Hutts entered the game with two outs and runners on first and third in the top of the eighth inning and got out of the jam by forcing designated hitter Bart Roark to line out, and Hicks picked up his seventh save of the season with a solid performance in the ninth.
Roark paced the Bucs’ offense with two hits, one of which was a seventh-inning home run that pulled East Tennessee State to within two runs at 5-3.
After Tech took a 2-0 lead on a two-run double by Luke Murton in the third inning, the Jackets added three in the fourth to make the score 5-0. Three ETSU errors - fielding miscues by the first baseman and centerfielder surrounding an errant throw by the catcher, all on the same play - allowed Charlie Blackmon to circle the bases. Also scoring on the play was Chris House, who had reached on a fielder's choice earlier in the frame after back-to-back leadoff doubles by Cole Leonida and Jeff Rowland gave Tech a three-run edge.
The Bucs hit solo home runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings and scored their final run of the game on an RBI double by Derek Trent in the eighth.
Cumpton (2-0) picked up his second win by holding ETSU to three runs on seven hits while striking out six in 6.2 innings of work. He faced just three over the minimum through the first 4.1 innings before giving up a solo home run to Roark in the fifth inning for the Bucs’ first run of the game.
The Yellow Jackets will hit the road for Cary, N.C., where they face the University of North Carolina this weekend in a three-game ACC series at the USA Baseball Complex. Game times are 7 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, and all three will have live stats available by visiting Ramblinwreck.com. A live video broadcast of the series finale can be found on ACC Select (http://gatech.playonsports.tv).
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
East Tennessee State at #14 Georgia Tech
April 2, 2008 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
East Tennessee State 4 (6-21)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Fabry, Jacob cf.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0
Byrne, Chas ph/cf....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mendez, Troy lf.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3
Russell, Anthony 3b...... 5 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 0
Hoilman, Paul 1b......... 4 1 1 0 1 2 10 0 2
Belcher, Nick ss......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Trent, Derek rf.......... 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1
Petro, Danny c........... 3 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1
Roark, Bart dh........... 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2
Allen, Ben 2b............ 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
McGahey, Matt p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sarchet, Ty p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Story, Drew p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Langston, Brandon p..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Means, Josh p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caldwell, Darren p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andrews, Ben. p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 35 4 10 4 2 9 24 11 9
Georgia Tech 5 (24-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Jeff Rowland cf.......... 5 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 2
Chris House lf........... 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Chase Burnette ph/lf.... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Curtis Dupart lf........ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Charlie Blackmon dh...... 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
Derek Dietrich ss........ 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1
Brad Feltes 3b........... 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2
Patrick Long 3b......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luke Murton 1b/rf........ 4 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 0
Jay Dantzler rf.......... 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Tony Plagman ph/1b...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jeff Ussery 2b........... 3 0 1 0 1 0 3 1 2
Cole Leonida c........... 3 1 1 0 1 1 8 0 1
Ryan Tinkoff pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Haniger c......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Brandon Cumpton p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Kevin Jacob p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Michael Hutts p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Hicks p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 31 5 5 3 6 10 27 6 9
Score by Innings R H E
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East Tennessee State 000 011 110 - 4 10 4
Georgia Tech........ 002 300 00X - 5 5 1
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E - Fabry, J.(4); Russell, A.(6); Hoilman, P(2); Petro, D.(6); Dietrich, D.(8).
DP - Georgia Tech 1. LOB - ETSU 9; Georgia Tech 9. 2B - Hoilman, P(10);
Trent, D.(4); Rowland, J.(4); Murton, L.(7); Leonida, C.(1).
3B - Ussery, J.(1). HR - Russell, A.(9); Petro, D.(2); Roark, B.(2).
HBP - Mendez, T.; Dietrich, D.. SH - Byrne, C.(1); Allen, B.(2). SB - Blackmon,
C.(10); Dantzler, J.(4).
East Tennessee State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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McGahey, Matt....... 2.0 0 0 0 3 3 7 10 42
Sarchet, Ty......... 1.0 2 2 2 1 1 5 7 21
Story, Drew......... 1.0 2 3 1 0 1 6 6 16
Langston, Brandon... 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4 13
Means, Josh......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 16
Caldwell, Darren.... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 9
Andrews, Ben........ 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 13
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Brandon Cumpton..... 6.2 7 3 3 1 6 26 28 100
Kevin Jacob......... 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 5 6 18
Michael Hutts....... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
Chris Hicks......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 5 13
Win - Cumpton, B. (2-0). Loss - Sarchet, T. (1-5). Save - Hicks, C. (7).
WP - Story, D.(1); Jacob, K.(1). HBP - by Sarchet, T. (Dietrich, D.); by Hicks,
C. (Mendez, T.). Inherited runners/scored: Jacob, K. 2/0; Hutts, M. 2/0.
Pitches/strikes: McGahey, M. 42/20; Sarchet, T. 21/10; Story, D. 16/12;
Langston, B. 13/10; Means, J 16/9; Caldwell, D. 9/6; Andrews, B. 13/6; Cumpton,
B. 100/67; Jacob, K. 18/11; Hutts, M. 4/3; Hicks, C. 13/7.
Umpires - HP: Arthur Schmidt 1B: Ken Couch 3B: Tony Thompson
Start: 6:06 pm Time: 2:28 Attendance: 923
Weather: M.Cloudy, 69 deg, Wind-NE-5mph