Duncan (7-2) gave up just one run - a solo home run in the sixth - on six hits while striking out five and walking none to earn his seventh win of the season. Andrew Robinson tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning to finish off the Tigers.
An RBI groundout by Jason Haniger, followed by run-scoring singles by Blackmon and Jeff Rowland staked the Yellow Jackets to a 3-0 lead in the second inning. Blackmon went 3-for-4 with a run and RBI while Rowland finished the night 2-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt.
Tech extended its lead to 4-0 when Plagman reached on a two-out double in the third inning and scored on Feltes’ RBI single. Plagman went 3-for-4 with two runs scored against Clemson, and Feltes collected two hits in four at bats.
Plagman singled to lead off the eighth inning, moved to second on a passed ball by Tiger catcher Doug Hogan, and scored on Thomas Nichols’ RBI single to cap the scoring for the Jackets.
Tech and Clemson will continue the Atlantic Coast Conference series Saturday at 7 p.m. in a game that will be televised on CSS. The game can also be heard on 790 the Zone, while live stats will be available at Ramblinwreck.com.
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Clemson at #25 Georgia Tech
May 9, 2008 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Clemson 1 (25-24-1,10-17-1 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Mike Freeman 2b.......... 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 .317
Jeff Schaus lf........... 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .309
Kyle Parker rf........... 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .310
Ben Paulsen 1b........... 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 .324
Doug Hogan c............. 4 0 1 0 0 2 8 4 0 .266
Wilson Boyd cf........... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .305
Matt Sanders 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 .260
Stan Widmann ss.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 .237
J.D. Burgess dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .222
D.J. Mitchell p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -
Totals................... 32 1 6 1 0 7 24 11 4
Georgia Tech 5 (35-14,13-12 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Charlie Blackmon rf...... 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .379
Jeff Rowland cf.......... 3 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 .355
Luke Murton dh........... 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .350
Derek Dietrich ss........ 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 .333
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 4 2 3 0 0 1 4 3 2 .301
Brad Feltes 3b........... 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 .288
Patrick Long 3b......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Thomas Nichols 2b........ 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 3 1 .298
Chase Burnette lf........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 .256
Chris House lf.......... 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .256
Jason Haniger c.......... 4 0 1 1 0 2 7 0 1 .312
David Duncan p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
Andrew Robinson p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -
Totals................... 34 5 14 5 0 9 27 9 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Clemson............. 000 001 000 - 1 6 1
Georgia Tech........ 031 000 01X - 5 14 0
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E - MITCHELL(3). DP - Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Clemson 4; Georgia Tech 7.
2B - Plagman, T.(7). HR - PARKER(11). SH - Rowland, J.(6); Burnette, C.(2).
CS - Rowland, J.(4).
Clemson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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D.J. Mitchell....... 8.0 14 5 4 0 9 34 36 105 3.30
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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David Duncan........ 8.0 6 1 1 0 5 29 29 100 3.87
Andrew Robinson..... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 13 3.63
Win - Duncan, D. (7-2). Loss - MITCHELL (5-4). Save - None.
PB - HOGAN(13). Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes:
MITCHELL 105/78; Duncan, D. 100/70; Robinson, A. 13/9.
Umpires - HP: A.J. Lostaglio 1B: Tony Walsh 3B: Scott Erby
Start: 7:02 pm Time: 2:00 Attendance: 1852
Weather: PCloudy, 79 deg, Wind-W-8mph