Murton homered in each of his last three at-bats, all after midnight in a game which did not begin until 10:29 p.m. The freshman first baseman led off the seventh inning with a solo home run and tied the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth with a two-run shot.
Clemson will play NC State for the ACC title on Sunday afternoon.
2006 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#2 Clemson vs #7 Georgia Tech
May 27, 2006 (Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville)
Clemson 16 (46-14) Georgia Tech 11 (45-16)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Herman Demmink dh.......... 4 3 2 3 Steven Blackwood cf/lf..... 5 1 2 2
Brad Chalk cf.............. 4 2 1 0 Wally Crancer rf........... 5 1 1 0
Marquez Smith 3b........... 5 1 1 1 Matt Wieters dh............ 5 2 3 1
Tyler Colvin lf............ 4 2 1 0 Jeff Kindel lf............. 3 1 1 1
Taylor Harbin 2b........... 5 3 3 3 Chris House cf............ 0 1 0 0
Andy D'Alessio 1b.......... 5 2 2 2 Whit Robbins 3b............ 4 1 1 0
Stan Widmann ss............ 4 0 0 1 Luke Murton 1b............. 5 3 3 7
D.J. Mitchell rf........... 5 2 3 2 Mike Trapani 2b............ 5 0 0 0
Adrian Casanova c.......... 4 1 1 2 Andy Hawranick c........... 4 1 2 1
Jason Berken p............. 0 0 0 0 Michael Fisher ss.......... 4 0 1 0
David Kopp p.............. 0 0 0 0 Chris Hicks p.............. 0 0 0 0
Michael Hutts p........... 0 0 0 0
Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
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Totals..................... 40 16 14 14 Totals..................... 40 11 14 12
Score by Innings R H E
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Clemson............. 030 020 01(10) - 16 14 1
Georgia Tech........ 100 100 225 - 11 14 2
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E - WIDMANN(22); Hawranick, A(7); Fisher, M.(22). DP - Clemson 1. LOB - Clemson 4;
Georgia Tech 5. 2B - DEMMINK(15); HARBIN(18); D'ALESSIO(13); MITCHELL(2); Wieters,
M.(19). 3B - CASANOVA(1). HR - DEMMINK(3); HARBIN(5); Blackwood, S(7); Wieters,
M.(10); Murton, L. 3(5). HBP - CHALK 2. SH - CASANOVA(9). SF - WIDMANN(1); Kindel,
J.(1).
Clemson IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jason Berken .............. 6.1 8 4 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 26 28 8 4 110
David Kopp W,4-1.......... 2.2 6 7 7 1 4 0 0 0 0 14 15 1 3 23
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Chris Hicks ................ 6.1 4 5 3 2 3 0 1 1 0 24 27 9 7 109
Michael Hutts L,0-1........ 2.0 7 8 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 15 4 2 43
Brad Rulon ................. 0.2 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 19
HBP - by Hicks, C. (CHALK); by Hutts, M. (CHALK). BK - Hicks, C.(1). PB - Hawranick,
A(8). Inherited runners/scored: KOPP 2/0; Hutts, M. 1/0; Rulon, B. 3/3. Pitches/strikes:
BERKEN 110/73; KOPP 23/18; Hicks, C. 109/63; Hutts, M. 43/30; Rulon, B. 19/12.
Strikeouts - D'ALESSIO; WIDMANN; CASANOVA; Crancer, W.; Wieters, M.; Kindel, J.;
Murton, L. 2; Trapani, M.; Hawranick, A 2; Fisher, M. 2. Walks - DEMMINK 2; COLVIN;
House, C.; Robbins, W..
Umpires - HP: Ron Sebastian 1B: Randy Harvey 2B: Scott Graham 3B: Bruce Ravan
Start: 10:29 pm Finish: 1:27 am Time: 2:58 Attendance: 22119