Georgia Tech Baseball - 1997 Schedule & Results
1997 Georgia Tech Baseball Schedule/Results
(46-15, 19-4 ACC)
ACC Regular Season Champions
Ranked: 10th Collegiate Baseball
11th USA Today
17th Baseball America
February March April May
Feb. 8 at Georgia Southern W 10-0 Thomas: 2 HR, 6 RBI; Wilson gets win
9 at Georgia Southern W 8-5 Fischer: 4 hits; Wilson: HR; Save: Elder
15 WESTERN KENTUCKY W 5-0 Wilson: 8 scoreless IP; Prather: 2 hits, 2 RBI
WESTERN KENTUCKY (7) W 14-2 Leggett: 4-for-5, HR; Thomas: HR, 5 RBI
16 WESTERN KENTUCKY W 22-10 Thomas: five RBI; Prather: 3-for-3, four RBI
18 at Mercer W 12-8 McQueen solo homer ignites 4-run ninth
22 EVANSVILLE W 9-1 Wilson: 8 IP; also HR, 4 RBI
23 EVANSVILLE W 21-10 Hood: 5-for-7, HR, 5 RBI; Fischer: 3-for-3, HR, 5 RBI
26 JACKSONVILLE STATE W 15-12 Prather: 2 HR, 4 RBI
27 Atlanta Braves L 0-3 Thomas: 3-for-4, 2B
March 1 at Georgia W 9-0 Wilson goes distance on five-hitter
2 GEORGIA L 1-4 Tech manages just seven singles
4 STETSON (10) W 9-5 Leggett grand slam wins it in 10th inning
5 MERCER W 7-6 Wilson's 3-run homer keys seven-run eighth inning
8 at North Carolina W 11-8 Wilson goes to 5-0; UNC allows 12 walks, 4 errors
9 at North Carolina W 10-7 Elder gets win; Honeycutt three more hits
10 at North Carolina W 9-8 McQueen and Hood grand slams lead 9-run first
11 WESTERN CAROLINA L 7-13 WCU's 9-run 8th snaps Tech's 5-game win streak
12 WESTERN CAROLINA W 14-0 Wrigley: 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R
14 VIRGINIA TECH W 7-3 Wilson gets win plus two RBI; Thomas 2-for-4, 3B, rbi
15 VIRGINIA TECH W 9-8 Wilson drives in Easterling with two outs in ninth
16 VIRGINIA TECH W 20-13 Jackets clout four homers; VT - 7 errors
21 WAKE FOREST W 14-3 Wilson: 7-0; Prather: grand slam; Hood: 5 RBI
22 WAKE FOREST W 10-7 Hood: 2-for-5, 3 RBI; Prather: 3-for-5, 2 RBI
23 WAKE FOREST W 8-7 Honeycutt singles in Wilson in bottom of ninth
25 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 12-11 Tech overcomes 10-2 deficit; Fischer HR wins it in 11th
26 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W 16-6 Leggett hits grand slam in 9 run 5th
28 MARYLAND W 7-0 Wilson: 8 IP, career-high 13 strikeouts
29 MARYLAND W 13-11 Easterling: 4-for-5, two doubles, two SB, GWRBI
30 MARYLAND W 11-1 Fischer: HR, four RBI; Thomas: 3-run HR
April 1 at Georgia State W 5-4 Leggett: 3-run HR
4 at Miami L 1-10 Wilson knocked out in 5th
5 at Miami L 4-9 Donaghey: 1st collegiate HR
6 at Miami L 0-12 Tech blanked for first time since 1994
8 WINTHROP W 7-5 Thomas: Grand Slam; Fischer: 3-run HR
9 WINTHROP W 15-2 Donaghey: 4-for-4, HR; Yankosky: 5 IP, 0 R
11 at Virginia W 8-2 Wilson: 8 IP, fans 10; Donaghey and Prather homer
13 at Virginia (7) W 4-2 Prather: 2-for-3, 2B, HR
13 at Virginia (7) L 8-10 Fischer grand slam; Prather gives up game winning homer
15 GEORGIA W 6-3 Honeycutt: 3-for-4, 3 RBI; Elder 10 K; Wilson: Save
18 FLORIDA STATE (12) L 9-10 Leggett: 5-for-6; Thieme: 4.2 IP, 0 R, 8 SO
19 FLORIDA STATE L 6-11 Hood & Fischer both go 3-for-5 with HR
20 FLORIDA STATE (10) W 12-11 Honeycutt: Grand slam plus game-winning RBI in 10th
23 GEORGIA STATE W 16-5 Crowder: 3 IP, 0 R in 1997 debut; Fischer & McQueen: HR, 4 RBI
25 at Clemson L 4-7 Leggett: 3-for-5, HR, three RBI
26 at Clemson W 19-4 Fischer homers twice including grand slam, six RBI
27 at Clemson Rained Out
29 at Georgia L 4-5 Yankosky suffers first collegiate loss; Papetti: two hits
May 1 at Duke W 13-7 Wilson: 6 IP, 0 R; Fischer, Thomas, Wilson homer
2 at Duke W 11-4 Honeycutt: 4-for-5, two RBI
3 at Duke W 8-3 Fischer: 2 HR; Thieme wins; Wrigley saves
6 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W 10-0 Honeycutt: 5-for-5 with bases loaded triple
7 GEORGIA SOUTHERN L 5-16 Leggett: three hits, two RBI
9 NORTH CAROLINA STATE W 14-13 Jackets score six in ninth to win it
10 NORTH CAROLINA STATE W 19-5 Fischer: 4-for-5; Easterling: five RBI
11 NORTH CAROLINA STATE W 7-6 Prather: HR, three RBI; Crowder save
ACC Tournament at St. Petersburg, Fla.
14 North Carolina W 7-6 Jackets score three in ninth to win on Prather 2-RBI double
15 Clemson L 4-7 Wilson: two RBI singles
16 Duke L 3-5 Wilson drives in two with ninth inning double
22-25 NCAA Mideast Regional at Mississippi State
22 Tennessee Tech W 5-0 Wilson: one-hitter; Thomas: HR, three RBI
23 Southwestern Louisiana W 8-0 Wrigley two-hitter; Thomas, McQueen homer
24 Washington L 4-8 Elder goes to 0-4 lifetime in regionals
25 Mississippi State L 2-10 Thomas hits 56th career homer
Home Games in CAPS.