Athens — The way Georgia Tech coach Danny Hall has it figured, Georgia is a lock to host an NCAA regional.

And right now projections have No. 25 Tech as one of the teams that would be in the regional at Foley Field. So maybe it is a good thing the Yellow Jackets proved they are very comfortable playing there and very capable of getting a win there.

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eorgia Tech outfielder #34 Luke Murton is greeted at homeplate by teammates as his solo homerun give Tech a 2-0 lead over Georgia duing 3rd inning action in their non-conference game at Foley Field in Athens, Wednesday.

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Georgia Tech looked and played those exact parts Wednesday night as it beat No. 8 Georgia 11-1 in front of a capacity crowd of 3,487 fans.

The win wrapped up the regular-season series win for Tech (34-14).

But, as both coaches said even before the series began, bigger things are ahead for both teams. Tech needs a hard-charging finish in the final six conference games against Clemson and Virginia to have a chance to play host in the NCAA regional.

"Momentum is daily, but I think this [win] gives you a big boost," Hall said. "I think Georgia is very good. They have got a chance this weekend to win the SEC, and the fact that we have beaten them twice should give us some confidence."

Georgia (31-16-1, 17-6-1) has a key series with Vanderbilt (35-13, 14-9) in Nashville this weekend. Two wins over the Commodores, and the Bulldogs will wrap up their second SEC title in David Perno's six seasons.

So focus might have been a problem.

"To some extent [the Vanderbilt series] means a lot more to us," said Georgia's Matt Olson. "We haven't played well in midweek games all year, and this was a good team and they just put it on us."

Georgia Tech didn't seem to have any problem with focus. Starter Deck McGuire went three innings before anyone from Georgia touched him. He had a career-high nine strikeouts in seven innings.

"I hadn't had a start in a while with finals and everything, and I came out feeling really good," said McGuire, who allowed four hits and earned his eighth win against no losses. "Everything was feeling good. We were able to throw the offspeed off the fastball, and I was able to locate."

On the other side of things it was clear focus and steady hands were a problem. For proof of that one needed to watch just a slice of the sixth inning.

Perilously hanging onto a slim hope of making the game close Georgia extended the inning and Tech's lead with two errors. The latter gaffe was the most egregious. Ryan Peisel, already the owner of 12 errors, allowed an infield pop up to miss his glove and hit the turf.

Tech walked out of the inning with a 7-1 advantage. That soon grew to 9-1 when Charlie Blackmon hit a two-run homer in the seventh. It was the 16th straight game Tech has had a homer.

"It was the first time all year we been whipped, that we have been beat like that," Perno said. "We've lost a lot of games but we have been in every one of them and we have had chances. Tonight we didn't have a chance."