With the Yellow Jackets leading 3-1, Thomas Nichols and Derek Dietrich earned walks and Charlie Blackmon was hit by a pitch to load the bases in the fourth inning for Feltes, who drilled his fourth home run of the season off the left field pole to push the score to 7-1.
Tony Plagman followed the grand slam with a walk before Murton sent his first home run of the season over the center field wall, making the score 9-1 in favor of the Jackets.
Feltes and Murton both drove in four runs on the night, and Murton had a game-high three hits for the Yellow Jackets. Plagman, Jeff Rowland and Chris House added two hits apiece.
A two-run single by Dietrich gave Georgia Tech a 2-0 edge in the bottom of the first inning before Bradley Logan doubled to lead off the second, moved to third on a passed ball and scored on an RBI groundout by Marc Mimeault.
The Jackets added to their lead with a run in the third after Plagman singled, moved to third on a double by Murton and scored on an error by Panther left fielder Dusty Bennett, making the score 3-1.
An RBI double by Patrick Long pushed Tech’s lead to nine runs before Murton followed with a two-run home run to cap the scoring at 12-1 in the seventh inning.
Yellow Jacket starter Deck McGuire (4-0) picked up his fourth win of the season by holding the Panthers to one run on three hits. He also fanned five and walked five before being lifted.
Michael Hutts and Sean Devine each worked two scoreless innings in relief. Hutts gave up four hits and struck out four while Devine held Georgia State to one hit while striking out three and walking one.
Panther starter Adam Knight (1-2) suffered the loss, giving up four runs on five hits in three innings of work.
The Yellow Jackets will be back in action Wednesday night when they host Alabama State at Russ Chandler Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m., and the Jackets can be seen on ACC Select (gatech.playonsports.tv) and heard on WREK Radio (91.1 FM/www.wrek.org). Live stats for all Tech baseball games can be found at Ramblinwreck.com.
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia State at #17 Georgia Tech
March 25, 2008 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Georgia State 1 (14-8)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Hogan, Nick cf........... 3 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0 .261
Rochon-Salvas, J.M. 2b... 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 .404
Childers, Chase ss....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .452
Wood, Joey ph........... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Schmitz, Aaron 1b....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .000
Logan, Bradley 1b/3b..... 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 3 .309
Mimeault, Marc 3b........ 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .231
Merck, Daniel 3b/ss..... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .100
Van Horn, Matt rf........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324
Kolowich, Jonathan ph/rf 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .375
Simmons, Derek dh........ 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .409
Rider, Mitch c........... 2 0 1 0 1 0 5 1 2 .389
Farrell, Matt ph/c...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .000
Bennett, Dusty lf........ 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 .320
McCree, Mike lf......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .323
Knight, Adam p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -
Bennett, Bobby p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Campbell, Will p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Skees, Chas p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Asher, Theo p........... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Totals................... 33 1 8 1 6 12 24 5 11
Georgia Tech 12 (18-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Jeff Rowland cf.......... 4 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 .429
Chase Burnette lf....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .263
Thomas Nichols 2b........ 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .293
Jeff Ussery 2b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .214
Charlie Blackmon rf...... 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 .333
Curtis Dupart ph/rf..... 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .200
Derek Dietrich ss........ 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 .333
Ryan Tinkoff ph/ss...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
Brad Feltes 3b........... 3 1 1 4 0 2 1 1 0 .305
Patrick Long ph/3b...... 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 5 2 3 0 0 1 6 1 0 .254
Luke Murton dh........... 5 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 .273
Chris House lf/cf........ 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .306
Jason Haniger c.......... 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 0 .245
Jesse Dubberly ph/c..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 .000
Deck McGuire p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Michael Hutts p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Sean Devine p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 36 12 13 11 7 7 27 9 12
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia State....... 010 000 000 - 1 8 1
Georgia Tech........ 201 600 30X - 12 13 0
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E - Bennett, D.(1). DP - Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Georgia St. 11;
Georgia Tech 12. 2B - Logan, B.(5); Long, P.(3); Murton, L.(3);
House, C.(3). HR - Feltes, B.(4); Murton, L. 2(2). HBP - Nichols, T. 2;
Blackmon, C. 2. SF - Feltes, B.(3). SB - Murton, L.(2); House, C.(5).
CS - Rochon-Salva(2).
Georgia State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Knight, Adam........ 3.0 5 4 3 3 4 13 20 81 7.82
Bennett, Bobby...... 0.0 3 5 5 1 0 3 5 20 16.87
Campbell, Will...... 3.0 2 0 0 2 2 11 13 40 0.00
Skees, Chas......... 0.2 2 3 3 1 0 4 5 18 32.40
Asher, Theo......... 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 19 5.40
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Deck McGuire........ 5.0 3 1 1 5 5 16 21 98 1.74
Michael Hutts....... 2.0 4 0 0 0 4 10 10 41 4.91
Sean Devine......... 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 7 8 35 0.00
Knight, A. faced one batter in the 4th.
Bennett, B. faced five batters in the 4th.
Win - McGuire, D. (4-0). Loss - Knight, A. (1-2). Save - None.
WP - Knight, A.(2); McGuire, D.(4). HBP - by Knight 3 (Nichols 2, Blackmon);
by Bennett, B. (Blackmon, C.). PB - Haniger, J.(2). Inherited runners/scored:
Bennett, B. 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Knight, A. 81/40; Bennett, B. 20/8;
Campbell, W. 40/21; Skees, C. 18/7; Asher, T. 19/12; McGuire, D. 98/50;
Hutts, M. 41/30; Devine, S. 35/19.
Umpires - HP: Craig Mirr 1B: Danny Everett 3B: Randy Watkins
Start: 6:03 pm Time: 2:59 Attendance: 1244
Weather: Sunny, 58 deg, Wind SSW-8mph