No. 1 Miami Takes Game One against No. 10 Georgia Tech, 10-5
April 12, 2008
ATLANTA, Ga. – Freshman lefty Chris Hernandez won for the fifth time and five different Hurricanes collected at least three hits as No. 1 Miami defeated No. 10 Georgia Tech, 10-5, in game one of the doubleheader in the Atlantic Coast Conference series at Russ Chandler Stadium. Miami (28-3, 13-1 ACC) matched a season-high with 17 hits in the contest.
Hernandez (5-0) tossed six innings and allowed three runs on seven hits and struck out three. P.J. Fisher and Kyle Bellamy combined to throw the final three innings. Junior left fielder Dave DiNatale ended up 3-for-5 with two RBI. Blake Tekotte, Jemile Weeks, Ryan Jackson and Jason Hagerty also each had three hits.
Georgia Tech starter David Duncan (4-2) threw five innings and gave up four runs on eight hits and recorded four strikeouts. Designated hitter Luke Murton led the Yellow Jackets (26-8, 9-7 ACC) going 3-for-5 with two RBI.
Georgia Tech used a three-run fifth inning to pull within, 4-3, but Miami tacked on three more runs in the top of the seventh inning to go ahead, 7-3. Tekotte scored on a wild pitch and Mark Sobolewski’s RBI single scored Weeks to make it, 6-3. Jackson’s RBI base-hit gave the Canes a 7-3 lead.
Back-to-back home runs with one out from Hagerty and Tekotte put Miami ahead, 9-3 in the top of the eighth. After the Yellow Jackets came within 9-4 in the bottom of the eighth on Murton’s solo home run, DiNatale doubled in Jackson giving the Hurricanes a 10-4 lead. Georgia Tech added a run in the bottom of the ninth for the final, 10-5.
Miami took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first on Yonder Alonso’s two-run home run after a Weeks single.
DiNatale’s RBI single to center field gave the Hurricanes a 3-0 lead in the top of the fourth. He drove in Ryan Jackson who hit a one-out double. Dennis Raben’s RBI groundout in the top of the fifth then gave the Canes a 4-0 lead.
The Yellow Jackets rallied with three runs in the bottom of the fifth to draw within, 4-3.
Game two of the doubleheader is scheduled for a 7 p.m. start and will be televised by CSS.
