Hogan led the Tigers with two hits on the night, but also struck out three times against the Yellow Jackets' pitching. Tech's Wally Crancer led all hitters with a 3-for-4 performance at the plate.
Michael Fisher's RBI double in the top of the 10th inning broke a scoreless tie, and the Yellow Jacket shortstop advanced to third on a passed ball before scoring on an RBI single by Crancer to give Georgia Tech a 2-0 lead.
Georgia Tech reliever Brad Rulon struck out the first two Clemson batters in the 10th inning before running into trouble. Pinch hitter Alex Lee reached on a two-out single to left field and advanced to second on a wild pitch before moving to third when D.J. Mitchell reached on a wild pitch after striking out. Wilson Boyd's RBI single plated Lee and moved Mitchell to third before Mitchell scored the tying run on a passed ball by catcher Nick Scherer. After Taylor Harbin reached on an infield single, Andy D'Alessio was intentionally walked to load the bases, but reliever Matt Wieters forced Marquez Smith to groundout to end the scoring threat.
Alan Farina (3-1) came on to pitch in the 11th for the Tigers and retired the Yellow Jackets in order to pick up his third win of the season, while Wieters fell to 1-3 on the year after giving up the home run to Hogan.
J.D. Burgess became the first runner for either team to get past second base when he reached on a three-base throwing error by Yellow Jacket third baseman Brad Feltes in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Jared Hyatt forced a groundout by Mitchell and Danny Payne got Wilson Boyd to groundout to get out of the jam.
David Duncan was not involved in the decision for the third-straight week despite another solid outing, as he held the Tigers scoreless on just four hits while striking out nine. In his last three starts, the Yellow Jacket sophomore has held opponents to just two runs on 12 hits while striking out 23 (over a span of 23 innings).
Clemson starter Daniel Moskos tossed a career-high 6.1 innings, holding the Jackets scoreless while striking out a career-high eight batters, but did not figure into the decision despite holding the Jackets to just five hits and two walks while hitting a batter.
The two teams began the 10th inning in a scoreless tie, which is believed to be the first time since May 2, 1966, when the Jackets defeated Mercer, 3-0, in 12 innings, that the feat has occurred in Georgia Tech history. The only other time the Jackets are believed to have finished nine innings in a scoreless tie was when the Jackets tied Milligan, 0-0, on March 31, 1970.
The Jackets and Tigers continue the series Saturday at 7 p.m. with RHP Eddie Burns (3-0, 2.98 ERA) squaring off against Clemson's RHP David Kopp (4-2, 3.32).
2007 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#19 Georgia Tech at #17 Clemson
April 27, 2007 at Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stadium)
Georgia Tech 2 (26-16,13-8 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Danny Payne cf/p/cf...... 6 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .383
Michael Fisher ss........ 4 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 1 .345
Matt Wieters c/p......... 4 0 1 0 1 2 13 3 0 .356
Wally Crancer dh/rf...... 4 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 .329
Luke Murton rf........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 .238
Curtis Dupart lf........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .203
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 3 9 0 1 .311
Chris House lf/cf........ 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .245
Brad Rulon p............ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .000
Nick Scherer c.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Patrick Long 2b.......... 4 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 .288
Brad Feltes 3b........... 5 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 .177
David Duncan p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
Jared Hyatt p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 41 2 10 2 4 16 30 8 11
Clemson 3 (28-14,12-7 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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D.J. Mitchell cf......... 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .228
Wilson Boyd lf/rf........ 5 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 .303
Taylor Harbin ss......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .289
Andy D'Alessio 1b........ 3 0 0 0 2 1 10 4 0 .291
Marquez Smith dh......... 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 .293
Doug Hogan c............. 5 1 2 1 0 3 14 2 1 .322
Ben Paulsen 3b........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .289
Alex Burg rf............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .182
Addison Johnson lf...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .250
J.D. Burgess 2b.......... 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 .187
Alex Lee ph............. 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385
David Bunnell 2b........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220
Daniel Moskos p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 -
Stephen Clyne p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Alan Farina p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 38 3 8 2 3 13 33 16 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 000 000 000 20 - 2 10 1
Clemson............. 000 000 000 21 - 3 8 0
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E - Feltes, B.(3). DP - Georgia Tech 1; Clemson 1. LOB - Georgia Tech 11;
Clemson 9. 2B - Fisher, M.(13). HR - HOGAN(8). HBP - Plagman, T.; HARBIN.
SB - House, C.(5). CS - Long, P.(3); D'ALESSIO(2).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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David Duncan........ 7.1 4 0 0 2 9 25 27 108 2.76
Jared Hyatt......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2.37
Danny Payne......... 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 11 4.38
Brad Rulon.......... 1.1 2 2 2 0 4 7 7 33 4.99
Matt Wieters........ 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 3 4 13 7.15
Clemson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Daniel Moskos....... 6.1 5 0 0 2 8 23 26 113 1.94
Stephen Clyne....... 3.2 5 2 2 2 6 15 17 74 1.69
Alan Farina......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 15 3.46
Win - FARINA (3-1). Loss - Wieters, M. (1-3). Save - None.
WP - Rulon, B. 2(7). HBP - by MOSKOS (Plagman, T.); by Payne, D. (HARBIN).
PB - Scherer, N.(1); HOGAN(6). Inherited runners/scored: Hyatt, J. 1/0; Payne, D.
1/0; Rulon, B. 1/0; Wieters, M. 2/1; CLYNE 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Duncan, D.
108/67; Hyatt, J. 1/1; Payne, D. 11/7; Rulon, B. 33/21; Wieters, M. 13/6; MOSKOS
113/66; CLYNE 74/46; FARINA 15/9.
Umpires - HP: Tony Walsh 1B: Jeff Head 3B: Scott Graham
Start: 7:18 pm Time: 3:10 Attendance: 5239