March 23, 2002

JASON PERRY PACES TECH PAST GARDNER-WEBB 9-3

Kyle Bakker
ATLANTA - Jason Perry went 4-for-5 with four RBI and Kyle Bakker tossed seven strong innings to lead 12th-ranked Georgia Tech (17-3) to 9-3 win over visiting Gardner-Webb (13-10) on Saturday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium. The win improved the Yellow Jackets' record to 12-0 at their new home park and extended their home winning streak to 17 games overall dating back to last season.

Bakker (6-0) remained undefeated on the season after holding the Bulldogs to two runs, only one of which was earned, on eight hits in seven innings. He issued two walks and struck out six batters. Brian Burks and Victor Menocal each worked one scoreless inning in relief.

Clinging to a 5-3 lead after seven and a half innings, the Yellow Jackets put the game away with four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Perry drove in two runs with a double while Clifton Remole plated two more runs with a single.

The Yellow Jackets initially took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a two-run single from Perry and an RBI single from Remole. After the Bulldogs cut the lead to 3-1 with an unearned run in the top of the fifth, Tyler Parker hit a solo homer, his sixth of the season, to make the score 4-1 in the bottom of that inning.

The Bulldogs' Cory Evans made the score 4-2 with a RBI single in the top of the sixth inning, but Tech answered in the bottom of that frame when Eric Patterson singled, went from first to third on an infield single, and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly from Menocal. An RBI single from Gardner-Webb's Chip Watts trimmed the lead to 5-3 in the top of the eighth.

Menocal went 2-for-5 to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, while Boggs, Parker, Remole, Patterson and Wes Rynders each added two hits in the game. The Yellow Jackets outhit the Bulldogs, 17-9.

Gardner-Webb starter Justin Hulse (2-2) took the loss, surrendering four runs on nine hits in four innings of work.

Georgia Tech and Gardner-Webb will complete the two-game series at Russ Chandler Stadium at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.

                               2002 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
                              GARDNER-WEBB at GEORGIA TECH
                  March 23, 2002 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)

  GARDNER-WEBB 3 (13-10)                        GEORGIA TECH 9 (17-3)
  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Chip Watts 2b..............  5  0  2  1       Matthew Boggs 3b...........  5  1  2  0
  Sammy Styers lf............  5  0  1  0       Victor Menocal ss/p........  5  1  2  1
  David Futrelle dh..........  5  0  1  0       Jeremy Slayden rf..........  3  2  0  0
  Sam Bradford cf............  5  0  1  0       Tyler Parker c.............  4  2  2  1
  Blake Lalli 1b.............  4  1  1  0       Jason Perry dh.............  5  1  4  4
  Darin Thompson rf..........  4  0  2  0        Davis Myers ss............  0  0  0  0
  Cory Evans 3b..............  3  1  1  1       Brandon Boggs lf...........  3  0  0  0
  Jon David Milford ss.......  2  1  0  0        Matt Murton ph/lf.........  2  1  1  0
  Jim Glueckert c............  3  0  0  0       Clifton Remole 1b..........  3  0  2  3
   Matt Southwell ph.........  0  0  0  0       Wes Rynders cf.............  5  0  2  0
   Tyler Falls c.............  0  0  0  0       Eric Patterson 2b..........  4  1  2  0
  Justin Hulse p.............  0  0  0  0       Kyle Bakker p..............  0  0  0  0
   Jeff Rinehart p...........  0  0  0  0        Brian Burks p.............  0  0  0  0
   Wes Greene p..............  0  0  0  0
   Jason Palfrey p...........  0  0  0  0
   Clay Konas p..............  0  0  0  0
   Andrew Rose p.............  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 36  3  9  2       Totals..................... 39  9 17  9

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  GARDNER-WEBB........ 000 011 010 -  3  9  1
  GEORGIA TECH........ 003 011 04X -  9 17  1
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Milford JD(5); Remole, C.(3). LOB - GWU 10; GEORGIA TECH 14. 2B - Lalli, B.(9);
  Perry, J. 2(4). HR - Parker, T.(6). HBP - Remole, C.. SH - Boggs, M.(3). SF -
  Menocal, V.(2). SB - Milford JD(3); Murton, M.(8); Rynders, W.(2); Patterson, E(9).

  GARDNER-WEBB                   IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Justin Hulse  L,2-2........   4.0  9  4  4  2  3   0  0  0  0   20 23   5  4  91
  Jeff Rinehart .............   2.1  4  1  1  0  2   0  0  1  0   10 12   2  3  39
  Wes Greene ................   0.0  0  0  0  1  0   0  0  0  0    0  1   0  0   5
  Jason Palfrey .............   0.2  0  1  1  1  1   0  0  0  0    2  3   1  0  14
  Clay Konas ................   0.0  4  3  3  1  0   0  0  0  0    4  5   0  0  21
  Andrew Rose ...............   1.0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   2  0   9

  GEORGIA TECH                   IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Kyle Bakker  W,6-0.........   7.0  8  2  1  2  6   0  0  0  0   30 32   5 10  98
  Brian Burks ...............   1.0  1  1  1  2  1   1  0  0  0    3  5   0  1  25
  Victor Menocal ............   1.0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  2   6

  WP - Burks, B.(5). HB - Rinehart, J.. Inherited runners/scored: Rinehart, J. 1/0;
  Greene, W. 2/0; Palfrey, J. 3/0; Konas, C. 1/1; Rose, A. 2/0. Pitches/strikes: Hulse, J.
  91/53; Rinehart, J. 39/25; Greene, W. 5/1; Palfrey, J. 14/6; Konas, C. 21/12; Rose, A.
  9/6; Bakker, K. 98/71; Burks, B. 25/12; Menocal, V. 6/5.

  Strikeouts - Styers, S.; Futrelle, D.; Bradford, S.; Milford JD; Glueckert, J 3;
  Boggs, M.; Parker, T.; Boggs, B. 2; Remole, C.; Rynders, W.; Patterson, E. Walks -
  Evans, C.; Milford JD 2; Southwell, M; Slayden, J. 2; Parker, T.; Remole, C.;
  Patterson, E.

  Umpires - HP: Joe Conley  1B: Paul Nauert  3B: Thomas Price
  Start: 1:31 pm   Time: 2:53   Attendance: 1024

  Hulse, J. faced 2 batters in the 5th.
  Greene, W. faced 1 batter in the 7th.
  Palfrey, J. faced 1 batter in the 8th.
  Konas, C. faced 5 batters in the 8th.

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