Tech starter Brian Burks (1-0) earned his first win of the year after working five solid innings. The right-hander held Villanova to one run on five hits and two walks while tying a career-high with eight strikeouts.
Burks teamed with relievers Lee Hyde, Tim Gustafson, Blake Wood and Jordan Crews to strike out 14 Villanova batters. Meanwhile, Villanova pitchers issued 11 walks to Tech hitters in the game.
Hawranick tied his career-high with three hits, including a single, double and his first collegiate home run, and established a new personal best with four RBI. Tech pounded out a season-high 17 hits in the game, including a 4-for-6 performance from Slayden and two hits each from Wes Hodges and Brandon Boggs.
The Wildcats took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on Kelly Pickel's RBI single, but Tech responded with 15 unanswered runs in their next five times at bat to seize control of the game.
Tech scored three runs in the second inning with five walks and just one base hit, and added four more runs in the second inning on Hawranick's three-run homer and Jeremy Slayden's RBI single.
Two more runs in the fourth inning on Tyler Greene's first home run of the season made the score 9-0.
The Yellow Jackets added three more runs in the fifth inning on a two-run single from Micah Owings and an RBI hit from Hawranick to extend the lead to 12-1. A three run sixth inning, including a pair of bases loaded walks and a sacrifice fly from Ryan Stanley made the score 15-1.
After failing to score in the seventh inning, Tech scored four more runs in the eighth, including a two-run double from Slayden, to provide the final 19-1 margin.
Villanova starter Jake Wolff (1-1), one of five Wildcat pitchers in the game, took the loss after allowing three runs in 1.1 innings.
Georgia Tech and Villanova will conclude the three game series on Sunday at 1 p.m.
VILLANOVA at #5 GEORGIA TECH
Feb 21, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (Chandler Stadium)
VILLANOVA 1 (3-2) GEORGIA TECH 19 (5-0)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Molloy, Kris cf-lf......... 5 0 1 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 3 0 0 1
Petracca, Angelo 3b........ 2 0 0 0 John Goodman 2b........... 1 2 1 0
Day, Alan rf-1b............ 4 0 1 0 Brandon Boggs cf........... 2 2 2 1
Newbold, Brian lf.......... 2 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood cf....... 0 1 0 1
Griffith, Darren cf....... 1 0 1 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 1 2
Schau, Adrian 1b-p......... 4 1 1 0 Mike Trapani ph-ss........ 1 1 1 1
Mirsky, Craig dh........... 2 0 0 0 Micah Owings dh............ 4 0 1 2
Cirone, Frank ph.......... 1 0 0 0 Ryan Stanley dh........... 1 0 0 1
Beasley, Kai rf........... 1 0 0 0 Clifton Remole lf.......... 2 2 1 0
Trotta, Brian ss........... 3 0 1 0 Cameron Lane rf........... 2 0 0 1
Bardeguez, Alex ss........ 1 0 0 0 Mike Nickeas 1b............ 4 0 0 0
Pickel, Kelly c............ 2 0 1 1 Whit Robbins 1b........... 2 1 0 0
Wendle, Andy ph........... 0 0 0 0 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 6 2 4 3
Cardillo, Mark 2b.......... 4 0 1 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 2 3 2 0
Wolff, Jake p.............. 0 0 0 0 Jake Hall ph-3b........... 3 1 1 0
McCoy, Joe p.............. 0 0 0 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 4 3 3 4
Loree, Mike p............. 0 0 0 0 Brian Burks p.............. 0 0 0 0
Farino, Dan p............. 0 0 0 0 Lee Hyde p................ 0 0 0 0
Tim Gustafson p........... 0 0 0 0
Blake Wood p.............. 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 32 1 7 1 Totals..................... 40 19 17 17
Score by Innings R H E
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VILLANOVA........... 010 000 000 - 1 7 2
GEORGIA TECH........ 034 233 04X - 19 17 0
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E - Newbold(1); Bardeguez(1). DP - VILLANOVA 1; GEORGIA TECH 1. LOB - VILLANOVA 9;
GEORGIA TECH 10. 2B - Day(3); Schau(2); Boggs, B.(2); Remole, C.(3); Slayden, J.(1);
Hodges, W.(2); Hawranick, A(1). HR - Greene, T.(1); Hawranick, A(1). HBP - Pickel;
Goodman, J.. SH - Petracca(1). SF - Stanley, R.(1). SB - Molloy(3); Boggs, B.(2).
VILLANOVA IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Wolff, Jake L,1-1......... 1.1 2 3 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 6 10 1 0 40
McCoy, Joe ................ 1.2 6 6 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 11 1 2 42
Loree, Mike ............... 1.2 2 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 7 9 1 2 45
Farino, Dan ............... 1.1 3 3 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 6 11 2 1 44
Schau, Adrian ............. 2.0 4 4 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 11 12 2 1 51
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Brian Burks W,1-0......... 5.0 5 1 1 2 8 0 0 1 0 18 22 0 6 92
Lee Hyde .................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 11
Tim Gustafson ............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 12
Blake Wood ................ 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 16
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 18
WP - Loree(1). HBP - by Burks, B. (Pickel); by Farino (Goodman, J.). PB - Pickel(4).
Inherited runners/scored: McCoy 3/1; Farino 3/2. Pitches/strikes: Wolff 40/18; McCoy
42/26; Loree 45/23; Farino 44/25; Schau 51/32; Burks, B. 92/60; Hyde, L. 11/7;
Gustafson, T 12/8; Wood, B. 16/11; Crews, J. 18/11.
Umpires - HP: Danny Everett 1B: Arthur Schmidt 3B: Brian Hale
Start: 1:05 pm Time: 3:20 Attendance: 1637