With one out in the top of the 11th, Patrick Long doubled down the left field line and moved to third on a single by Chris House. After Ussery fouled his first pitch out of play, the freshman second baseman put down a perfect bunt to the left side which scored Long for the go-ahead run.
Jared Hyatt (6-0) then retired the middle of the Virginia lineup in order in the bottom of the 11th to earn his sixth win of the season. The redshirt senior held the Virginia hitters hitless and scoreless over the final four innings of the game, striking out four and walking one.
Junior Michael Fisher led the Yellow Jacket hitters with a 3-for-5 performance at the plate, while Ussery finished 1-for-2 with two walks and a sacrifice in the series opener.
After collecting a pair of hits in his first two plate appearances, Virginia leadoff hitter Greg Miclat earned a two-out walk in the bottom of the fifth, stole second base, and came around to score on Brandon Marsh’s RBI single up the middle for the first run of the game.
Jacob Thompson held the Yellow Jackets to just five hits over 7.2 innings and was looking to improve to 9-0 on the season before Michael Fisher delivered a two-out RBI single up the middle to tie the game at 1-1 in the top of the eighth inning.
Chris House struck out to lead off the frame, but reached base when Cavalier catcher Beau Seabury couldn’t handle the third-strike wild pitch by Thompson. House advanced to second on a groundout by Danny Payne before scoring on Fisher’s second hit of the game. Matt Wieters then singled to chase Thompson from the contest, and Wally Crancer earned a walk off Virginia reliever Alex Smith to load the bases before Michael Schwimer forced Luke Murton to fly out, ending the Yellow Jacket threat.
Thompson finished with eight strikeouts while walking three, but earned a no-decision for the first time in his last five games. Yellow Jacket starter David Duncan also pitched well, holding the Cavaliers to one run on six hits while striking out three in seven innings of work, but didn’t figure into the decision.
Jake Rule (2-3) took the loss for Virginia, giving up one run on three hits in the 11th inning. Georgia Tech finished with 10 hits in the game, seven of which came off the Cavalier bullpen.
Saturday’s first pitch between the Yellow Jackets and Cavaliers has been moved up to 12 p.m. due to storms entering the area in the afternoon. First pitch for Sunday’s game is still 1 p.m.
2007 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia Tech at #5 Virginia
April 13, 2007 at Charlottesville, Va. (Davenport Field)
Georgia Tech 2 (22-13,10-6 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Danny Payne cf........... 6 0 1 0 0 3 8 0 4 .371
Michael Fisher ss........ 5 0 3 1 0 0 4 1 1 .368
Matt Wieters c........... 5 0 1 0 0 2 7 1 0 .331
Wally Crancer dh......... 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .336
Luke Murton rf........... 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 .241
Curtis Dupart rf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 5 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 .305
Patrick Long 3b.......... 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 .289
Chris House lf........... 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 .237
Jeff Ussery 2b........... 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 .226
David Duncan p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Jared Hyatt p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Totals................... 39 2 10 2 5 11 33 8 11
Virginia 1 (30-8,10-6 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Greg Miclat dh........... 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .403
Brandon Marsh rf......... 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281
Sean Doolittle 1b........ 4 0 0 0 1 1 14 1 1 .296
Brandon Guyer lf......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 .430
David Adams 2b........... 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 .338
Beau Seabury c........... 5 0 1 0 0 2 10 1 0 .277
Patrick Wingfield 3b..... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 .320
Tyler Cannon ss.......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .290
Mike Mitchell cf......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .344
Tim Henry ph/cf......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .273
Jacob Thompson p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -
Alex Smith p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Michael Schwimer p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Casey Lambert p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Jake Rule p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Totals................... 37 1 6 1 3 7 33 15 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 000 000 010 01 - 2 10 1
Virginia............ 000 010 000 00 - 1 6 0
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E - Wieters, M.(2). LOB - Georgia Tech 11; Virginia 8. 2B - Long, P.(6). HBP
- Guyer. SH - House, C.(2); Ussery, J.(2); Mitchell(6). SB - Miclat 2(25);
Guyer(13); Cannon(5). CS - Miclat(4).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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David Duncan........ 7.0 6 1 1 2 3 25 28 103 3.29
Jared Hyatt......... 4.0 0 0 0 1 4 12 14 59 2.76
Virginia IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Jacob Thompson...... 7.2 5 1 1 3 8 26 30 116 1.46
Alex Smith.......... 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 3.12
Michael Schwimer.... 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 4 5 24 2.66
Casey Lambert....... 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 5 5 22 1.00
Jake Rule........... 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 4 5 19 2.25
Smith faced one batter in the 8th.
Win - Hyatt, J. (6-0). Loss - Rule (2-3). Save - None.
WP - Thompson(1). HBP - by Hyatt, J. (Guyer). Inherited runners/scored: Smith
2/0; Schwimer 3/0; Lambert 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Duncan, D. 103/65; Hyatt, J.
59/35; Thompson 116/72; Smith 4/0; Schwimer 24/15; Lambert 22/14; Rule 19/13.
Umpires - HP: Gerald Trexler 1B: David Pritchett 3B: Harry Greer
Start: 7:00 pm Time: 3:13 Attendance: 2429