Georgia Tech extended the nation's longest winning streak to 15 games, and the Yellow Jackets' 15-0 start is the third best in school history.
Tech improved to 27-1 in its last 28 Atlantic Coast Conference home games.
Wood (5-0) improved to 15-1 over the last two seasons and avenged his only loss over that span, a 2-1 decision to Virginia on Apr. 24, 2005. On Friday, the right-hander held the Cavaliers to one run on seven hits in a season-high eight innings. He struck out six batters and did not issue a walk.
Danny Payne led the Tech offense with three infield hits, and Mike Trapani had two doubles and drove in two runs. Five different Yellow Jackets had at least one RBI.
The Yellow Jackets took advantage of Virginia starter Mike Ballard's wildness to take a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Ballard issued three walks in the inning, and Trapani cashed in with a two-run double off the right field wall.
Tech manufactured a run in the third inning to extend the lead to 3-0. After Michael Fisher reached on an error and Payne legged out an infield bunt single, Wes Hodges laid down a sacrifice bunt and Jeff Kindel drove in the run with a RBI groundout.
Murton hit a three-run homer, his first of the season, to give the Yellow Jackets a 6-0 lead in the fifth inning.
Meanwhile, Wood held the Virginia lineup in check through the first seven innings before the Cavs broke up the shutout in the eighth inning when Mike Mitchell doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly from Sean Doolittle.
The Yellow Jackets added a pair of insurance runs in the eighth inning on a RBI single from Payne and a RBI double from Hodges, to make the score 8-1.
Virginia�s Tim Henry had an RBI groundout off Tech reliever Brad Rulon in the ninth inning to provide the final 8-2 margin.
Ballard (3-1) took the loss after allowing three runs on four hits and four walks in 3.2 innings.
Mike Mitchell led the Cavaliers with three hits.
Georgia Tech and Virginia continue the three-game series on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. each day.
2006 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Virginia at Georgia Tech
March 10, 2006 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Virginia 2 (14-3,0-1 ACC) Georgia Tech 8 (15-0,1-0 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Mike Mitchell cf........... 5 1 3 0 Danny Payne cf............. 5 1 3 1
Tim Henry rf............... 5 0 0 1 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 0 1 1
Sean Doolittle 1b.......... 4 0 1 1 Jeff Kindel rf............. 5 1 1 1
David Adams 2b............. 4 0 2 0 Matt Wieters c............. 1 0 0 0
Brandon Guyer lf........... 3 0 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 2 2 0 0
Tom Hagan dh............... 4 0 0 0 Luke Murton dh............. 4 1 1 3
Jeremy Farrell 3b.......... 2 0 1 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 2 2 0 0
Mike Campagna 3b.......... 0 1 0 0 Mike Trapani 2b............ 4 0 2 2
Beau Seabury c............. 4 0 1 0 Michael Fisher ss.......... 4 1 0 0
Greg Miclat ss............. 3 0 0 0 Blake Wood p............... 0 0 0 0
Mike Ballard p............. 0 0 0 0 Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
Shooter Hunt p............ 0 0 0 0
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Totals..................... 34 2 8 2 Totals..................... 31 8 8 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Virginia............ 000 000 011 - 2 8 3
Georgia Tech........ 021 030 02X - 8 8 0
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E - Doolittle, S(2); Adams, D.(6); Miclat, G.(2). LOB - Virginia 10; Georgia Tech 7.
2B - Mitchell, M.(4); Hodges, W.(3); Trapani, M. 2(2). HR - Murton, L.(1). HBP -
Guyer, B.; Farrell, J.; Miclat, G.; Wieters, M.. SH - Hodges, W.(1). SF - Doolittle,
S(4).
Virginia IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Mike Ballard L,3-1........ 3.2 4 3 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 13 19 3 4 89
Shooter Hunt .............. 4.1 4 5 4 2 5 0 0 0 0 18 20 2 6 83
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Blake Wood W,5-0.......... 8.0 7 1 1 0 6 0 0 2 0 30 33 7 11 112
Brad Rulon ................ 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 1 1 20
HBP - by Wood, B. (Farrell, J.); by Ballard, M. (Wieters, M.); by Wood, B. (Guyer, B.);
by Rulon, B. (Miclat, G.). Inherited runners/scored: Hunt, S. 2/0. Pitches/strikes:
Ballard, M. 89/51; Hunt, S. 83/52; Wood, B. 112/78; Rulon, B. 20/13.
Strikeouts - Mitchell, M.; Adams, D.; Guyer, B. 2; Hagan, T.; Seabury, B.; Miclat,
G.; Payne, D.; Hodges, W.; Kindel, J.; Murton, L. 2; Blackwood, S; Trapani, M..
Walks - Campagna, M.; Wieters, M. 2; Robbins, W. 2; Blackwood, S 2.
Umpires - HP: Tony Walsh 1B: Bruce Ravan 3B: Scott Erby
Start: 4:01 pm Time: 2:37 Attendance: 1843