Ryan Webb will tell you he’s an emotional guy, and unafraid to show it whenever he’s on the mound.

Friday night against Georgia Tech, he showed he’s also able to keep his cool. He escaped a ninth-inning jam not of his doing, ultimately securing No. 4 Georgia’s 6-5 win over the No. 17 Yellow Jackets, before a sold-out Foley Field crowd of 3,294.

“I just had to reset,” Webb said. “There were the two unlucky plays, just one of those moments where the baseball is going to do that. I just had to calm down and make sure I got the next one.”

Leading 6-4 in the ninth, the Bulldogs (9-1) caught a break when leadoff hitter Colin Hall was thrown out trying to advance to third after a leadoff double.

But the Yellow Jackets weren’t done.

Michael Gulberg and Baron Radcliff reached when a pair of balls bounced off the respective gloves of Webb and Patrick Sullivan. Following a walk to Drew Compton, Georgia Tech (7-2) had the bases loaded and just one out.

A sacrifice fly by Stephen Reid cut the lead to 6-5, but Webb would respond, striking out Jackson Webb (no relation) for the final out of the game.

“For me personally, I just love being in when the game is on the line,” said Webb, who picked up his first saved. “This means more to me just because it’s Tech, and I’ve got a lot of friends on that team. It meant a lot to me out there, and it was great for our team to get the win.”

Webb’s effort made a winner of starting pitcher Emerson Hancock, who improved to 2-0, despite having to grind his way through 5.2 innings, scattering eight hits and allowing four earned runs, with two walks and 10 strikeouts.

“It’s just fun to watch these guys play. It’s fun to watch us respond,” Hancock said. “When bad things happen, we grind out at-bats. It’s just fun to watch these guys and to me, that’s more satisfying to me than anything.”

Georgia’s penchant for two-out hits did not go unnoticed.

All six of the Bulldogs’ runs came with two out, including a five-run fourth capped by a three-run homer by Tucker Bradley, his fifth of the year.

“You need clutch hits in order to make it happen, and a couple of times with two out and nobody on, we were able to get guys on base and come through,” head coach Scott Stricklin said. “But we did get some big two-out hits, and that was the difference in the game”

The Bulldogs had their chances early, only to leave two in the first before stranding the bases loaded in the second.

Hancock would make sure the game remained scoreless, retiring the first nine batters he faced, with five strikeouts, all in a row before a leadoff double by Luke Waddell in the fourth gave Georgia Tech its first base runner.

Waddell would eventually score on a one-out single by Drew Compton, before Hancock recorded the next two outs to strands the bases loaded. The Yellow Jackets would rue not adding more.

In the bottom of the fourth, the Bulldogs struck for five runs, getting RBI singles from Ben Anderson and Cam Shepherd. This brought up Bradley, who jumped on a pitch and drove it over the fence in right for a 3-run homer and a 5-1 Georgia lead.

But Hancock would have to grind it out to pick up his second win in three tries this year, as the Yellow Jackets would strike for two in the sixth. Webb was able to record the final out on a ground out to first.

Georgia added a big insurance run in the seventh on a pinch-hit single by Patrick Sullivan.

“Tucker Bradley obviously had that home run, but Patrick Sullivan, to give us that two-run lead, that’s a big cushion for Ryan Webb,” Stricklin said. “You don’t want a one-run game, and Sullivan made sure it wasn’t.”

…With his first-inning walk, Tucker Bradley has reached base in all 10 games.

…Anderson’s fourth-inning single extended his hitting streak to five games.

…Shepherd’s fourth-inning single extended his hitting streak to three games.

…Hancock’s 10 strikeouts represented the fourth time he’s reached double-digits.

…Georgia is 4-0 in one-run games this season. They were 4-6 last season.

…The Bulldogs have outscored their opponents 15-2 in the 7th inning.

…Georgia’s staring 1-2-3 hitters have had 13 RBI in the last two games combined.

Georgia and Georgia Tech continue their three-game set Saturday at Russ Chandler Stadium. First pitch is set for 2. The series concludes with Sunday’s finale at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville. The game-set for 2 p.m. is a sellout.