Joltin' Jackets go for the sweep Easter Sunday in Atlanta.
From www.ramblinwreck.com:
Burns, Rowland Carry Tech Past Duke, 4-2
Burns carries no-hitter into fifth
March 22, 2008
ATLANTA - Eddie Burns carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning, and
Jeff Rowland had two hits, including a home run, to help No. 17 Georgia
Tech (17-4, 5-3 ACC) defeat Duke (18-5, 3-5 ACC), 4-2, Saturday
afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Burns (3-1) earned his third win of the season by holding the Blue
Devils to two runs, only one of which was earned, on four hits while
recording four strikeouts in seven-plus innings.
Rowland, Derek Dietrich and Jay Dantzler each had two hits for the
Yellow Jackets while Duke's offense was led by Ryan McCurdy, who went
2-for-4 with a run scored.
Brad Rulon picked up his first save of the season, and fifth of his
career, by working out of a jam in the eighth inning and tossing a 1-2-3
ninth.
Rowland's home run, his second of the year, led off the fifth inning for
Tech after Duke had tied the game 1-1. He also started a two-run rally
for Tech in the seventh, drawing a walk and coming around to score on an
error, and Brad Feltes extended the lead to 4-1 with a sacrifice fly.
Duke got within a run in the eighth after Matt Williams was hit by a
Burns pitch to lead off, went to third on Rowland's dropped fly ball in
center field and scored on Kyle Kreick's single. But Rulon, who gave up
the hit in relief of Burns, got a strikeout and a double play to end the
threat and retired the Blue Devils in order in the ninth.
Score by Innings R H E
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Duke................ 000 010 010 - 2 6 1
Georgia Tech........ 100 010 20X - 4 8 1
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E - Lemmerman, J(2); Rowland, J.(2). DP - Duke 1; Georgia Tech 2. LOB -
Duke 7; Georgia Tech 8. 2B - Dietrich, D.(6). 3B - Dantzler, J.(1). HR -
Rowland, J.(2). HBP - Williams, M. 2; Blackmon, C.; Burnette, C.. SF -
Feltes, B.(2). SB - Rowland, J.(10); Dietrich, D.(3). CS - Burnette,
C.(1).
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