The junior second baseman went 3-for-4 while Chase Childers paced the Panthers with a home run and three RBI as the Panthers won just their third game at Russ Chandler Stadium and seventh in the history of the series.
Center fielder Danny Payne and right fielder Wally Crancer led the Yellow Jackets with two hits each while shortstop Michael Fisher had a team-high two RBI in the game.
Adam Bowling (1-0) earned the win for Georgia State, allowing no runs on just two hits while striking out three in five innings of work. Panthers starter Jeramy Compton went four innings, allowing five runs on seven hits while striking out three.
A solo home run by Chase Childers, his first of the season, gave the Panthers a 1-0 edge in the top of the first, but the Yellow Jackets responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame to take the 4-1 lead. Danny Payne led off with a walk and moved to second on a single by Patrick Long before a one-out RBI double by Wally Crancer tied the game at 1-1. Long scored on a sacrifice fly by Luke Murton before a two-run home run by Michael Fisher, his first of the year, capped the Jackets’ scoring in the inning.
Georgia State tacked on five runs in the second to recapture the lead, 6-4. The Panthers collected five hits and a sacrifice fly while Tech starter Zach Von Tersch (0-1) walked one, hit a batter, and had three wild pitches in the frame.
The Yellow Jacket freshman gave up a total of six runs on six hits while striking out two in the first appearance of his collegiate career.
After Georgia State added a pair of runs in the top of the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Aeden McQueary and an RBI single by Luke Gordon, the Jackets scored one in the bottom of the frame, pulling Tech to within three runs at 8-5. Curtis Dupart walked to lead off the frame, moved up a base on a wild pitch, and then came around to score from second on a deep sacrifice fly by Jeff Ussery.
An RBI single by McQueary in the sixth inning plated Rochon-Salvas to push the score to 9-5.
The Yellow Jackets return to action this weekend when they host Duquesne in a three-game series beginning Friday at 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s games will begin at 1 p.m. The first two games will be featured on ACC Select, the online video streaming service of the Atlantic Coast Conference, with Richard Musterer and Steven Blackwood calling the action.
2007 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia State at #15 Georgia Tech
Feb 21, 2007 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Georgia State 9 (3-4) Georgia Tech 5 (3-4)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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McCree cf.................. 4 1 1 1 Danny Payne cf............. 4 1 2 0
Childers ss................ 5 2 2 3 Patrick Long 3b............ 3 1 1 0
Rochon-Salvas 2b........... 4 2 3 0 Matt Wieters dh............ 4 0 1 0
Pelt 1b.................... 5 1 2 1 Wally Crancer rf........... 5 1 2 1
McQueary c................. 4 1 3 2 Luke Murton 1b............. 3 0 1 1
Gordon lf.................. 4 1 2 1 Michael Fisher ss.......... 4 1 1 2
Bennett, D. lf............ 0 0 0 0 Curtis Dupart lf........... 3 1 1 0
Van Horn dh................ 2 0 0 1 Jeff Ussery 2b............. 3 0 0 1
Wright ph/dh.............. 2 0 0 0 Jason Haniger c............ 2 0 0 0
Camp rf.................... 4 1 1 0 Tony Plagman ph........... 1 0 0 0
Logan 3b................... 4 0 0 0 Nick Scherer c............ 0 0 0 0
Compton p.................. 0 0 0 0 Zach Von Tersch p.......... 0 0 0 0
Bowling p................. 0 0 0 0 Jared Hyatt p............. 0 0 0 0
Dooley p.................. 0 0 0 0 Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
Tim Ladd p................ 0 0 0 0
Eddie Burns p............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 38 9 14 9 Totals..................... 32 5 9 5
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia State....... 150 201 000 - 9 14 0
Georgia Tech........ 400 100 000 - 5 9 1
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E - Ladd, T.(1). DP - Georgia St. 1; Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Georgia St. 9; Georgia
Tech 8. 2B - Childers(2); Pelt(3); Crancer, W.(1). HR - Childers(1); Fisher, M.(1).
HBP - Gordon. SF - McQueary(1); Van Horn(1); Murton, L.(1); Ussery, J.(1). SB -
Dupart, C.(2). CS - Payne, D.(2).
Georgia State IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Compton ................... 4.0 7 5 5 3 3 1 0 0 0 16 21 7 1 95
Bowling W,1-0............. 4.0 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 14 17 3 6 63
Dooley .................... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 6
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Zach Von Tersch L,0-1..... 2.0 6 6 6 1 2 3 0 1 0 11 14 2 2 48
Jared Hyatt ............... 1.1 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 2 2 40
Brad Rulon ................ 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 9 2 2 32
Tim Ladd .................. 2.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 9 2 2 37
Eddie Burns ............... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 6
Compton faced two batters in the 5th.
Bowling faced one batter in the 9th.
WP - Compton(2); Von Tersch 3. HBP - by Von Tersch (Gordon). Inherited runners/scored:
Bowling 2/0; Dooley 1/0; Rulon, B. 1/0; Ladd, T. 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Compton 95/53;
Bowling 63/34; Dooley 6/6; Von Tersch 48/33; Hyatt, J. 40/23; Rulon, B. 32/22; Ladd, T.
37/20; Burns, E. 6/5.
Strikeouts - McCree 3; Childers; McQueary; Camp; Long, P.; Wieters, M. 2; Dupart,
C.; Ussery, J.; Haniger, J.; Plagman, T.. Walks - McCree; RochonSalvas; Camp; Logan;
Payne, D.; Long, P. 2; Wieters, M.; Dupart, C.; Haniger, J..
Umpires - HP: Ken Couch 1B: Tony Thompson 3B: Steve Manders
Start: 4:00 pm Time: 2:57 Attendance: 1142