne, D. 4; Kindel, J. 2; Wieters, M.; Robbins, W.; Murton, L.;
Blackwood, S 2; House, C.; Tinkoff, R.; Trapani, M.; Fisher, M. 2. Walks - Fronk, R
3; Cavasinni, M; Horton, J; Federowicz,T; Steed, B; Robbins, W.; Fisher, M..
Umpires - HP: Mark Chapman 1B: Randy Harvey 3B: Harry Greer
Start: 7:01 pm Time: 2:47 Attendance: 1243