March 27, 1999

Box Score

ATLANTA - Cory Vance and Ben Sheeter combined on a seven-hitter for Georgia Tech Saturday night, while Brad Stockton delivered a tie-breaking double in the seventh inning to lift the 10th-ranked Yellow Jackets past Maryland, 5-1, at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Pitching out of two jams in the fourth and sixth innings, Vance scattered seven hits over seven innings with one walk and nine strikeouts, leading the Jackets (22-6, 4-1 ACC) to their 20th win in the last 22 games. Sheeter held the Terrapins (5-12-1, 0-4) hitless over the final two innings to preserve the win.

Vance outdueled Maryland's Joe Hart (1-2), who blanked Tech for five innings before Richard Lewis singled and scored on Mark Teixeira's double in the Jacket sixth, tying the game at 1-1. Tech chased Hart in the seventh with four runs. Derik Goffena and Jahmal Overton led off with singles and both scored on Stockton's double, giving the Yellow Jackets a 3-1 lead.

Stockton scored one batter later on a ground ball by Victor Menocal, who eventually scored on a wild pitch for a 5-1 Tech lead.

Maryland got on the board first with three singles in the top of the sixth, Frank Valois driving in Casey Trout with the only Terp run of the game.

Hart gave up all five Tech runs in 6-1/3 innings, giving way to Jared Vogt in the seventh.

The teams conclude their conference series at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.

GEORGIA TECH 5, MARYLAND 1

Maryland (5-12-1,0-4)      000 001 000 --  1   7   3
Georgia Tech (22-6,4-1)    000 001 40x --  5   7   1

WP--Vance (4-2).
LP--Hart (1-2).
T--2:45.
A--401.