Spring Break
Diamond Dogs best Tech in Turner Field pitching duel
Issue date: 5/14/08 Section: Sports
A Turner Field crowd of 22,599 watched seventh-ranked Georgia defeat No. 25 Georgia Tech 3-2 here Friday in the sixth annual "Spring Baseball Classic For Kids."
The Bulldogs (34-17-1) are now 5-1 in the series played at the home of the Atlanta Braves. Proceeds for the game benefit Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and its Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Program. With the loss, the Yellow Jackets dropped to 36-16 and missed out on a chance to sweep the three-game season series.
Both teams exchanged runs in the first. Centerfielder Jeff Rowland reached on a one out walk and later freshman Derek Dietrich's two-out, RBI-single up the middle gave the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 advantage. Georgia senior third baseman Ryan Peisel tied the game right away when he connected for his seventh home run including his third leadoff shot this season. In the bottom of the second, sophomore centerfielder Matt Cerione smacked a one-out double to the gap in left center. Sophomore David Thoms notched his first career RBI with a base hit up the middle, scoring Cerione to put the Bulldogs in front 2-1.
The top of the third ended on a splendid diving catch by freshman left fielder Lyle Allen. Then, Georgia looked to build on its lead, loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the frame. However, freshman Deck McGuire pitched out of trouble, striking out Allen and getting Joey Lewis to ground out to keep it 2-1. In the bottom of the fifth, Georgia pushed across another run as Gordon Beckham singled, took third on a base hit by Rich Poythress and scored on a groundout by Bryce Massanari.
Bulldog senior Nick Montgomery (2-1), making his first career start, pitched a career-high five innings, limiting the Jackets to a run on two hits with a walk and three strikeouts to pick up the victory. At that point, Georgia turned it over to the bullpen. Sophomore left-hander Alex McRee came on in the sixth and Tech plated an unearned run on a pair of hits to close the gap to 3-2. The Bulldogs missed a scoring opportunity in the bottom of the sixth when Cerione stumbled going back to second on a Peisel hit that got over the head of right fielder Charlie Blackmon and then tried to score on the play but was thrown at home.
The Bulldogs (34-17-1) are now 5-1 in the series played at the home of the Atlanta Braves. Proceeds for the game benefit Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and its Brain and Spinal Cord Tumor Program. With the loss, the Yellow Jackets dropped to 36-16 and missed out on a chance to sweep the three-game season series.
Both teams exchanged runs in the first. Centerfielder Jeff Rowland reached on a one out walk and later freshman Derek Dietrich's two-out, RBI-single up the middle gave the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 advantage. Georgia senior third baseman Ryan Peisel tied the game right away when he connected for his seventh home run including his third leadoff shot this season. In the bottom of the second, sophomore centerfielder Matt Cerione smacked a one-out double to the gap in left center. Sophomore David Thoms notched his first career RBI with a base hit up the middle, scoring Cerione to put the Bulldogs in front 2-1.
The top of the third ended on a splendid diving catch by freshman left fielder Lyle Allen. Then, Georgia looked to build on its lead, loading the bases with one out in the bottom of the frame. However, freshman Deck McGuire pitched out of trouble, striking out Allen and getting Joey Lewis to ground out to keep it 2-1. In the bottom of the fifth, Georgia pushed across another run as Gordon Beckham singled, took third on a base hit by Rich Poythress and scored on a groundout by Bryce Massanari.
Bulldog senior Nick Montgomery (2-1), making his first career start, pitched a career-high five innings, limiting the Jackets to a run on two hits with a walk and three strikeouts to pick up the victory. At that point, Georgia turned it over to the bullpen. Sophomore left-hander Alex McRee came on in the sixth and Tech plated an unearned run on a pair of hits to close the gap to 3-2. The Bulldogs missed a scoring opportunity in the bottom of the sixth when Cerione stumbled going back to second on a Peisel hit that got over the head of right fielder Charlie Blackmon and then tried to score on the play but was thrown at home.
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