Georgia Tech Blanks Boston College Behind Tate McKee’s 14 Strikeouts

Staff Reports

BRIGHTON, Mass. — No. 3 Georgia Tech continued its historic season Thursday night behind a dominant pitching performance from junior Tate McKee and another offensive explosion as the Yellow Jackets blanked No. 23 Boston College 9-0 in ACC baseball action.

McKee delivered the best outing of his collegiate career, allowing only one hit across seven scoreless innings while striking out a career-high 14 batters. The junior right-hander walked one and hit one batter as Georgia Tech improved to 43-9 overall and 23-5 in ACC play.

The victory gave the Yellow Jackets the best 52-game start in program history and moved Georgia Tech within one win of securing back-to-back ACC regular season championships.

McKee’s 14 strikeouts were the most by a Georgia Tech pitcher against an ACC opponent since Connor Thomas struck out 17 against Wake Forest in 2018.

While McKee dominated on the mound, Georgia Tech’s offense continued its record-setting pace by blasting four home runs.

Senior Parker Brosius led the way with the first multi-home run game of his career, finishing 2-for-3 with two home runs, three RBI and three runs scored. Brosius has now homered five times in his last five games.

Junior Vahn Lackey added a home run and three RBI while extending his hitting streak to nine games. Lackey also doubled and scored once as the Yellow Jackets continued piling up offensive numbers that rank among the best in the nation.

Junior Drew Burress extended his hitting streak to a career-best 15 games and increased his ACC-leading run total to 72. Burress now has 222 career runs scored, tying K.G. White for fifth place in Georgia Tech history.

Junior Jarren Advincula continued his torrid season by extending his hitting streak to 20 games. Advincula, who went 2-for-3 Thursday night, leads Division I baseball with 95 hits and owns a .438 batting average.

Sophomore Alex Hernandez also homered for the Yellow Jackets, giving him nine home runs this season and 25 in his Georgia Tech career.

Georgia Tech’s pitching staff combined for 18 strikeouts, tying the program record for strikeouts in an ACC game. Freshman Dimitri Angelakos closed out the victory with two perfect innings and four strikeouts.

The Yellow Jackets entered Friday needing one more win over Boston College to clinch the ACC regular season title outright.