Tech (23-5) fell behind 6-2 in the fifth inning before the Jackets rallied for three runs in the fifth and four in the sixth to take the lead.
Aided by a pair of walks and a catcher's interference, Tech closed to within 6-5 in the fifth. Haniger cracked his third homer of the season to lead off the sixth, tying the game at 6-6, and Dietrich broke the tie with a two-run double and scored on Feltes' single.
The Jackets added four runs in the eighth, two on Patrick Long's double and another on Luke Murton's sacrifice fly.
Taylor Wood (2-0) earned the win with one inning of work in relief of starter Deck McGuire, who surrendered a pair of home runs and six runs total over five innings. Chris Hicks, Brad Rulon and Andrew Robinson each pitched a scoreless inning of relief after Wood.
Dustin Plumlee (1-2), who gave up the four runs in the sixth, suffered the loss.
Thomas Nichols doubled with one out in the bottom of the first inning, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Brad Feltes' RBI single to give the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead.
A two-run double by Ben Allen and an RBI single from Jacob Fabry helped East Tennessee State take a two-run lead in the top of the second inning, and the Buccaneers added another run in the third to make the score 4-1.
Tech narrowed ETSU's lead to two runs in the fourth inning when Tony Plagman hit his eighth home run of the season over the right field wall, but solo home runs by Paul Hoilman and Derek Trent gave the Bucs a 6-2 advantage in the top of the fifth.
The Jackets and Bucs will conclude the midweek series Wednesday night at 6 p.m.
2008 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
East Tennessee State at #14 Georgia Tech
April 1, 2008 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
East Tennessee State 6 (6-20)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Belcher, Nick ss......... 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .243
Fabry, Jacob cf.......... 5 0 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 .289
Russell, Anthony 3b...... 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 .327
Hoilman, Paul 1b......... 4 1 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 .345
Mendez, Troy rf.......... 5 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 3 .333
Petro, Danny c........... 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 .295
Trent, Derek dh.......... 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .182
Herbold, Bubba lf........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 .233
Allen, Ben 2b............ 3 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 .284
Burton, Bo p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Plumlee Dustin p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Byrne, Chas p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231
Tidwell, Jimmy p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 35 6 10 5 4 8 24 6 8
Georgia Tech 13 (23-5)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Jeff Rowland cf.......... 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 .373
Thomas Nichols 2b........ 2 4 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 .280
Charlie Blackmon lf...... 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .324
Derek Dietrich ss........ 2 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 .370
Brad Feltes dh........... 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 .321
Tony Plagman 1b.......... 3 2 1 2 1 1 7 0 3 .276
Luke Murton rf........... 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 .309
Patrick Long 3b.......... 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 .213
Jason Haniger c.......... 5 2 2 1 0 1 10 1 1 .295
Deck McGuire p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Taylor Wood p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Chris Hicks p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Brad Rulon p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Andrew Robinson p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 32 13 11 11 7 7 27 9 8
Score by Innings R H E
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East Tennessee State 031 020 000 - 6 10 3
Georgia Tech........ 100 134 04X - 13 11 1
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E - Belcher, N.(13); Petro, D. 2(5); McGuire, D.(2).
LOB - ETSU 8; Georgia Tech 8. 2B - Fabry, J.(1); Mendez, T.(6); Allen, B.(5);
Nichols, T.(6); Dietrich, D.(10); Long, P.(4). HR - Hoilman, P(1); Trent, D.(5);
Plagman, T.(8); Haniger, J.(3). HBP - Trent, D.; Nichols, T.. SH - Herbold, B.(1);
Long, P.(3). SF - Plagman, T.(2); Murton, L.(3). SB - Allen, B.(1); Haniger,
J.(2). Reached on CI - Dietrich, D. 2.
East Tennessee State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Burton, Bo.......... 4.1 4 5 3 4 4 17 21 75 7.89
Plumlee Dustin...... 1.2 5 4 4 1 1 9 12 34 7.18
Byrne, Chas......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 20 11.25
Tidwell, Jimmy...... 1.0 2 4 3 1 2 4 8 25 10.22
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP ERA
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Deck McGuire........ 5.0 8 6 6 3 4 21 26 95 3.00
Taylor Wood......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13 3.72
Chris Hicks......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 5.25
Brad Rulon.......... 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 4 5 19 3.38
Andrew Robinson..... 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4 14 2.82
Win - Wood, T. (2-0). Loss - Plumlee, D. (1-2). Save - None.
WP - Burton, B. 2(4); Tidwell, J. 2(7); McGuire, D.(5). HBP - by McGuire, D.
(Trent, D.); by Tidwell, J. (Nichols, T.). CI - Petro, D. 2. Inherited
runners/scored: Plumlee, D. 3/3. Pitches/strikes: Burton, B. 75/39; Plumlee, D.
34/22; Byrne, C. 20/11; Tidwell, J. 25/14; McGuire, D. 95/55; Wood, T. 13/8;
Hicks, C. 9/6; Rulon, B. 19/11; Robinson, A. 14/10.
Umpires - HP: Ken Couch 1B: Darion Padgett 3B: Craig Mirr
Start: 6:01 pm Time: 2:39 Attendance: 1212
Weather: Cloudy, 66 deg, Wind-WSW at 8 mph