Will The Real GaTech Team Please Stand Up?

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Is it the team that was clobbered by lowly UGa 17-0, or the team that played its heart out and beat #2 UNC two games out of a three game weekend set?

The ACC Tournament and (probably) regional will tell. UGa on Tueasday- U of Miami in Coral Gables up next after that for a three game set. Stay tuned...

Totals and story from www.ramblinreck.com:
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THE FLATS - Zane Evans delivered a walk-off RBI single to score Kyle Wren in the 11th inning, and Evans pitched the final three scoreless innings as the Yellow Jackets rallied to beat No. 2 North Carolina, 9-8, Sunday in the rubber-game of the series at Russ Chandler Stadium. Daniel Palka pitched an inning of relief, and his RBI single tied the game during Tech's three-run ninth.

The Jackets rallied with the game's final six runs after UNC opened an 8-3 lead at the seventh-inning stretch. Mott Hyde, who hit a walk-off home run to beat the Heels Friday night, launched a two-run shot to left in the seventh inning to trigger the comeback.

"Zane held the fort for three innings and then got the big hit," said head coach Danny Hall, who improved to 42-28 all-time versus Carolina. "We just kept battling and we needed to today. We beat a very, very good team. They're on top of our league for a reason. To win this series was big for us."

The Yellow Jackets, whose last two ACC series wins have come over No. 5 Virginia and No. 2 North Carolina - the teams with the two best records in the conference, improved to 32-20 overall and 14-13 in ACC play. Tech also clinched an ACC Tournament spot on Sunday.

The Tar Heels slipped to 45-6, 20-5 in dropping a series for the first time since Tech took two of three in Chapel Hill last April. UNC has not won a series from the Tech since 2009.

"There was a different atmosphere in the dugout (late in the game)," said Evans, who hit .375 in five games this past week. "Right now we know we have to keep winning. If want to get into a Regional and into the ACC Tournament, we have to keep winning. Whatever needs to be done, we're finding a way to do it and that's great out of our team right now."


2013 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#2 North Carolina at Georgia Tech
May 12, 2013 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler)

North Carolina 8 (45-6,20-5 ACC)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Chaz Frank cf............ 4 1 1 1 2 0 9 0 0
Landon Lassiter dh....... 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1
Colin Moran 3b........... 4 1 2 2 2 1 0 3 0
Brian Holberton c/rf..... 6 1 1 2 0 0 8 1 3
Cody Stubbs 1b........... 4 0 1 1 1 0 8 0 2
Michael Russell ss....... 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 3
Mike Zolk 2b............. 5 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 0
Parks Jordan lf.......... 4 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 3
Alex Raburn rf........... 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Michael Massardo ph..... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Korey Dunbar c.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hobbs Johnson p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Trevor Kelley p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris McCue p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trent Thornton p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tate Parrish p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Munnelly p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mason McCullough p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reilly Hovis p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 40 8 9 8 9 5 30 9 12

Georgia Tech 9 (32-20,14-13 ACC)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Kyle Wren lf............. 4 2 3 0 2 0 4 0 2
Brandon Thomas cf........ 4 2 1 1 3 1 3 0 0
Zane Evans c/p........... 7 0 2 2 0 2 2 1 3
Daniel Palka rf/p........ 4 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1
Sam Dove 3b.............. 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 6
A.J. Murray 1b........... 4 0 0 0 1 1 12 0 0
Mott Hyde ss............. 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2
Matt Gonzalez dh......... 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
Daniel Spingola rf...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mitch Earnest c......... 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
Thomas Smith 2b.......... 5 1 1 0 1 0 3 6 2
Jonathan King p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cole Pitts p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sam Clay p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Wiseman p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jared Jillson p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jonathan Roberts p...... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 44 9 14 6 11 8 33 12 18

Score by Innings R H E
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North Carolina...... 000 304 100 00 - 8 9 1
Georgia Tech........ 000 012 203 01 - 9 14 0
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Note: None out, 2 runners LOB when the game ended.

E - Zolk, M(8). DP - Georgia Tech 2. LOB - Carolina 12; Georgia Tech 18. 2B
- Moran, C(9); Gonzalez, M(8). 3B - Thomas, B(3). HR - Hyde, M(3). HBP -
Stubbs, C; Jordan, P 2; Raburn, A; Wren, K; Murray, A. SB - Frank, C 2(17);
Hyde, M(6). CS - Jordan, P(3).

North Carolina IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Hobbs Johnson....... 4.2 5 1 1 5 5 18 24 95
Trevor Kelley....... 0.2 0 1 0 1 1 2 3 13
Chris McCue......... 1.0 4 3 2 0 1 8 8 34
Trent Thornton...... 2.1 3 3 3 2 1 10 13 55
Tate Parrish........ 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Chris Munnelly...... 1.1 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 22
Mason McCullough.... 0.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 11
Reilly Hovis........ 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5

Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jonathan King....... 3.1 3 3 3 5 1 12 20 66
Cole Pitts.......... 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 26
Sam Clay............ 0.2 4 4 4 1 0 6 7 28
Joe Wiseman......... 0.0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 7
Jared Jillson....... 0.2 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 12
Jonathan Roberts.... 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 3 3 9
Daniel Palka........ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 13
Zane Evans.......... 3.0 0 0 0 1 3 9 10 37

Win - Evans, Z (1-2). Loss - McCullough,M (0-1). Save - None.
WP - Johnson, H(3); McCue, C 2(7); Thornton, T(4). HBP - by King, J (Jordan, P);
by King, J (Jordan, P); by King, J (Raburn, A); by Johnson, H (Murray, A); by
Pitts, C (Stubbs, C); by Thornton, T (Wren, K). Pitches/strikes: Johnson, H
95/57; Kelley, T 13/6; McCue, C 34/24; Thornton, T 55/33; Parrish, T 1/1;
Munnelly, C 22/11; McCullough,M 11/3; Hovis, R 5/3; King, J 66/33; Pitts, C
26/13; Clay, S 28/18; Wiseman, J 7/1; Jillson, J 12/4; Roberts, J 9/5; Palka, D
13/7; Evans, Z 37/23.
Umpires - HP: Barry Chambers 1B: Tony Walsh 3B: AJ Lostaglio
Start: 1:02 pm Time: 4:31 Attendance: 2152
Weather: Sunny, 74*, wind 4 to RF
Wiseman, J faced 2 batters in the 6th.
Parrish, T faced 1 batter in the 9th.
Game: GT51213