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Tech (50-14) reached 50 wins in a season for only the fourth time in its history, joining the 1987, 1994 and 2000 teams, and is within one win of advancing to the College World Series. The Jackets have been within one win on three other occasions (1971, 1994 and 1998), but advanced only in 1994. Tech and FAU (46-20) meet again at 7 p.m. Saturday in game two.
Bakker improved to 12-2 and took a no-hitter into the sixth for the second time in the NCAA Tournament. The 6-foot-9 sophomore from Omaha, Neb., surrendered two runs in the sixth inning after a Victor Menocal throwing error allowed the lead off hitter to reach base. Four FAU singles followed.
Overall, Bakker pitched seven innings, scattering six hits and a pair of walks while striking out four. He allowed all three Owl runs, two of them earned. Nick Wagner and Jordan Crews each pitched an inning to finish the game.
"Bakker was outstanding," said Tech head coach Danny Hall. "He may have gotten a little tired, but he gave us seven strong innings and it was just an outstanding game by our team."
Tech bunched three hits to score a run in the first, then broke the game open with six runs in the fourth and five more in the fifth.
"It was a very good night for us," said Hall. "I thought a key was that Kyle Bakker got three outs in the first inning, and we were able to score a run in the first inning. And the second time through the order, I thought our guys locked in on [FAU pitcher Danny] Core, and were able to score in the fourth and fifth innings."
Parker, who started both rallies with hits, began the fourth-inning outburst with his 11th home run of the season, and Remole belted his fourth round-tripper of the season three batters later. Jeremy Slayden drove in two runs with a double and later scored on a balk.
Remole and Eric Patterson drove in a run each in the fifth with singles, and Slayden singled to drive in two more. Menocal walked and later scored on a wild pitch.
Tech added single runs in the seventh and eighth on sacrifice flies by Matthew Boggs and Menocal.
"Remole had some big hits for us, and I think it really jumpstarted the offense, and that's the way its been with different guys coming through at different times all year," Hall said.
Core (8-6) took the loss after giving up seven runs on eight hits over 3 2/3 innings. L.J. Biernbaum and Rusty Brown drove in a run each with singles in the sixth, and the Owls added a run in the seventh on Jeff Fiorentino's double.
"I was very impressed with the way they swung the bats. I thought their second baseman (Patterson) played a great game on the field and had chances and is a good little ball player," said FAU coach Kevin Cooney. "It's a three game series, and we'll play hard tomorrow hopefully to a little better job on the mound and start things off and hopefully hit early in the games to get us going. If we hit, then we play well and hopefully that will be the case tomorrow."
2002 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
FLORIDA ATLANTIC at GEORGIA TECH
June 7, 2002 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
FLORIDA ATLANTIC 3 (46-20)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Somarriba, Gabe cf....... 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0
Fiorentino, Jeff lf...... 5 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0
Cox, Mike 3b............. 5 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 1
Biernbaum, LJ rf......... 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
Brown, Rusty 1b.......... 4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 0
Valdes, Mike dh.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Pali, Matt ph........... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Orton, Robert c.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 3
O'Connor, Shaen ph/c.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hutton, Derek 2b......... 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 2
Spano, Bobby ss.......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 3
Core, Danny p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MacLane, Tom p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
O'Brien, Matt p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ingwell, Brad p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 36 3 9 3 2 5 24 9 10
GEORGIA TECH 14 (50-14)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Eric Patterson 2b........ 5 3 2 1 1 0 3 6 0
Victor Menocal ss........ 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2
Jeremy Slayden rf........ 5 2 3 4 1 0 4 1 0
Matt Murton lf........... 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2
Jason Perry 1b........... 5 0 2 0 0 1 9 0 1
Tyler Parker c........... 5 2 2 1 0 3 6 0 4
Mike Nickeas c.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Matthew Boggs 3b......... 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Davis Myers 3b.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Wes Rynders cf........... 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2
Clifton Remole dh........ 4 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
Brandon Boggs ph........ 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Bakker p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Nick Wagner p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 38 14 18 12 7 6 27 10 11
Score by Innings R H E
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FLORIDA ATLANTIC.... 000 002 100 - 3 9 1
GEORGIA TECH........ 100 650 11X - 14 18 1
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E - COX,M(22); Menocal, V.(14). LOB - FAU 10; GEORGIA TECH 11.
2B - FIORENTINO,J(10); PALI,M(8); Slayden, J. 2(15); Boggs, M.(11).
HR - Parker, T.(11); Remole, C.(4). HBP - ORTON,R; O'CONNOR,S; Boggs, M..
SH - Rynders, W.(2). SF - Menocal, V.(6); Boggs, M.(4). SB - Patterson, E(38).
CS - Boggs, M.(6).
FLORIDA ATLANTIC IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Core, Danny......... 3.2 8 7 7 3 1 17 21 82
MacLane, Tom........ 0.2 5 5 5 2 0 6 9 27
O'Brien, Matt....... 1.2 3 1 0 2 3 9 11 45
Ingwell, Brad....... 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 6 8 29
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Kyle Bakker......... 7.0 6 3 2 2 4 27 30 93
Nick Wagner......... 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 5 6 22
Jordan Crews........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 8
O'BRIEN,M faced 3 batters in the 7th.
Win - Bakker, K. (12-2). Loss - CORE,D (8-6). Save - None.
WP - CORE,D(2); O'BRIEN,M(5); INGWELL,B(2).
HBP - by Bakker, K. (ORTON,R); by CORE,D (Boggs, M.); by Wagner, N. (O'CONNOR,S).
BK - MACLANE,T(3). Inherited runners/scored: MACLANE,T 1/1; O'BRIEN,M 2/1; INGWELL,B 3/1.
Pitches/strikes: CORE,D 82/45; MACLANE,T 27/17; O'BRIEN,M 45/27; INGWELL,B 29/19;
Bakker, K. 93/62; Wagner, N. 22/14; Crews, J. 8/8.
Umpires - HP: Tony Walsh 1B: Kevin Daugherty 2B: Frank Sylvester 3B: Jim Jackson
Start: 7:00 pm Time: 2:46 Attendance: 3146
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