After David Duncan became the first Yellow Jacket in four years to throw a complete-game shutout when he did so this past Friday afternoon, Burns repeated the feat Wednesday against cross-town rival Georgia State, allowing up five hits while striking out a career-high four batters in his career-long outing.
Burns (1-1) earned the first win of his career in his second start of the season. He entered the game having thrown just 13.2 innings in his career, with 12.1 of those coming in seven appearances this season.
Burns kept the Panthers at bay while nine Georgia State pitchers combined to hold the Jackets to just one hit, a double by Danny Payne in Tech’s three-run third inning.
Payne led off the frame with a double and moved to third after Michael Fisher was hit by a pitch and Matt Wieters was issued the first of four walks in the inning. Luke Murton, Brad Feltes and Patrick Long all walked with the bases loaded to account for Tech’s three runs in the game.
Bobby Bennett (1-4) took the loss for the Panthers, giving up three runs on one hit while walking three in a third of an inning.
The Yellow Jackets will travel to Durham, N.C. this weekend for their first road conference series of the season, traveling to Duke for three games beginning Friday at 3 p.m. The Jackets and Blue Devils square off Saturday at 2 p.m. before concluding the series at 1 p.m. Sunday.
2007 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia Tech at Georgia State
March 21, 2007 (The Field at Panthersville)
Georgia Tech 3 (12-10) Georgia State 0 (11-12)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Danny Payne cf............. 4 1 1 0 Suttle cf.................. 4 0 0 0
Michael Fisher ss.......... 3 1 0 0 McCree cf................. 0 0 0 0
Matt Wieters 1b............ 2 1 0 0 Van Horn rf................ 4 0 1 0
Wally Crancer dh........... 4 0 0 0 RochonSalvas 2b............ 4 0 0 0
Luke Murton rf............. 3 0 0 1 Pelt 1b.................... 4 0 3 0
Brad Feltes 3b............. 3 0 0 1 Logan 3b................... 3 0 0 0
Patrick Long 2b............ 2 0 0 1 McQueary c................. 3 0 0 0
Curtis Dupart lf........... 3 0 0 0 Childers ss................ 3 0 0 0
Nick Scherer c............. 4 0 0 0 Gordon dh.................. 2 0 1 0
Eddie Burns p.............. 0 0 0 0 Bennett, D. lf............. 2 0 0 0
Palmer p................... 0 0 0 0
Reeves p.................. 0 0 0 0
Bennett, B. p............. 0 0 0 0
Hasenfelt p............... 0 0 0 0
Bowling p................. 0 0 0 0
Reid p.................... 0 0 0 0
Compton p................. 0 0 0 0
Carder p.................. 0 0 0 0
Dooley p.................. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 28 3 1 3 Totals..................... 29 0 5 0
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 003 000 000 - 3 1 0
Georgia State....... 000 000 000 - 0 5 1
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E - Logan(8). DP - Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Georgia Tech 8; Georgia St. 6. 2B - Payne,
D.(9); Pelt 2(7). HBP - Fisher, M.; Wieters, M.; Gordon. SH - Bennett, D.(1). SB -
Fisher, M.(4).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Eddie Burns W,1-1......... 9.0 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 29 33 11 10 91
Georgia State IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Palmer .................... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 0 17
Reeves .................... 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 2 21
Bennett, B. L,2-3......... 0.1 1 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 1 0 30
Hasenfelt ................. 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 4 1 22
Bowling ................... 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 7 2 2 31
Reid ...................... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 1 14
Compton ................... 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 9
Carder .................... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1
Dooley .................... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 16
HBP - by Bennett, B. (Fisher, M.); by Burns, E. (Gordon); by Reid (Wieters, M.).
Inherited runners/scored: Hasenfelt 3/1. Pitches/strikes: Burns, E. 91/62; Palmer 17/9;
Reeves 21/8; Bennett, B. 30/10; Hasenfelt 22/14; Bowling 31/22; Reid 14/9; Compton 9/6;
Carder 1/1; Dooley 16/9.
Strikeouts - Crancer, W.; Murton, L.; Feltes, B.; Long, P.; Scherer, N.; Van Horn;
Logan; Childers; Bennett, D.. Walks - Payne, D.; Fisher, M.; Wieters, M.; Murton,
L.; Feltes, B.; Long, P. 2; Dupart, C.; Logan; McQueary.
Umpires - HP: David Savage 1B: Ken Couch 3B: Tony Thompson
Start: 6:03 pm Time: 2:11 Attendance: 413