The Yellow Jackets (28-9, 10-8 ACC) clinched the three games series, two games to one. After dropping a 7-6 decision in the series opener on Friday night, Tech won the final two games by a combined score of 34-7.
Tech's 22 runs were the most scored in the 186-game series with Clemson (27-10, 10-5) eclipsing a 21-run effort in 1956. The Yellow Jackets' 21 hits included three home runs, seven doubles and 11 singles.
A day after driving in a career-high six runs, Hodges had seven RBI on a home run and two doubles.
Fifteen different Yellow Jackets had at least one hit in the game. Luke Murton drove in three runs on two hits, Matt Wieters had two hits, and Wally Crancer and Brad Feltes had pinch-hit home runs.
Georgia Tech starter David Duncan (4-1) worked six innings and allowed three runs on eight hits to earn his second win in as many starts. He issued two walks and struck out five batters.
Clemson's Travis Storrer hit two home runs.
The Yellow Jackets struck for a 6-0 lead in the first inning, sending 10 batters to the plate and getting six hits in the inning. Danny Payne doubled and Steven Blackwood singled to lead off the inning, and Wieters followed with an RBI single. After a walk loaded the bases, Whit Robbins followed with a sacrifice fly, Hodges had a two-run double and Murton added an RBI single. Murton scored the sixth run of the inning on a wild pitch.
Storrer hit a two-run homer to make the score 6-2 in the second inning.
Tech added three runs in the bottom of the second inning to extend the lead to 9-2. Blackwood and Wieters drew walks to lead off the inning, and after the next two batters made outs, Hodges delivered an RBI double and Murton had a two-run double.
Hodges hit a three-run homer, his ninth of the year and second in as many games, to give the Yellow Jackets a 12-2 lead in the fourth inning.
The Jackets added two runs in the fifth inning, including an RBI groundout from Hodges, to extend the lead to 14-2.
Storrer hit a solo home run, his fourth of the season, in the sixth inning and Taylor Colvin had an RBI groundout on the seventh inning to make the score 14-4.
Tech added eight runs in the eighth inning to provide the final 22-4 margin. Crancer hit a two-run homer, his fourth of the year, and Feltes hit a three-run homer, his first of the season, while Jason Haniger and Russell Harben added RBI singles.
Clemson starter Stephen Faris (4-1) allowed six runs on six hits in two-thirds of an inning.
Georgia Tech visits Georgia State on Wednesday at 6 p.m. before opening a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series at Florida State on Friday.
2006 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#5 Clemson at #10 Georgia Tech
April 16, 2006 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Clemson 4 (27-10,10-5 ACC) Georgia Tech 22 (28-9,10-8 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Herman Demmink 3b.......... 4 1 1 0 Danny Payne cf............. 4 1 1 0
Brad Chalk cf.............. 4 0 3 0 Chris House ph............ 0 0 0 0
Taylor Harbin 2b........... 5 0 2 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 2 1 0
Tyler Colvin lf............ 4 0 0 1 Jason Haniger ph.......... 1 1 1 1
Andy D'Alessio 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 Matt Wieters c............. 5 4 2 1
Marquez Smith dh........... 3 1 1 0 Jeff Kindel rf............. 3 3 1 0
Doug Hogan dh............. 1 0 0 0 Nick Scherer ph........... 1 0 1 1
Travis Storrer rf.......... 3 2 2 3 Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 2 2 1
D.J. Mitchell ph.......... 1 0 1 0 Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
Stan Widmann ss............ 3 0 0 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 3 3 7
Ben Hall ph............... 1 0 0 0 Brad Feltes ph............ 1 2 1 3
Adrian Casanova c.......... 2 0 1 0 Luke Murton dh............. 4 1 2 3
Alex Burg ph.............. 2 0 0 0 Wally Crancer ph.......... 1 1 1 2
Stephen Faris p............ 0 0 0 0 Mike Trapani 2b............ 4 0 1 0
Ryan Hinson p............. 0 0 0 0 Ryan Tinkoff ph........... 2 1 1 0
P.J. Zocchi p............. 0 0 0 0 Michael Fisher ss.......... 4 0 2 0
Stephen Clyne p........... 0 0 0 0 Russell Harben ph......... 1 1 1 1
Matt Vaughn p............. 0 0 0 0 David Duncan p............. 0 0 0 0
Alex Martin p............. 0 0 0 0 Lee Hyde p................ 0 0 0 0
Daniel Moskos p........... 0 0 0 0
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Totals..................... 36 4 11 4 Totals..................... 43 22 21 20
Score by Innings R H E
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Clemson............. 020 001 100 - 4 11 5
Georgia Tech........ 630 320 080 - 22 21 0
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E - DEMMINK 2(11); HARBIN(3); COLVIN(2); WIDMANN(15). DP - Clemson 1; Georgia Tech
1. LOB - Clemson 8; Georgia Tech 7. 2B - Payne, D.(13); Scherer, N.(1); Hodges, W.
2(13); Murton, L.(4); Tinkoff, R.(1); Fisher, M.(3). HR - STORRER 2(4); Hodges,
W.(9); Feltes, B.(1); Crancer, W.(4). HBP - Kindel, J.; Feltes, B.. SF - Robbins,
W.(2). SB - Payne, D.(19). CS - DEMMINK(4).
Clemson IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Stephen Faris L,4-1....... 0.2 6 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 9 2 0 33
Ryan Hinson ............... 2.1 3 5 5 3 3 1 0 1 0 10 14 3 1 54
P.J. Zocchi ............... 2.0 4 3 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 10 11 2 1 46
Stephen Clyne ............. 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 3 2 16
Matt Vaughn ............... 0.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 20
Alex Martin ............... 0.1 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 14
Daniel Moskos ............. 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 16
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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David Duncan W,4-1........ 6.0 8 3 3 2 5 0 0 0 0 24 26 4 7 80
Lee Hyde .................. 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 10 2 2 31
Brad Rulon ................ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 16
WP - HINSON(3); ZOCCHI(6); MARTIN(2). HBP - by HINSON (Kindel, J.); by VAUGHN (Feltes,
B.). Inherited runners/scored: HINSON 2/1; ZOCCHI 2/2; MARTIN 1/1; MOSKOS 2/2.
Pitches/strikes: FARIS 33/20; HINSON 54/29; ZOCCHI 46/25; CLYNE 16/11; VAUGHN 20/12;
MARTIN 14/7; MOSKOS 16/9; Duncan, D. 80/53; Hyde, L. 31/21; Rulon, B. 16/8.
Strikeouts - DEMMINK; HARBIN; D'ALESSIO; M. SMITH; HOGAN; WIDMANN 2; HALL; Payne, D.
2; Blackwood, S; Wieters, M.; Murton, L.; Fisher, M.. Walks - DEMMINK; CHALK;
D'ALESSIO; Payne, D.; House, C.; Blackwood, S; Wieters, M.; Kindel, J.; Robbins, W.;
Crancer, W..
Umpires - HP: Paul Guillie 1B: Al Davis 3B: Scott Graham
Start: 1:05 pm Time: 2:44 Attendance: 2087