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Georgia Tech Baseball: Jackets complete sweep of Pittsburgh

By Blake Silvers

Jun 24, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; Baseball before the contest between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; Baseball before the contest between the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in the 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports /
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Fighting to stay above the .500 mark on the season, the Yellow Jackets made it a clean sweep of Pittsburgh in a Saturday through Monday series.

Georgia Tech (24-21, 9-15 ACC) went into a three-game series with the Pitt Panthers Saturday at an even 21-21 on the year and with only six conference wins.

The Jackets swept visiting Pittsburgh to keep hope alive for a winning ACC record and a chance for better seeding in the upcoming conference tournament.

On Saturday, Tech’s bats were just enough to outlast the Panthers in an 8-7 win that saw a combined 26 hits.

Kel Johnson had a pair of RBI for Georgia Tech, while Trevor Craport, Joey Bart, Austin Wilhite and Ryan Peurifoy each had one apiece in game one.

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Xzavion Curry gave up five runs in as many innings for Tech, while Jared Datoc picked up fifth win on the year in four innings of relief.

Sunday clinched the series for the Yellow Jackets with another close win, this time 4-3.

Keyton Gibson moved to 2-2 on the year in his start, giving up two runs on four hits in five innings of work. Only one of those runs was earned.

Tech’s Bailey Combs gave up the other run to Pitt during his 2.1 relief innings, while Micah Carpenter and Zac Ryan combined for 1.2 innings of scoreless work. Ryan earned his fourth save.

Four Jackets drove in runs Sunday, led by a 2-for-2 day for

Chase Murray

, who also had an RBI and two runs for Tech.

Georgia Tech made it a little less interesting with a 5-2 victory that saw Austin Wilhite come through for Tech with a 2-for-4, two run day.

Jake Lee came through big for the Yellow Jackets with seven innings of work. He gave up a pair of runs on five hits, striking out five and only walking one batter.

Tech got a fifth save from Zac Ryan to close it out, and complete the three-game series sweep of the Panthers.

The Jackets will face the arch-rival Georgia Bulldogs (19-29) at SunTrust Park on Tuesday night at 7 p.m.