Sobolewski went hitless in his first four at bats, but pulled an 0-1 pitch off Tech reliever Danny Payne over the left field wall to score Roger Tomas and Yonder Alonso and hand the Hurricanes their first win of the series.
Payne (0-1), who began the game in center field, took the loss despite giving up just two hits while striking out two in a career-long 2-1/3 inning outing. He also walked four, including both Tomas and Alonso in the 11th inning.
Miami center fielder Blake Tekotte led all hitters with three hits, while Michael Fisher and Matt Wieters paced the Jackets with two hits each.
Tekotte scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first inning to give the Hurricanes a 1-0 lead. The Miami center fielder led off with a single, moved to second on a failed pickoff attempt by Yellow Jacket starter Eddie Burns, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Tomas, and scored on an RBI groundout by Alonso.
Tech evened the score in the fifth inning when Jeff Ussery led off with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Payne, and scored on an RBI single by Fisher.
Tomas broke the 1-1 tie in the seventh inning with a two-out RBI triple to score Jason Hagerty, who had walked to lead off the frame, but the Jackets answered with a run in the bottom of the inning when Wieters led off with a single, moved to third on a double by Plagman and scored on a sacrifice fly by Chris House.
Burns, starting his second game in the span of five days, gave up just two runs, only one of which was earned, on five hits while striking out six in 6.1 innings of work, but did not factor into the decision.
Miami starter Scott Maine also pitched well, tossing six strong innings and giving up one run on six hits while striking out seven, but received a no-decision for the first time this year.
Tech and Miami will conclude the series Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
2007 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia Tech at Miami
April 7, 2007 at Coral Gables, Fla. (Mark Light Stadium)
Georgia Tech 2 (21-12,9-5 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Danny Payne cf/p......... 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 .382
Luke Murton rf........... 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .256
Michael Fisher ss........ 5 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 2 .360
Matt Wieters c........... 5 1 2 0 0 1 11 0 2 .336
Wally Crancer dh......... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .345
Jay Dantzler lf......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .091
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 3 0 1 0 1 2 7 3 0 .315
Chris House lf/cf........ 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 .233
Patrick Long 3b.......... 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .290
Jeff Ussery 2b........... 4 1 1 0 1 3 3 1 1 .218
Eddie Burns p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Tim Ladd p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Brad Rulon p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 38 2 8 2 5 11 31 9 12
Miami 5 (19-14,6-8 ACC)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Blake Tekotte cf......... 6 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 .343
Roger Tomas 2b........... 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 0 .323
Yonder Alonso 1b......... 2 1 0 1 4 0 12 1 0 .363
Mark Sobolewski 3b....... 5 1 1 3 0 1 1 2 2 .321
Chris Petralli dh........ 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .375
Nick Freitas rf/lf...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .111
Gus Menendez ph......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .233
Dave DiNatale lf/rf..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Dennis Raben rf/p........ 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 .252
Kevin Diego lf........... 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 .239
Danny Gil p............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000
Richard O'Brien ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .140
Jonathan Weislow lf..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Jason Hagerty c.......... 3 1 1 0 2 1 11 0 1 .214
Ryan Jackson ss.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 3 .273
Scott Maine p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -
David Gutierrez p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 38 5 9 5 7 12 33 14 13
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 000 010 010 00 - 2 8 1
Miami............... 100 000 100 03 - 5 9 1
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One out when winning run scored.
E - Burns, E.(1); Alonso,Y(6). DP - Miami 1. LOB - Georgia Tech 12; Miami 13.
2B - Murton, L.(10); Plagman, T.(5). 3B - Tomas,R(1). HR - Sobolewski(3).
HBP - Murton, L.; Sobolewski. SH - Payne, D.(1); Plagman, T.(2);
Tomas,R 2(12); Jackson,R(4). SF - House, C.(1). SB - Dantzler, J.(2);
Ussery, J.(2).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Eddie Burns......... 6.1 5 2 1 2 6 22 27 94 2.33
Tim Ladd............ 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 6.48
Brad Rulon.......... 1.1 2 0 0 1 4 7 8 29 4.62
Danny Payne......... 2.1 2 3 3 4 2 8 13 50 2.79
Miami IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Scott Maine......... 6.0 6 1 1 1 7 23 26 101 4.03
David Gutierrez..... 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 4 5 17 1.02
Dennis Raben........ 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 5 5 30 0.87
Danny Gil........... 2.2 0 0 0 3 2 6 11 51 4.26
Gutierrez faced one batter in the 8th.
Win - Raben,D (1-1). Loss - Payne, D. (0-1). Save - None.
WP - Rulon, B.(4); Gil,D(3); Maine,S(5). HBP - by Burns, E. (Sobolewski); by
Gil,D (Murton, L.). Inherited runners/scored: Ladd, T. 1/0; Rulon, B. 1/1;
Raben,D 1/0; Gil,D 2/1. Pitches/strikes: Burns, E. 94/55; Ladd, T. 4/3; Rulon,
B. 29/18; Payne, D. 50/28; Maine,S 101/65; Gutierrez,D 17/10; Raben,D 30/18;
Gil,D 51/23.
Umpires - HP: Mark Chapman 1B: Morris Hodges, Jr. 3B: Jeff Head
Start: 1:06 pm Time: 3:38 Attendance: 1453