The seventh inning was highlighted by Murton's grand slam, a triple by Victor Menocal, and doubles by Eric Patterson, Murton, and Brandon Boggs. Murton led all Tech batters with five runs batted in, and Patterson, Menocal, and Tyler Parker each had three hits.
The Yellow Jackets (21-4, 2-2 ACC) jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a home run by Parker, his seventh of the season.
The Wolfpack (19-10, 1-4) went ahead in the bottom of the fourth inning when Justin Riley delivered a double to left center field to drive in Jeremy Dutton and Brian Wright. NC State then added three more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to make the score 5-1. Matt Butler led off the inning with a triple down the right field line and then scored on an error by Tech third baseman Jake Hall. An RBI single by Dutton plated Adam Hargrove, and a sacrifice fly by David Hicks drove in Chad Orvella to round out the scoring in the inning.
The Jackets answered with three runs of their own in the top half of the sixth inning, making the score 5-4. Murton led off the inning with a walk, and advanced to second on a walk issued to Parker. An error by Wolfpack shortstop Orvella loaded the bases before Wes Rynders delivered a double down the left field line to drive in Parker and Boggs.
An N.C. State comeback in the ninth inning fell short for the second time in as many games. The Wolfpack scored seven runs before Andrew Kown recorded the final two outs of the game.
Neither starting pitcher figured into the decision in the game. Tech reliever Jeff Kindel (1-0) pitched four innings, facing the minimum number of batters to earn the win. Nate Cretarolo (1-1) took the loss for the Wolfpack, giving up seven runs on six hits.
The two teams will complete three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series with the nightcap of the doubleheader late Saturday afternoon.
2002 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at N.C. State
Mar 30, 2002 at Raleigh, N.C. (Doak Field)
Game One of Doubleheader
GEORGIA TECH 20 (21-4,2-2 ACC) NC STATE 12 (19-10,1-4 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 6 3 3 0 Chad Orvella ss............ 4 1 2 0
Victor Menocal ss.......... 5 2 3 2 Dustin Murphy ss.......... 1 1 1 1
Davis Myers ss............ 2 1 1 0 Jeremy Dutton 3b........... 5 2 3 2
Matt Murton dh............. 5 3 2 5 Brian Wright lf............ 3 1 1 0
Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 4 1 1 2 Craig Moody lf............ 1 0 0 0
Tyler Parker 1b............ 4 3 3 1 David Hicks 1b............. 3 0 0 1
Brandon Boggs lf/cf........ 6 2 1 2 Sammy Esposito c.......... 0 1 0 0
Mike Nickeas c............. 6 2 1 1 Justin Riley c/1b.......... 5 1 2 5
Wes Rynders cf............. 4 1 2 3 Tim Coffield dh............ 5 1 1 0
Garrett Groce ph/lf....... 2 1 1 1 Joe Gaetti cf.............. 3 1 0 0
Jake Hall 3b............... 4 1 1 2 Matt Butler rf............. 3 1 1 0
Chris Goodman p............ 0 0 0 0 Conor Clougherty ph....... 1 0 0 0
Jeff Kindel p............. 0 0 0 0 Adam Hargrave 2b........... 4 2 1 2
Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0 Mike Prochaska p........... 0 0 0 0
Andrew Kown p............. 0 0 0 0 Nate Cretarolo p.......... 0 0 0 0
Brandon Shipwash p........ 0 0 0 0
Kyle Stephenson p......... 0 0 0 0
Totals.....................48 20 19 19 Totals.....................38 12 12 11
Score by Innings 123 456 7 89 R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 010 003 (12)22 - 20 19 1
NC STATE............ 000 230 0 07 - 12 12 3
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E - Hall, J.(1); Orvella 2(6); Murphy(2). DP - GEORGIA TECH 1.
LOB - GEORGIA TECH 10; NCS 3. 2B - Patterson, E(3); Murton, M.(6); Boggs, B.(8);
Rynders, W.(3); Dutton(11); Wright(15); Riley(3). 3B - Menocal, V.(1); Groce, G.(1); Butler(1);
Hargrave(1). HR - Murton, M.(3); Parker, T.(7); Riley(5). HBP - Slayden, J..
SF - Hicks(3). SB - Rynders, W.(5). CS - Rynders, W.(1).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Chris Goodman ............ 4.0 6 5 3 1 5 0 1 0 0 19 20 3 4 71
Jeff Kindel W,1-0......... 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 12 4 7 48
Nick Wagner ............... 0.1 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 1 0 20
Andrew Kown ............... 0.2 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 1 22
NC STATE IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Mike Prochaska ............ 5.2 3 4 1 5 6 0 1 0 0 21 26 5 6 122
Nate Cretarolo L,1-1....... 0.1 3 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 16
Brandon Shipwash .......... 0.0 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 0 11
Kyle Stephenson ........... 3.0 10 9 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 21 23 1 6 84
HB - Shipwash. BK - Goodman, C.(2); Prochaska(1). Inherited runners/scored: Kindel, J.
2/1; Kown, A. 1/1; Cretarolo 1/0; Shipwash 1/1; Stephenson 2/2. Pitches/strikes:
Goodman, C. 71/46; Kindel, J. 48/30; Wagner, N. 20/11; Kown, A. 22/13;
Prochaska 122/68; Cretarolo 16/9; Shipwash 11/7; Stephenson 84/50.
Strikeouts - Slayden, J.; Parker, T.; Boggs, B.; Nickeas, M. 2; Rynders, W. 2;
Groce, G.; Moody; Hicks; Coffield; Gaetti; Butler; Hargrave. Walks - Patterson, E;
Murton, M. 2; Slayden, J.; Parker, T. 2; Hall, J. 2; Wright; Esposito; Gaetti.
Umpires - HP: Gerald Trexler 1B: Paul Larson 3B: Tony Maners
Start: 12:04 p.m. Time: 3:25 Attendance: 611
Goodman, C. faced 4 batters in the 5th.
Cretarolo faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Shipwash faced 4 batters in the 7th.
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