2009 ACC Baseball Championship: Georgia Tech Stings Florida State, 9-2

May 23, 2009

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DURHAM, N.C. (the ACC.com) -- Georgia Tech avoided a sweep in the 2009 ACC Baseball Championships with a 9-2 victory over Florida State Saturday at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

Despite the loss, the Seminoles (42-15) will advance to Sunday's championship game at 1 p.m. The Yellow Jackets (35-17-1) finish the round-robin round play with a 1-2 record.

Georgia Tech took an early lead when first baseman Tony Plagman scored in the second inning, coming home from third as the Seminoles turned a double play.

The Jackets took command of the game in the third when right fielder Luke Murton blasted a three-run home run over the Blue Monster in left. Plagman added another homer in the sixth, smashing his into the right field bleachers.

Murton's blast was his 18th of the season. Plagman's was his 16th. The Yellow Jackets have now 104 home runs on the season, the third highest total in school history and the most for a Georgia Tech team in the 16-year tenure of Coach Danny Hall.

The Yellow Jackets pounded out 10 hits -- five of them for extra bases -- against FSU starter Hunter Scantling (L, 3-1) and three Seminole relievers.

Florida State managed just one run in five and a third innings off Georgia Tech starter Brandon Cumpton (W, 4-2). That came in the fourth inning when second baseman Jason Stidham doubled and came home on a single by third baseman Stuart Tapley.

Stidham slammed his 10th home run of the season to lead off the eighth inning for FSU, but that was the only run the Seminoles managed against five Georgia Tech relievers in the final three and two third innings.

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The win for Georgia Tech is the first for the Yellow Jackets this season and prevents Tech from going 0-3 at the ACC Baseball Championship for the first time in program history.

Tony Plagman's home run was the 104th this season for Georgia Tech. It sets a single-season record under Head Coach Danny Hall and ranks as the third highest total all-time at Georgia Tech.

Plagman now has five career home runs against the Seminoles.

Georgia Tech now leads Florida State 7-5 all-time at the ACC Baseball Championship.

The Yellow Jackets are 3-1 this season against Florida State

Florida State will advance to Sunday's Championship Game for the eighth time in program history. The Seminoles are 4-3 when playing in the finale and have not reached the title game since 2004 when FSU downed Georgia Tech 17-5 in Salem, Va.

FSU will appear in its third ACC title game in Durham. The Seminoles are 1-1 in title games played in "The Bull City."

The total attendance for the first ten games of the Championship is 26,639. Game ten's attendance was 2,362.

There have been 16 home runs hit in the ten games of the ACC Baseball Championship. None have hit the famous "Durham Bull." However, Virginia's John Hicks hit a home run off the clouds on the lower left portion of the sign on Thursday night but did not hit the bull proper.

Game ten duration of 3:07 to raise the average game time to 2:55. There have been 29 hours and 11 minutes of total action so far.