Duncan (4-0) faced the minimum through the first 2.2 innings and, after allowing a single with two outs in the bottom of the second, retired 11 consecutive batters before giving up a solo home run to Tony Sanchez to break up the shutout. The 6-foot-8 left-hander worked a season-long eight innings, giving up two runs on four hits while striking out a season-high 10 batters.
Brad Rulon tossed the ninth inning and earned his second save of the season. After Rulon hit the first batter he faced, Eric Campbell dropped a single just out of second baseman Thomas Nichols' reach to put runners on first and second. Rulon worked out of the jam by forcing a pair of flyouts before striking out pinch hitter John Spatola to end the game.
Georgia Tech took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second when Jason Haniger was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Jeff Rowland hit a sacrifice fly to plate Chris House. A solo home run by Derek Dietrich in the top of the third inning staked the Yellow Jackets to a 3-0 lead and an RBI single by Charlie Blackmon pushed the score to 4-0 in the fifth.
Tech scored its fifth and final run of the game in the seventh inning when Jeff Rowland hit a leadoff double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Thomas Nichols, and scored on an RBI groundout by Blackmon.
Rowland, Blackmon and Brad Feltes all had two hits in the game.
Duncan hit Mickey Wiswall to start the bottom of the eighth inning, and the Boston College left fielder advanced to third on a single by Garret Smith before scoring on Marc Perios' RBI single for the final run of the game.
Eagle starter Terry Doyle (2-3) took the loss, giving up all five Yellow Jacket runs on nine hits in six innings of work.
Tech and Boston College will begin the second game of the doubleheader at 2:15 p.m.
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia Tech at #17 Boston College (Game 1)
March 29, 2008 at Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Commander Shea Field)
Georgia Tech 5 (20-5,6-4 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Jeff Rowland cf.......... 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 .420
Thomas Nichols 2b........ 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 2 .270
Charlie Blackmon rf...... 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .337
Derek Dietrich ss........ 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 .356
Brad Feltes dh........... 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .318
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 4 1 1 0 0 1 8 1 0 .269
Chris House lf........... 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .282
Patrick Long 3b.......... 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .211
Jason Haniger c.......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 10 2 1 .250
David Duncan p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -
Brad Rulon p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 30 5 9 5 3 10 27 11 5
Boston College 2 (11-12,2-8 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Barry Butera rf.......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 .351
Michael Belfiore 1b...... 4 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 2 .292
Tony Sanchez c........... 3 1 1 1 0 0 9 4 0 .389
Eric Campbell 3b......... 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 .316
Ryan Akel dh............. 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .174
Robert Anston ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Mickey Wiswall lf........ 3 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .236
Matt Hamlet 2b........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 .338
John Spatola ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .286
Garret Smith ss.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 .339
Marc Perdios cf.......... 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .193
Terry Doyle p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Nick Asselin p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 31 2 5 2 1 11 27 12 5
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 021 010 100 - 5 9 1
Boston College...... 000 000 110 - 2 5 1
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E - Dietrich, D.(6); Perdios, M(3). DP - Georgia Tech 1; Boston Coll. 2. LOB
- Georgia Tech 5; Boston Coll. 5. 2B - Rowland, J.(2). HR - Dietrich,
D.(10); Sanchez, T(5). HBP - Haniger, J.; Sanchez, T; Wiswall, M. SH -
Nichols, T. 2(3). SF - Rowland, J.(3). SB - Long, P.(5). CS - Haniger,
J.(1); Butera, B(3); Smith, G(1).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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David Duncan........ 8.0 4 2 2 1 10 27 29 98 3.38
Brad Rulon.......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 5 24 3.86
Boston College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Terry Doyle......... 6.0 9 5 5 3 4 22 28 97 7.30
Nick Asselin........ 3.0 0 0 0 0 6 8 9 37 3.10
Doyle faced one batter in the 7th.
Win - Duncan, D. (4-0). Loss - Doyle, T (2-3). Save - Rulon, B. (2).
HBP - by Doyle, T (Haniger, J.); by Duncan, D. (Wiswall, M); by Rulon, B.
(Sanchez, T). Inherited runners/scored: Asselin, N 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Duncan,
D. 98/69; Rulon, B. 24/13; Doyle, T 97/60; Asselin, N 37/24.
Umpires - HP: A.J. Lostaglio 1B: Junior Creech 3B: Tom Baldinelli
Start: 11:30 am Time: 2:10 Attendance: 114
Weather: P.Cloudy, 36 deg, Wind-NW18mph