University of Georgia Athletics
Georgia Tech Defeats Lipscomb, 6-3
June 01, 2008 | General
ATHENS, Ga. The second-seeded Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets advanced to the championship round of the Athens Regional in the NCAA Division I Baseball Championships by defeating the fourth seed Lipscomb Bisons, 6-3, on Saturday evening at Foley Field.
Lipscomb (33-29) falls to the loser’s bracket and will face one seed Georgia at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday. The winner of that game will advance to face Georgia Tech (41-19) in the championship round of the double elimination tournament at 6 p.m. If Georgia Tech falls to the winner of the Georgia-Lipscomb contest, an “if necessary” game would be played on Monday at 7 p.m. ET.
Freshman relief pitcher Taylor Wood (3-0) picked up the win in relief of starter Deck McGuire, who pitched into the seventh allowing three runs on six hits. Lipscomb junior starter Brandon McClurg took the loss after allowing five runs on eight hits, while Yellow Jacket senior Brad Rulon recorded the final five outs of the game for his seventh save.
Georgia Tech senior Brad Feltes broke up a 3-3 tie with a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning that proved to be the game winning hit. Feltes finished the game 2-for-3, and junior teammate Jason Haniger went 2-for-3 while providing the Yellow Jackets with their first three runs on a three-run home run in the second inning.
Lipscomb also got on the board in the second inning when it scratched across a run on a groundout from junior Branden Cadavid. Senior Blake Bratcher scored the run after walking and being advanced around to third on a single and a sacrifice bunt. In the fifth, Bratcher gave the game its 3-3 tie on a two-run double to center field.
The game held its tie score until Feltes two-run double in the eighth that scored junior Luke Murton and freshman Derek Dietrich, who both reached on singles. In the ninth, Georgia Tech added one more run on a single up the middle from senior Charlie Blackmon. Sophomore Patrick Long scored the run that gave the game its final margin after reaching on a fielder’s choice and stealing second.
“I thought it was a great ball game, and I know that we couldn’t breathe easy until we caught that last out,” Georgia Tech head coach Danny Hall said. “We were able to get some runs early and felt like we were in pretty good shape, and Deck (McGuire) was able to really mix up his pitches and everything he threw moved. He could throw all of his pitches right where he wanted them. We hit some balls hard and couldn’t find any holes. They fought hard and got back into the game. I thought our bullpen got some big outs. Taylor Wood came in and got a big out. Our pitching gave us a chance and (Brad) Feltes came up to the plate. There’s not a guy I’d rather see up there than him. He is a very clutch hitter. I tip my cap to Lipscomb. They played extremely well.”
POST GAME NOTES:
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech improved to 2-2 in NCAA games at Foley Field and has now posted a 56-47 record in NCAA play (52-42 in Regional Tournaments)
Jason Haniger hit his 10th home run of the season in the second inning. The home run was Tech’s 92nd on the season, the seventh-best single season mark in school history. Haniger became the fifth Yellow Jacket to eclipse the 10-home run mark this season, joining Tony Plagman (16), Derek Dietrich (14), Brad Feltes (14) and Luke Murton (12)
Georgia Tech improved to 36-2 on the season when holding an opponent to six or fewer runs
Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to 10 games and notched his team-leading 29th multi-hit game of the season
Blackmon is batting .591 (13-for-222) in five postseason games
Brad Rulon earned his seventh save of the season and 11th of his career. Rulon’s seven saves in 2008 is tied 10th for most in a season at Tech. His 11 career saves also rank 10th in the Tech record books. Rulon made his 116th career appearance, which ranks third in school history
Blackmon collected his 95th and 96th hits of the season Saturday, placing him in a tie for 18th for most in a single season on the flats
Georgia Tech improved to 3-0 in games played at Foley Field in 2008
Lipscomb
Atlantic Sun schools fall to 0-7 against the Yellow Jackets in 2008
The Atlantic Sun falls to 1-26 against the ACC in 2008 (only win: Jacksonville at No. 2 Florida State, 7-6 on May 7) and 7-34 against those same schools in NCAA Tournament play
The last win by an A-Sun school vs. an ACC foe at the NCAA Tournament: 2004 when Florida Atlantic defeated NC State
No A-Sun school has won its first two NCAA Tournament games in a year since Florida Atlantic defeated Auburn and Southeast Missouri and eventually Alabama to advance to the Super Regional in 2002
Prior to tonight’s three-run seven-hit night, Lipscomb had averaged 10.3 runs per game and 14.5 hits per game during the stretch in winning five of those six contests
Caleb Joseph failed to score a run for the first time in seven games, he had scored 12 in the previous six
Lipscomb faces Georgia in a rematch of Game One, marking the first rematch game for an A-Sun school since Florida Atlantic faced Mississippi State twice in 2005 (lost both). The last time an A-Sun school defeated the same team twice at a regional occurred in 2004 when UCF defeated Oklahoma State 7-3 in its opening game then beat the Cowboys 12-9 in 10 innings in its third game
A-Sun schools have lost five of their last six rematch games
Lipscomb (33-29) falls to the loser’s bracket and will face one seed Georgia at 2 p.m. ET on Sunday. The winner of that game will advance to face Georgia Tech (41-19) in the championship round of the double elimination tournament at 6 p.m. If Georgia Tech falls to the winner of the Georgia-Lipscomb contest, an “if necessary” game would be played on Monday at 7 p.m. ET.
Freshman relief pitcher Taylor Wood (3-0) picked up the win in relief of starter Deck McGuire, who pitched into the seventh allowing three runs on six hits. Lipscomb junior starter Brandon McClurg took the loss after allowing five runs on eight hits, while Yellow Jacket senior Brad Rulon recorded the final five outs of the game for his seventh save.
Georgia Tech senior Brad Feltes broke up a 3-3 tie with a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning that proved to be the game winning hit. Feltes finished the game 2-for-3, and junior teammate Jason Haniger went 2-for-3 while providing the Yellow Jackets with their first three runs on a three-run home run in the second inning.
Lipscomb also got on the board in the second inning when it scratched across a run on a groundout from junior Branden Cadavid. Senior Blake Bratcher scored the run after walking and being advanced around to third on a single and a sacrifice bunt. In the fifth, Bratcher gave the game its 3-3 tie on a two-run double to center field.
The game held its tie score until Feltes two-run double in the eighth that scored junior Luke Murton and freshman Derek Dietrich, who both reached on singles. In the ninth, Georgia Tech added one more run on a single up the middle from senior Charlie Blackmon. Sophomore Patrick Long scored the run that gave the game its final margin after reaching on a fielder’s choice and stealing second.
“I thought it was a great ball game, and I know that we couldn’t breathe easy until we caught that last out,” Georgia Tech head coach Danny Hall said. “We were able to get some runs early and felt like we were in pretty good shape, and Deck (McGuire) was able to really mix up his pitches and everything he threw moved. He could throw all of his pitches right where he wanted them. We hit some balls hard and couldn’t find any holes. They fought hard and got back into the game. I thought our bullpen got some big outs. Taylor Wood came in and got a big out. Our pitching gave us a chance and (Brad) Feltes came up to the plate. There’s not a guy I’d rather see up there than him. He is a very clutch hitter. I tip my cap to Lipscomb. They played extremely well.”
POST GAME NOTES:
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech improved to 2-2 in NCAA games at Foley Field and has now posted a 56-47 record in NCAA play (52-42 in Regional Tournaments)
Jason Haniger hit his 10th home run of the season in the second inning. The home run was Tech’s 92nd on the season, the seventh-best single season mark in school history. Haniger became the fifth Yellow Jacket to eclipse the 10-home run mark this season, joining Tony Plagman (16), Derek Dietrich (14), Brad Feltes (14) and Luke Murton (12)
Georgia Tech improved to 36-2 on the season when holding an opponent to six or fewer runs
Charlie Blackmon extended his hitting streak to 10 games and notched his team-leading 29th multi-hit game of the season
Blackmon is batting .591 (13-for-222) in five postseason games
Brad Rulon earned his seventh save of the season and 11th of his career. Rulon’s seven saves in 2008 is tied 10th for most in a season at Tech. His 11 career saves also rank 10th in the Tech record books. Rulon made his 116th career appearance, which ranks third in school history
Blackmon collected his 95th and 96th hits of the season Saturday, placing him in a tie for 18th for most in a single season on the flats
Georgia Tech improved to 3-0 in games played at Foley Field in 2008
Lipscomb
Atlantic Sun schools fall to 0-7 against the Yellow Jackets in 2008
The Atlantic Sun falls to 1-26 against the ACC in 2008 (only win: Jacksonville at No. 2 Florida State, 7-6 on May 7) and 7-34 against those same schools in NCAA Tournament play
The last win by an A-Sun school vs. an ACC foe at the NCAA Tournament: 2004 when Florida Atlantic defeated NC State
No A-Sun school has won its first two NCAA Tournament games in a year since Florida Atlantic defeated Auburn and Southeast Missouri and eventually Alabama to advance to the Super Regional in 2002
Prior to tonight’s three-run seven-hit night, Lipscomb had averaged 10.3 runs per game and 14.5 hits per game during the stretch in winning five of those six contests
Caleb Joseph failed to score a run for the first time in seven games, he had scored 12 in the previous six
Lipscomb faces Georgia in a rematch of Game One, marking the first rematch game for an A-Sun school since Florida Atlantic faced Mississippi State twice in 2005 (lost both). The last time an A-Sun school defeated the same team twice at a regional occurred in 2004 when UCF defeated Oklahoma State 7-3 in its opening game then beat the Cowboys 12-9 in 10 innings in its third game
A-Sun schools have lost five of their last six rematch games
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