Bajoczky (4-2) tossed seven strong innings for the win, giving up just five hits while striking out five, while Seander earned his sixth save of the season by allowing just one hit and one walk over the last two innings against the Jackets.
Tech starter John Goodman (1-1) took the loss despite holding the Blue Devils to just one unearned run on four hits in seven innings of work.
Michael Fisher and Wally Crancer combined for four of the Yellow Jackets' six hits in the game, as Crancer went 2-for-3 with a double and also reached on an HBP while Fisher was 2-for-4 on the afternoon.
Jimmy Gallagher led off the bottom of the first with a single and advanced to third when Jonathan Anderson's single got away from a Tech second baseman Patrick Long. Gallagher then scored on a sacrifice fly by Alexander Hassan to put the Blue Devils up 1-0.
Duke tacked on two more runs in the eighth inning after Anderson hit a one-out single off Tech reliever Tim Ladd and moved to second on Nate Freiman's two-out single off Jared Hyatt. Brett Bartles then sent his second hit of the game to the outfield wall for a double, driving in both runners to put the Blue Devils up by three.
The Jackets and Blue Devils conclude the series Sunday afternoon, with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. Senior LHP Ryan Turner (1-3) will take the mound for Georgia Tech, while Duke will counter with lefty Christopher Manno.
2007 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia Tech at Duke
March 24, 2007 at Durham, NC (Jack Coombs Field)
Georgia Tech 0 (13-11,4-4 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Danny Payne cf........... 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0
Michael Fisher ss........ 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0
Matt Wieters c........... 3 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0
Wally Crancer dh......... 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Luke Murton rf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 6
Patrick Long 2b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1
Brad Feltes 3b........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Nick Scherer pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0
Curtis Dupart lf......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
John Goodman p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Tim Ladd p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Hyatt p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 32 0 6 0 1 7 24 10 8
Duke 3 (18-8,1-7 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jimmy Gallagher rf....... 4 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0
Jonathan Anderson cf..... 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alexander Hassan lf...... 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0
Nate Freiman 1b.......... 4 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 1
Brett Bartles 3b......... 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0
Matt Williams c.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 1
Jonathan Nicolla dh...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Butler 2b........... 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0
Ryan McCurdy ss.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3
Tony Bajoczky p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Michael Seander p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 30 3 7 3 1 2 27 9 6
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 000 000 000 - 0 6 2
Duke................ 100 000 02X - 3 7 2
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E - Fisher, M.(7); Long, P.(6); McCurdy, R.(7); Bajoczky, T.(1).
DP - Duke 1. LOB - Georgia Tech 8; Duke 6. 2B - Crancer, W.(5); Bartles, B.(8).
HBP - Crancer, W.; Butler, K.. SH - Feltes, B.(1). SF - Hassan, A.(3).
CS - Anderson, J.(4).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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John Goodman........ 7.0 4 1 0 1 1 24 27 88
Tim Ladd............ 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 4
Jared Hyatt......... 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 4 4 11
Duke IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Tony Bajoczky....... 7.0 5 0 0 0 5 25 27 96
Michael Seander..... 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 7 8 26
Win - Bajoczky, T. (4-2). Loss - Goodman, J. (1-1). Save - Seander, M. (6).
WP - Goodman, J.(1). HBP - by Bajoczky, T. (Crancer, W.); by Goodman, J.
(Butler, K.). Inherited runners/scored: Hyatt, J. 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Goodman,
J. 88/58; Ladd, T. 4/4; Hyatt, J. 11/8; Bajoczky, T. 96/64; Seander, M. 26/16.
Umpires - HP: Joe Marion 1B: Phelps Prescott 3B: Scott Graham
Start: 2:00 pm Time: 2:09 Attendance: 438