The win capped a three-game sweep of the Cavaliers and kept the Yellow Jackets in second place in the ACC standings and just one game behind Florida State, which completed a sweep of Maryland on Sunday afternoon.
Goodman (8-2) and Virginia starter Joe Koshansky (7-1) engaged in a classic pitcher's duel, as the two hurlers allowed a total of five hits and struck out 19 batters in the game.
Goodman went the distance for the first time in his career, allowing three hits and one walk while striking out eight batters. He tossed Tech's second complete game shutout of the season after Kyle Bakker shut out Wake Forest, 2-0, on Apr. 18. Goodman's effort helped the Yellow Jackets shut out the Cavaliers for the second time in the three game series.
Koshansky was saddled with the loss after allowing just one unearned run on two hits over eight innings while fanning a career-high 11 batters.
The Yellow Jackets could do very little offensively in the early going, as Koshansky was perfect through 3.1 innings by retiring the first 10 hitters of the game before Steven Blackwood broke through for a single in the top of the fourth inning.
Tech finally broke through in the top of the sixth inning with a two-out rally to take a 1-0 lead. After Koshansky quickly retired the first two batters of the inning, Eric Patterson laced a triple off the right center field wall. Blackwood followed with a ground ball that appeared to be heading to center field for a base hit, but Virginia shortstop Mark Reynolds made a great play to spear the ball behind second base and then threw wide of first base to allow Patterson to score on the error.
Meanwhile, Goodman was in total control all afternoon and he allowed just five runners to reach base, all coming in the first four innings of the game. The right-hander retired the side in order in the final five innings of the game, and he set down the final 16 Virginia batters in a row. He needed 101 pitches to go the distance.
Georgia Tech returns to action on Tuesday at 7 p.m. when the Yellow Jackets face Georgia at Turner Field. The game will be televised by Fox Sports Net South while radio coverage will be available from WREK (91.1 FM). The Yellow Jackets close the regular season with a Thursday through Saturday series against N.C. State at Russ Chandler Stadium.
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at VIRGINIA
May 11, 2003 at Charlottesville, Va. (Davenport Field)
GEORGIA TECH 1 (37-13,15-6 ACC) VIRGINIA 0 (26-21,9-11 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 4 1 1 0 Matt Street rf............. 3 0 0 0
Steven Blackwood cf........ 4 0 1 0 Matt Dunn lf/ss............ 4 0 1 0
Matt Murton lf............. 3 0 0 0 Mark Reynolds ss........... 2 0 0 0
Clifton Remole 1b.......... 4 0 0 0 Paul Gillispie ph/lf...... 2 0 0 0
Mike Nickeas c............. 3 0 0 0 Joe Koshansky p/dh......... 4 0 0 0
Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 3 0 0 0 Ryan Zimmerman 3b.......... 3 0 0 0
Micah Owings dh............ 3 0 0 0 Chris Sweet cf............. 3 0 2 0
Tyler Greene ss............ 3 0 0 0 Eric Christensen 1b........ 3 0 0 0
Jake Hall 3b............... 3 0 0 0 Andrew Riesenfeld c........ 2 0 0 0
Davis Myers 3b............ 0 0 0 0 Kyle Werman 2b............. 3 0 0 0
Chris Goodman p............ 0 0 0 0 Canon Hickman p........... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 30 1 2 0 Totals..................... 29 0 3 0
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 000 001 000 - 1 2 0
VIRGINIA............ 000 000 000 - 0 3 2
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E - Reynolds(15); Zimmerman(11). DP - GEORGIA TECH 1. LOB - GEORGIA TECH 3; VIRGINIA 4.
2B - Sweet(8). 3B - Patterson, E(3). HBP - Street. SB - Blackwood, S(3).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Chris Goodman W,8-2....... 9.0 3 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 0 29 31 7 11 101
VIRGINIA IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Joe Koshansky L,7-1....... 8.0 2 1 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 27 28 8 4 118
Canon Hickman ............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 14
HBP - by Goodman, C. (Street). Inherited runners/scored: None.
Pitches/strikes: Goodman, C. 101/68; Koshansky 118/87; Hickman 14/9.
Strikeouts - Patterson, E 2; Blackwood, S; Remole, C. 3; Slayden, J.; Owings, M. 2;
Greene, T. 3; Street 2; Reynolds; Koshansky; Zimmerman; Sweet; Christensen; Werman.
Walks - Murton, M.; Riesenfeld.
Umpires - HP: Henry Stancil 1B: Bruce Ravan 3B: Tom Baldinelli
Start: 1:02 pm Time: 2:03 Attendance: 787