The Jackets improved to 2-0 in the series against the Eagles on a day when the entire Georgia Tech baseball team shaved their heads for charity. Tech fans raised more than $8,500 for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, resulting in the entire team and selected coaching staff members shaving their heads after the game.
Georgia Tech struck for five runs in the bottom of the first inning to take an early lead and held on for their third ACC win of the season behind strong pitching performances by John Goodman, Jared Hyatt and Danny Payne.
Chris House led Tech with a 2-for-3 performance at the plate while also driving in a pair of runs in the game.
Tech had just two hits in the first inning, but was aided by three walks, a balk and an error by the Eagles to take a 5-0 lead. Danny Payne and Michael Fisher both walked to lead off the frame and safely executed a double steal before Wally Crancer plated Payne with a two-out RBI single and Fisher scored on a balk for the second run of the inning. After Brad Feltes reached on a fielding error by third baseman Eric Campbell, Jay Dantzler earned the Jackets’ third walk of the inning to load the bases. Dantzler and Feltes advanced to second and third when Crancer scored on a passed ball before Chris House delivered a single to left field to plate Dantzler and Feltes.
The Eagles scored their first run of the series in the second inning when Peter Frates singled, moved to second on a hit by Jett Ruiz, advanced to third on a single by John Spatola and scored on a groundout by Joseph Ayers.
Tech starter John Goodman held the BC offense at bay over the next four innings, facing just three batters over the minimum and allowing just one of the three to advance past first base. Goodman (1-0) gave up just six hits in a career-high six innings of work and tied a career-high with four strikeouts in his second start of the season.
Hyatt tossed 2.1 innings in relief, giving up one run on three hits, before yielding to Payne in the ninth inning. The Yellow Jacket centerfielder struck out one and finished the game to earn his first save of the season.
The Yellow Jackets and Eagles wrap up the three-game series on Sunday afternoon. First pitch is at 1 p.m.
2007 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Boston College at Georgia Tech
March 17, 2007 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Boston College 2 (5-8-1,3-2 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Johnny Ayers rf.......... 4 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2
Ryan Hutchinson ss....... 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0
Jared McGuire lf......... 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3
Eric Campbell 3b......... 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 1
Tony Sanchez dh.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Peter Frates cf.......... 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0
Jett Ruiz c.............. 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 2
John Spatola 1b.......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 0
Joseph Ayers 2b.......... 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1
Nate Jeanes p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geoff Oxley p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ted Ratliff p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 34 2 9 2 5 5 24 8 10
Georgia Tech 5 (11-9,3-2 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Danny Payne cf/p......... 2 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0
Michael Fisher ss........ 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
Matt Wieters c........... 4 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 2
Luke Murton 1b........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 1
Wally Crancer dh......... 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
Curtis Dupart rf........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brad Feltes 3b........... 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 0
Jay Dantzler rf/lf....... 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Chris House lf/cf........ 3 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0
Jeff Ussery 2b........... 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1
John Goodman p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Hyatt p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 28 5 4 3 4 6 27 12 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Boston College...... 010 000 001 - 2 9 1
Georgia Tech........ 500 000 00X - 5 4 0
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E - Campbell, E(7). DP - Georgia Tech 2. LOB - BC 10; Georgia Tech 4.
2B - Ayers, John(5); Wieters, M.(7). 3B - Ayers, Jos(1). SH - Ussery, J.(1).
SB - Ayers, John(3); McGuire, J(4); Payne, D.(8); Fisher, M.(3).
Boston College IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Nate Jeanes......... 6.0 3 5 2 3 4 22 25 117
Geoff Oxley......... 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 15
Ted Ratliff......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 17
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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John Goodman........ 6.0 6 1 1 3 4 22 25 99
Jared Hyatt......... 2.1 3 1 1 2 0 10 12 48
Danny Payne......... 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4
Win - Goodman, J. (1-0). Loss - Jeanes, N (0-1). Save - Payne, D. (1).
BK - Jeanes, N(3). PB - Ruiz, J(2). Inherited runners/scored: Payne, D. 1/0.
Pitches/strikes: Jeanes, N 117/70; Oxley, G 15/7; Ratliff, T 17/11; Goodman, J.
99/59; Hyatt, J. 48/27; Payne, D. 4/4.
Umpires - HP: Darrell Arnold 1B: Rickey Armstrong 3B: A.J. Lostaglio
Start: 1:03 pm Time: 2:34 Attendance: 1245