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Georgia Tech traveled down to Statesboro on Wednesday and the Yellow Jackets defeated Georgia Southern 14-8. Tech hit 4 home runs total as 11 of the 14 runs were scored via the long ball.

Luke Murton hit two blasts, while Derek Dietrek hit one and Brad Feltes provided the other. Feltes was extra special since it was a grand slam, the 3rd one he has hit this season.

Georgia Tech travels to Maryland this weekend to take on the Terrapins in an ACC showdown.

Georgia on the other hand extends their winning streak to five games as they won their 2nd straight in comeback fashion winning the game in the 9th inning. On Tuesday, the Bulldogs were down 8-1 in the 6th to East Tennessee State before winning the game when Gordon Beckham scored on a wild pitch. On Wednesday the Dawgs trailed once again, this time to Georgia State 4-0 in the 4th, but they roared back and won it again in the 9th courtesy of a 3-run home run by who else…. Gordon Beckham.

Beckham leads the nation with home runs with 17 and is batting .430 on the season. The junior shortstop was just named the “Midseason Player of the Year” by both Baseball America and rivals.com.

Georgia travels to Baton Rouge this weekend to take on LSU.

Georgia Tech takes the first game of three against in-state rivals, the Georgia Bulldogs by defeating them 9-4 at Russ Chandler Stadium. The Yellow Jackets were led by designated hitter Luke Murton as he went 4-for-5 on the night with a home run and 3 runs batted in. Thomas Nichols also helped with 2 hits of his own and also drove in two and scored two.

Deck McGuire was solid as he improved to 5-0 on the season, pitching 5 and 2/3 innings strong allowing just 3 earned runs.

Ryan Peisel did most of the damage for the Bulldogs driving in two runs of his own.

Both teams resume to conference play this weekend as Georgia hosts Kentucky and Georgia Tech takes on top-ranked Miami.

Georgia and Georgia will face each other two more times during the season with the next time being on May 7th in Athens.