Right-hander Blake Wood (10-4) worked 7.1 strong innings, scattering nine hits, allowing four runs and struck out four, while Matt Weiters picked up his seventh save of the season and went 3-for-4, with a first-inning two-run homer to aid the Jackets' effort.
The Yellow Jackets will face second-seeded Vanderbilt in the winner's bracket of the Atlanta Regional tonight at approximately 7 p.m. ET. The winner of that game will advance to the championship game on Sunday and will have to be beaten twice.
2006 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Stetson at #4 Georgia Tech
June 3, 2006 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Stetson 5 (38-23)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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JORDAN, Shane cf......... 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .316
PARITZ, Brandon 2b....... 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 3 .305
PRUITT, Braedyn 3b....... 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .301
JOHNSON, Chris 1b........ 5 1 2 1 0 2 5 0 3 .372
PRUITT, Brian lf......... 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .287
BOCOCK, Brian ss......... 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .328
PALMISANO, Nick dh....... 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .282
TINDLE, Adam rf.......... 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 .293
DIENER, Kyle pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
PIPPA, Brad c............ 1 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 1 .243
MIERZWINSKI, Kevin ph... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .278
GOLLINER, David c....... 2 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 .243
KLUBER, Corey p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
NERY, Nathan p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
ELSEMILLER, Robbie p.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
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Totals................... 39 5 13 4 2 6 24 5 13
Georgia Tech 7 (46-16)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Steven Blackwood cf/lf... 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 .286
Wally Crancer rf......... 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 .328
Matt Wieters c/p......... 4 2 3 2 1 1 7 0 0 .340
Jeff Kindel lf........... 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 .335
Chris House cf.......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250
Whit Robbins 3b.......... 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .366
Wes Hodges dh............ 4 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 .338
John Goodman pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Andy Hawranick c........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .260
Luke Murton 1b........... 3 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 0 .322
Mike Trapani 2b.......... 3 1 1 1 0 0 5 3 5 .312
Michael Fisher ss........ 4 1 1 4 0 1 1 2 0 .264
Blake Wood p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Jared Hyatt 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 -
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Totals................... 35 7 12 7 3 11 27 9 9
Score by Innings R H E
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Stetson............. 000 000 050 - 5 13 1
Georgia Tech........ 205 000 00X - 7 12 2
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E - BOCOCK(16); Robbins, W.(13); Fisher, M.(23). DP - Stetson 1; Georgia
Tech 2. LOB - Stetson 13; Georgia Tech 9. 2B - PRUITT, Bra.(10); PRUITT,
Bri.(8); GOLLINER(8); Trapani, M.(11). HR - Wieters, M.(11); Fisher, M.(1).
HBP - JORDAN; PRUITT, Bra.; PALMISANO; Murton, L.; Trapani, M..
SF - TINDLE(6). CS - Trapani, M.(2).
Stetson IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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KLUBER, Corey....... 3.0 6 7 7 2 5 15 19 74 3.61
NERY, Nathan........ 4.2 6 0 0 1 5 19 20 67 4.53
ELSEMILLER, Robbie.. 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 2.56
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Blake Wood.......... 7.1 9 4 4 2 4 29 34 121 5.01
Jared Hyatt......... 0.1 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 24 4.40
Tim Ladd............ 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 4.43
Brad Rulon.......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 2.51
Matt Wieters........ 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 5 5 25 2.73
Win - Wood, B. (10-4). Loss - KLUBER (6-5). Save - Wieters, M. (7).
WP - NERY(11); Wood, B.(3). HBP - by Wood, B. (JORDAN); by Wood, B. (PRUITT,
Bra.); by KLUBER (Murton, L.); by KLUBER (Trapani, M.); by Wood, B. (PALMISANO).
Inherited runners/scored: ELSEMILLER 2/0; Hyatt, J. 3/3; Ladd, T. 2/0; Rulon, B.
3/0. Pitches/strikes: KLUBER 74/42; NERY 67/45; ELSEMILLER 6/4; Wood, B. 121/71;
Hyatt, J. 24/15; Ladd, T. 5/3; Rulon, B. 4/3; Wieters, M. 25/17.
Umpires - HP: Terry Barrmann 1B: Ken McQueen 2B: Ray Miller 3B: David Wiley
Start: 11:05 am Time: 3:15 Attendance: 1610