Plagman went 5-for-5 with two doubles and finished the weekend 8-for-13 (.615) with three doubles, a triple and a home run. Feltes had three hits, two of which were doubles, to finish the series with six hits against the Cavaliers.
Virginia scored two early runs off Zach Von Tersch (7-4) with an RBI groundout and run-scoring double in the bottom of the first inning, but the Yellow Jacket starter held the Cavaliers off the scoreboard over the next five innings to pick up his seventh victory of the season.
Plagman reached on a leadoff double and came around to score Tech’s first run of the game on a second-inning RBI single by Chris House. The Jackets tied the game in the top of the fourth when Derek Dietrich reached on a leadoff double, moved to third on a single by Plagman and scored on an RBI double from Feltes.
Tech broke the game open with four runs in the fourth inning. Charlie Blackmon led off the inning with a single and scored the go-ahead run on an RBI single by Dietrich. Plagman followed with a two-run single and Feltes added an RBI single to give Georgia Tech a 6-2 lead.
Jeff Rowland reached on a two-out double in the sixth and scored the Yellow Jackets’ seventh run of the game on an RBI double by Murton, his 25th of the season. The Cavaliers answered with an unearned run on an RBI single by Franco Valdes to pull within 7-3.
The Jackets added two runs in the top of the seventh to push their lead to 9-3. Plagman notched his fifth hit of the game on a single up the middle and came around to score on Feltes’ second double of the game. Feltes moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Patrick Long and scored on an RBI single by pinch hitter Thomas Nichols.
Tech finished with 16 hits in the game, seven of which went for extra bases.
The Cavaliers plated three runs in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI single from Patrick Wingfield and a two-run double by Dan Grovatt, but Yellow Jacket reliever Andrew Robinson struck out Phil Gosselin to end the Virginia threat.
Robinson tossed the seventh and eighth innings before giving the ball over to Chris Hicks, who picked up his ninth save of the season by working the ninth inning.
The Yellow Jackets tagged Virginia starter Jacob Thompson (5-4) for four runs on six hits through 4.1 innings as the Cavalier ace suffered his fourth loss of the season.
The win helped the Jackets to their fourth-straight series victory.
Tech now awaits word on when they will begin ACC Tournament play. Seeding and times are scheduled to be released this weekend by the Atlantic Coast Conference office.
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#25 Georgia Tech at Virginia
May 17, 2008 at Charlottesville, Va. (Davenport Field)
Georgia Tech 9 (38-17,16-14 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Charlie Blackmon rf...... 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 1 1 .377
Jeff Rowland cf.......... 5 1 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 .335
Luke Murton dh........... 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .356
Derek Dietrich ss........ 5 2 2 1 0 3 1 4 2 .333
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 5 3 5 2 0 0 8 0 0 .324
Brad Feltes 3b........... 4 1 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 .296
Patrick Long 2b.......... 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 .259
Chris House lf........... 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 .247
Thomas Nichols ph....... 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Jay Dantzler lf......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .299
Cole Leonida c........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 5 .145
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 -
Chris Hicks p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 40 9 16 9 2 12 27 9 9
Virginia 7 (36-19,15-15 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Greg Miclat ss........... 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 .332
Patrick Wingfield lf..... 5 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 .295
David Adams 2b........... 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 .279
Jeremy Farrell 1b........ 4 1 1 2 1 0 10 0 1 .324
Dan Grovatt rf........... 5 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 .339
Phil Gosselin dh......... 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .283
Franco Valdes c.......... 4 0 2 1 0 1 11 2 0 .255
John Barr cf............. 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 .311
Tyler Cannon 3b.......... 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 .264
Jacob Thompson p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Neal Davis p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Robert Morey p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Jeff Lorick p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Tyler Wilson p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Michael Schwimer p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Totals................... 38 7 13 7 3 4 27 12 7
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 010 141 200 - 9 16 3
Virginia............ 200 001 301 - 7 13 3
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E - Blackmon, C.(2); Dietrich, D.(13); Feltes, B.(4); Adams, D.(7); Barr,
J.(2); Schwimer, M.(1). DP - Georgia Tech 3; Virginia 1. LOB - Georgia Tech
9; Virginia 7. 2B - Rowland, J.(8); Murton, L.(25); Dietrich, D.(14);
Plagman, T. 2(10); Feltes, B. 2(8); Wingfield, P(5); Farrell, J.(14);
Grovatt, D. 2(21); Cannon, T.(13). SH - Feltes, B.(3); Long, P.(4); Leonida,
C.(1). CS - Barr, J.(1).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Zach Von Tersch..... 6.0 7 3 2 1 2 25 26 106 3.84
Andrew Robinson..... 2.0 5 3 3 1 2 9 10 45 4.19
Chris Hicks......... 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 4 5 21 6.38
Virginia IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Jacob Thompson...... 4.1 6 4 4 1 8 20 21 89 4.46
Neal Davis.......... 0.0 4 2 2 0 0 4 4 14 1.63
Robert Morey........ 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 5 5 15 6.75
Jeff Lorick......... 0.2 2 2 2 0 1 3 4 17 5.83
Tyler Wilson........ 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 4.50
Michael Schwimer.... 2.0 1 0 0 1 2 6 8 29 1.08
Davis faced four batters in the 5th.
Win - Von Tersch (7-4). Loss - Thompson, J. (5-4). Save - Hicks, C. (9).
WP - Thompson, J.(6). BK - Thompson, J.(2). Inherited runners/scored: Davis, N.
2/2; Morey, R. 2/0; Lorick, J. 1/0; Wilson, T. 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Von Tersch
106/67; Robinson, A. 45/27; Hicks, C. 21/11; Thompson, J. 89/54; Davis, N. 14/9;
Morey, R. 15/10; Lorick, J. 17/10; Wilson, T. 5/4; Schwimer, M. 29/16.
Umpires - HP: Bruce Ravan 1B: Bryant Woodall 3B: Paul Guillie
Start: 12:01 pm Time: 3:33 Attendance: 2188
Weather: Sunny, 70 deg, Wind-WSW-12mph