{"57778":{"#nid":"57778","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Georgia Tech vs. Mercer (NCAA Baseball Regional)","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, which was awarded a No. 8 national seed, will host Alabama (37-22), Elon (38-22) and Mercer (37-22) this weekend in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\u0027s Atlanta Regional.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe double-elimination regional begins Friday at 3 p.m. when Alabama plays Elon. Georgia Tech plays Mercer Friday at 7 p.m. The losers of Friday\u0027s games will play Saturday at 3 p.m. and the winners of Friday\u0027s games will square off Saturday at 7 p.m.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Yellow Jackets will play in-state rival Mercer Friday evening. Tech swept a pair of regular season games from the Bears, winning 15-8 in Macon on March 23 and 19-4 in Atlanta on March 24.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EElon is playing in the Atlanta Regional for the second straight year. Georgia Tech is 4-0 all-time against Elon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlabama, the No. 2 seed, was the runner-up to LSU in last week\u0027s SEC Tournament. The Yellow Jackets and Crimson Tide have not met on the baseball diamond since 1996 and have not met in the NCAA postseason since 1991. Alabama leads the all-time series 36-28-1 and the Yellow Jackets have not defeated the Tide since 1986.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech, which was awarded a No. 8 national seed, will host Alabama (37-22), Elon (38-22) and Mercer (37-22) this weekend in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament\u0027s Atlanta Regional.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Yellow Jackets are the No. 1 seed as they play host in the first leg of the national championship tournament"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-06-02 16:37:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:51:45","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-06-04T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-06-04T22:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-06-04T22:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-06-05 00:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-06-05 02:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-06-05 02:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ramblinwreck.cstv.com\/sports\/m-basebl\/spec-rel\/geot-ncaa-regionals-10.html","title":"2010 NCAA Atlanta Regional"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1625","name":"athletics"},{"id":"4124","name":"baseball"},{"id":"3397","name":"fun"},{"id":"1155","name":"NCAA"},{"id":"167014","name":"Sports"},{"id":"167141","name":"Student Life"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1793","name":"Sports\/Athletics"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dbuchan@athletics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDean Buchan\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Athletics\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6283\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}