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From www.ramblinwreck.com:

Blackmon Paces No. 17 Tech Baseball to 7-6 Win Over Mercer
The redshirt junior homered and drove in two runs in the eighth inning
March 19, 2008

ATLANTA - Charlie Blackmon homered and drove in two runs in the bottom
of the eighth inning to help No. 17 Georgia Tech (15-4) to a 7-6 victory
over Mercer (9-10) Wednesday night at Russ Chandler Stadium.

Blackmon went 2-for-5 with four RBI to lead the Yellow Jacket offense
while Jeff Rowland added two hits on the night.

Brad Rulon (3-0) picked up the win despite giving up the lead in the
eighth inning. The senior yielded two runs on a two-out triple by John
Dortch, but received the win after Blackmon hit a two-out single to
plate Patrick Long and Chase Burnette in the bottom of the frame.

Chris Hicks earned his team-leading sixth save of the season by striking
out John Moreland and forcing Tyler McCarty to hit into a double play to
end the game.

Taylor Wood and Andrew Robinson both worked scoreless innings in relief
of Yellow Jacket starter Brandon Cumpton, who held Mercer to four runs
on nine hits in five innings.

Back-to-back run-scoring singles from Mike Armstrong and Moreland staked
the Bears to a 2-0 lead with two outs in the top
of the first inning, but the Jackets responded with a run in the bottom
of the second and two more in the third inning to go
ahead 3-2. Derek Dietrich worked a leadoff walk of Mercer starting
pitcher David Harden in the second inning and came
around to score on a double by Thomas Nichols. After Jay Dantzler was
issued a one-out walk in the third inning,
Blackmon pulled the second pitch he saw over the right field fence to
give Tech the one-run lead.

Score by Innings R H E
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Mercer.............. 200 020 020 - 6 15 2
Georgia Tech........ 012 110 02X - 7 9 0
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E - SHAUGHNESSY(4); STUART(4). DP - Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Mercer 10;
Georgia Tech 8. 2B - BROWN(3); KARWATT(3); Nichols, T.(4). 3B -
DORTCH(3). HR - DORTCH(2); Blackmon, C.(2); Plagman, T.(5). SB -
CRAWFORD(; Rowland, J.2(9); Dantzler, J.(3); Feltes, B.(2); Long,
P.(4).