ATLANTA (Interstat) — Drew Burress homered on the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning and Carson Kerce tripled and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning as Georgia Tech rallied past Duke 10-9 on Friday night at Russ Chandler Stadium.

The Yellow Jackets improved to 38-8 overall and 10-0 in the Atlantic Coast Conference, while the Blue Devils fell to 23-26 and 4-16.

Georgia Tech struck first when Burress drove a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall, giving the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead. Duke answered in the second inning when Landon Strand homered to left field to tie the game at 1-1.

The Blue Devils took a 2-1 lead in the third after A.J. Hamilton reached on a hit-by-pitch, stole second and scored on a single. But Georgia Tech erupted for five runs in the fourth inning to seize control.

Ryan Zuckerman started the rally with a two-run homer to left field that scored Tyler Baker, giving the Yellow Jackets a 3-2 lead. A fielding error by Duke first baseman Devin Marsh allowed Daniel Schmidt to reach base, and Evan Hernandez singled to put runners at the corners. Matt Daniel grounded into a double play but Schmidt scored, making it 4-2. Kerce then followed with a solo homer to right field, and Burress singled and stole second before the inning ended with Georgia Tech leading 5-2.

Duke trimmed the lead to 5-3 in the fifth when Collin Anderson homered to left. The Blue Devils added an unearned run later in the inning on a fielder’s choice by Zach Zorn to make it 5-4, but Georgia Tech responded with two runs in the bottom of the frame. Vahn Lackey led off with a solo homer to center, and after a pitching change, Baker walked and scored on a double by Schmidt to push the lead to 7-4.

The Yellow Jackets extended the margin to 8-4 in the sixth when Baker singled home Alex Advincula, who had stolen second. Duke answered with a three-run homer by Kaden Smith in the top of the sixth, scoring Luke Lambdin and Hamilton to cut the deficit to 8-7.

Georgia Tech’s Parker Brosius hit a pinch-hit solo homer in the seventh to make it 9-7, but Duke tied the game in the top of the eighth. Anderson singled to center field, driving in Lambdin and Hamilton to knot the score 9-9.

Both teams went scoreless in the eighth and ninth. Duke threatened in the ninth when Smith singled with two outs, but Strand struck out swinging. Georgia Tech had a chance in the bottom of the ninth when Schmidt walked and Hernandez singled, but pinch-runner Jake Stephenson was caught stealing third base.

In the 10th, Kerce led off with a triple to deep center field off Duke reliever Jack Hedrick. After an offensive timeout, Burress lifted a sacrifice fly to left field, scoring Kerce for the walk-off victory.

Hedrick took the loss, allowing one run on one hit in 4.2 innings with three strikeouts. Georgia Tech reliever Mason Patel earned the win with four shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out six. Patel had thrown a scoreless inning against Kennesaw State on April 28.

Duke got 12 hits, led by Anderson and Smith, each with a home run and three RBIs. Hamilton added three hits and two RBIs. Georgia Tech had 15 hits, including homers from Burress, Zuckerman, Kerce, Lackey and Brosius. Burress finished with two hits and two RBIs, and Kerce also had two hits and an RBI.

The game featured four lead changes and two ties. Duke’s pitching staff used five pitchers, with starter Tate McKee allowing seven hits and five earned runs in five innings. Georgia Tech starter Carson Kerce tossed four innings, allowing two hits and no earned runs.

The victory extended Georgia Tech’s winning streak to seven games. Duke has lost three straight.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Georgia Tech 7, Duke 1. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Yellow Jackets a 65.30 percent probability to win. Georgia Tech was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 5.5.