Robinson entered the game with one out and the Jackets holding onto a 3-1 lead and forced a slow ground ball by Marc Perdios. Brad Feltes stepped on the bag at third base and threw across the diamond in a bid for a double play, but Perdios beat the throw as a run scored on the play. Robinson then struck out Barry Butera to help Tech hold onto the 3-2 lead.
After allowing the first two batters to reach base in the eighth, the Yellow Jacket sophomore forced three-straight infield pop-ups before turning the game over to Brad Rulon in the ninth inning. Rulon forced a line out, strikeout and fly out to pick up his third save of the season.
Zach Von Tersch (3-1) picked up the win in an outing in which he faced just three over the minimum through the first five innings. He allowed two runs on five hits while striking out three and walking three in the game.
Tony Plagman and Thomas Nichols led the Jackets with two hits each while Nichols, Derek Dietrich and Chris House all drove in runs in the game.
An RBI double by Dietrich staked the Jackets to a one-run lead in the top of the first inning, but Butera singled to lead off the bottom of the frame, stole second base, moved to third on a single by Michael Belfiore, and scored on a double play to tie the game at 1-1.
Plagman walked to lead off the second inning, advanced to second on a wild pitch, stole third base and scored on a sacrifice fly by House to give Tech a 2-1 lead.
The score remained 2-1 until the top of the seventh when an RBI single by Nichols plated Cole Leonida to give Tech a two-run edge.
Boston College starter James MacDonald (2-4) suffered his fourth loss of the season despite holding the Jackets to three runs on six hits in seven innings of work.
Tech returns to Atlanta to host East Tennessee State in a two-game series beginning Tuesday at 6 p.m. A live video broadcast for both games will be available on ACC Select (http://gatech.playonsports.tv) while live stats for all Georgia Tech baseball games can be found at Ramblinwreck.com.
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia Tech at #17 Boston College
March 30, 2008 at Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Commander Shea Field)
Georgia Tech 3 (22-5,8-4 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Jeff Rowland cf.......... 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 .397
Thomas Nichols 2b........ 5 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 .274
Charlie Blackmon rf...... 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 .316
Derek Dietrich ss........ 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 .367
Brad Feltes 3b........... 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 2 .315
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 3 1 2 0 1 0 7 0 0 .274
Luke Murton dh........... 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .303
Chris House lf........... 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .275
Cole Leonida c........... 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 .115
Chase Burnette ph....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Jay Dantzler ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .310
Jason Haniger c......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .286
Zach Von Tersch 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................... 32 3 7 3 5 5 27 7 9
Boston College 2 (11-14,2-10 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Barry Butera ss.......... 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 3 .336
Michael Belfiore 1b/p.... 4 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 1 .320
Tony Sanchez c........... 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 .378
Eric Campbell 3b......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .304
Mickey Wiswall dh........ 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Brandon Ziemann rf...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Robert Anston ph........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Mike Sudol rf........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
John Spatola rf/1b....... 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 .250
Matt Hamlet 2b........... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 .314
Sam Shaughnessy lf....... 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 .282
Marc Perdios cf.......... 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1 .186
Mike Augustine ph....... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .200
James MacDonald p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Nick Asselin p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 32 2 7 1 4 5 27 9 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 110 000 100 - 3 7 0
Boston College...... 100 000 100 - 2 7 1
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E - Sanchez, T(4). DP - Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Georgia Tech 9; BC 8.
2B - Dietrich, D.(9). 3B - Butera, B(3). HBP - House, C.. SH - Hamlet, M(4).
SF - House, C.(1). SB - Blackmon, C.(9); Plagman, T.(2); Murton, L.(3);
Butera, B(8).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Zach Von Tersch..... 6.1 5 2 2 3 3 22 26 82 2.78
Andrew Robinson..... 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 7 7 24 2.95
Brad Rulon.......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 18 3.60
Boston College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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James MacDonald..... 7.0 6 3 3 3 3 25 30 109 6.07
Nick Asselin........ 0.2 1 0 0 2 0 3 5 19 3.00
Michael Belfiore.... 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 16 3.00
Win - Von Tersch (3-1). Loss - MacDonald, J (2-4). Save - Rulon, B. (3).
WP - MacDonald, J(3). HBP - by MacDonald, J (House, C.). Inherited
runners/scored: Robinson, A. 3/0; Belfiore, M 3/0. Pitches/strikes: Von Tersch
82/52; Robinson, A. 24/17; Rulon, B. 18/11; MacDonald, J 109/69; Asselin, N
19/8; Belfiore, M 16/11.
Umpires - HP: Tom Baldinelli 1B: AJ Lostaglio 3B: Junior Creech
Start: 1:02 pm Time: 2:37 Attendance: 214
Weather: Sunny, 39 deg, Wind-N-8mph