Jackets Halt F$U's 14 Game Win Streak
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Coastal Division standings.
Story from www.ramblinwreck.com and www.theACC.com:
School Conference Pct. Overall Pct.
Georgia Tech 15-7-1 . 674 32-11-1 .739
North Carolina 16-8-0 . 667 37-12-0 .755
Virginia 13-9-1 . 587 35-10-1 .772
Miami 15-12-0 556 31-17-0 .646
Duke 13-12-0 520 32-18-0 .640
Virginia Tech 10-16-0 385 28-20-0 .583
ATLANTA - Tony Plagman went 5-for-5 with a home run and drove in three
runs, while Deck McGuire shook off a tough first inning to remain
undefeated, lifting No. 8 Georgia Tech past No. 6 Florida State, 12-3,
Friday night in the opener of a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference
series at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Tech (32-11-1, 15-7-1 ACC) won its fourth straight game and edged past
North Carolina, 3-0 losers to NC State Friday night, by percentage
points into first place in the ACC's Coastal Division. FSU (35-13, 18-8
ACC), which holds first place in the Atlantic Division, came in with a
14-game winning streak, and had beaten Tech six straight times over the
past two seasons.
The teams meet again at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's game is
being televised on FS South, Sunday's on SportSouth. Both games can be
heard on radio on WQXI-AM (790).
Score by Innings R H E
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Florida State....... 300 000 000 - 3 9 3
Georgia Tech........ 011 050 32X - 12 13 3
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E - Cardullo, S. 2(13); Stidham, J.(12); Dietrich, D.(10); McGuire, D.
2(4).DP - Florida St. 1; Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Florida St. 12; Georgia
Tech 7. 2B - Oravetz, T.(9); Burnette, C.(4). HR - Cardullo, S.(9);
Plagman, T.(14); Haniger, J.(8); Skole, M.(13). HBP - Dietrich, D. 2. SF
- Haniger, J.(2).
Florida State IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Sean Gilmartin...... 6.0 10 10 8 1 4 29 33 97
Jack Posey.......... 2.0 3 2 2 1 1 9 10 46
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Deck McGuire........ 6.0 7 3 3 2 6 25 27 120
Kevin Jacob......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 25
Zach Brewster....... 1.0 1 0 0 1 3 4 5 26
Andrew Robinson..... 1.0 1 0 0 2 3 4 6 26
Win - McGuire, D. (9-0). Loss - Gilmartin,S. (9-2). Save - None.
WP - Posey, J.(2); Gilmartin,S.(10); Robinson, A.(2). HBP - by
Gilmartin,S. (Dietrich, D.); by Gilmartin,S. (Dietrich, D.). Inherited
runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Gilmartin,S. 97/66; Posey, J. 46/28; McGuire, D.
120/74; Jacob,K. 25/15; Brewster, Z. 26/14; Robinson, A. 26/13.
Umpires - HP: Randy Harvey 1B: Tony Maners 3B: Jacob Asher
Start: 7:06 pm Time: 2:59 Attendance: 2422
Weather: P.Cloudy, 80 deg, Wind-SSW-9
Gilmartin,S. faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Game: GT0508