Trailing 5-2 in the top of the fifth inning, Dietrich sent his team-leading fifth home run of the season over the left field wall to pull the Jackets to within one run at 5-4.
After Georgia State extended its lead to 6-4 in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Yellow Jackets scored three in the top of the sixth to take the lead for good.
Chris House singled to lead off the sixth inning, stole second base and reached third on a balk before scoring on a single by pinch-hitter Jeff Rowland. Rowland moved to third on a double by Charlie Blackmon and the two baserunners scored on a single by Brad Feltes to give the Yellow Jackets a 7-6 lead.
The Jackets held the one-run lead until the eighth inning, when they added three more runs to push the score to 10-6. Dietrich doubled for his third hit of the game and scored on an RBI groundout by Tony Plagman before Thomas Nichols’ two-run double capped the scoring for Tech.
Dietrich went 3-for-6 with three RBI and two runs scored while House and Rowland added two runs apiece.
Taylor Wood (1-0) earned the first win of his career and was one of six pitchers for the Yellow Jackets on the night. Kevin Jacob, Andrew Robinson and Brad Rulon held the Panthers scoreless over the final three innings to close out the game.
Adam Knight (1-1) took the loss, giving up three runs on four hits in 0.2 innings.
House walked to lead off the game, moved to second base on a single by Jay Dantzler, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Blackmon and scored on a two-out infield single by Dietrich to give the Yellow Jackets an early 1-0 lead.
The Jackets pushed their lead to 2-0 in the second inning when Curtis Dupart reached on a leadoff walk, moved to third on a fielding error by Panther first baseman Mitch Rider and scored on a sacrifice fly by Dantzler.
Georgia State answered with three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 3-2 lead. Bradley Logan reached on a one-out double and scored on Marc Mimeault’s RBI single. After the Panthers loaded the bases with another single and walk, Mimeault scored on a wild pitch by Tech starter Deck McGuire and another run came around on an RBI groundout by Chase Childers.
Mimeault went 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBI to lead the Panthers’ offense while Childers added two hits and two RBI in the game.
The Panthers pushed their lead to 5-2 in the fourth inning when Mimeault scored on a balk by Yellow Jacket reliever Brandon Cumpton and an RBI single from Childers plated Nick Hogan.
The Yellow Jackets return to conference action this weekend when they travel to Tallahassee to face Florida State in Tech’s first road ACC series of the year. The Jackets and Seminoles will play at 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday before wrapping up the series with a 1 p.m. first pitch Sunday afternoon.
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#11 Georgia Tech at Georgia State
March 12, 2008 at The Field at Panthersville
Georgia Tech 10 (13-1)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Chris House lf/rf........ 5 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .340
Jay Dantzler cf.......... 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .412
Jeff Rowland ph/cf...... 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .405
Charlie Blackmon dh...... 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .321
Brad Feltes 3b........... 4 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 .367
Derek Dietrich ss........ 6 2 3 3 0 2 2 4 1 .327
Jason Haniger c.......... 3 1 0 0 2 1 8 3 0 .333
Luke Murton 1b/rf........ 2 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 4 .220
Patrick Long ph......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Chase Burnette lf....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .429
Curtis Dupart rf......... 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .250
Tony Plagman ph/1b...... 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 .256
Jeff Ussery 2b........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Thomas Nichols ph/2b.... 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 2 .323
Deck McGuire p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Brandon Cumpton p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Taylor Wood p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Kevin Jacob p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Andrew Robinson p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Brad Rulon p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 36 10 11 10 10 10 27 12 13
Georgia State 6 (9-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Hogan, Nick cf........... 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 .283
McCree, Mike dh.......... 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .273
Childers, Chase ss....... 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .477
Rider, Mitch 1b.......... 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 .421
Camp, Kenny pr.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Asher, Theo 1b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .185
Simmons, Derek 2b........ 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .383
Van Horn, Matt rf........ 5 1 1 0 0 3 7 0 2 .324
Logan, Bradley 3b........ 5 1 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 .321
Mimeault, Marc c......... 5 2 3 2 0 0 11 1 0 .286
Bennett, Dusty lf........ 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .360
Palmer, Will p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Reeves, Joel p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Knight, Adam p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Bennett, Bobby p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Locklear, John p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Ferrer, David p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 38 6 14 4 4 9 27 5 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 110 023 030 - 10 11 1
Georgia State....... 030 210 000 - 6 14 2
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E - Ussery, J.(3); Rider, M.(1); Simmons, D.(5). DP - Georgia Tech 1.
LOB - Georgia Tech 13; Georgia St. 11. 2B - Blackmon, C.(2); Dietrich, D.(3);
Nichols, T.(2); Logan, B.(5); Mimeault, M.(4). HR - Dietrich, D.(5).
HBP - Long, P.; Hogan, N.. SH - Blackmon, C.(2); Ussery, J.(1); Bennett, D.(2).
SF - Dantzler, J.(2). SB - House, C.(3); Rowland, J.(5); Van Horn, M.(2).
CS - Mimeault, M.(1).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Deck McGuire........ 2.0 5 3 3 2 1 11 13 45 2.65
Brandon Cumpton..... 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 8 10 26 2.77
Taylor Wood......... 2.0 3 1 1 1 3 9 10 40 3.60
Kevin Jacob......... 0.2 2 0 0 1 0 3 4 20 0.00
Andrew Robinson..... 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 4 4 11 3.37
Brad Rulon.......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 14 0.00
Georgia State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Palmer, Will........ 4.0 2 2 1 4 5 13 20 80 3.66
Reeves, Joel........ 1.0 1 2 2 3 1 4 7 23 6.52
Knight, Adam........ 0.2 4 3 3 1 1 6 7 31 9.58
Bennett, Bobby...... 1.2 2 1 1 0 2 7 7 23 7.71
Locklear, John...... 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 3 5 13 8.59
Ferrer, David....... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 15 1.29
Win - Wood, T. (1-0). Loss - Knight, A. (1-1). Save - None.
WP - McGuire, D.(1). HBP - by Cumpton, B. (Hogan, N.); by Locklear, J. (Long,
P.). BK - Cumpton, B.(1); Knight, A.(1). PB - Mimeault, M. 2(5). Inherited
runners/scored: Robinson, A. 2/0; Bennett, B. 2/0; Locklear, J. 1/1.
Pitches/strikes: McGuire, D. 45/27; Cumpton, B. 26/19; Wood, T. 40/23; Jacob, K.
20/10; Robinson, A. 11/7; Rulon, B. 14/9; Palmer, W. 80/46; Reeves, J. 23/9;
Knight, A. 31/19; Bennett, B. 23/14; Locklear, J. 13/5; Ferrer, D. 15/9.
Umpires - HP: David Savage 1B: Ed Haggray 3B: Craig Mirr
Start: 6:00 pm Time: 3:14 Attendance: 322
Weather: Sunny, 65 deg, Wind WNW at 7 mph