Kown (3-1) fired the first complete game of his career, holding the Demon Deacons to two runs on four hits and three walks while striking out eight. After allowing two runs in the first inning, Kown retired 20 consecutive batters before finally allowing a two-out walk in the seventh inning. Kown, who threw 115 pitches including 73 strikes, allowed just two runners to advance past first base after the first inning.
Mike Nickeas paced the Tech offense with a 4-for-5 afternoon while Hodges went 3-for-4. Tyler Greene and Steven Blackwood added two hits each.
A two-run homer from Ben Ingold, his third of the year, staked the Demon Deacons to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Tech's Brandon Boggs walked and scored on Clifton Remole's RBI groundout to make the score 2-1 in the top of the second inning.
The Yellow Jackets took a 3-2 lead when Owings hit his team-leading sixth home run of the year, a two-run shot over the right field fence.
Tech erupted for five runs in the top of the sixth inning to take control of the game, 8-2. The Yellow Jackets sent nine batters to the plate in an inning that was highlighted by an RBI double from Greene and an RBI single from Blackwood. The Demon Deacons helped the cause with three balks, two wild pitches, a passed ball and an error.
Hodges hit a solo home run, his third of the season, to extend the lead to 9-2 in the top of the eighth inning.
Wake Forest starter Brian Bach (2-4), who allowed six runs on eight hits in 5.1 innings, took the loss.
Georgia Tech returns to action on Wednesday when the Yellow Jackets visit Georgia on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The game will be televised by CSS (Comcast Sports Southeast), while radio coverage will be available on WREK Radio (91.1 FM in Atlanta).
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at WAKE FOREST
March 21, 2004 at Winston-Salem, NC (Gene Hooks Stadium)
GEORGIA TECH 9 (13-10,2-4 ACC) WAKE FOREST 2 (11-9,1-2 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 4 0 1 1 Matt Antonelli 3b.......... 2 1 0 0
Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 2 3 1 Ben Ingold ss.............. 4 1 2 2
Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 1 2 1 Brad Scioletti 2b.......... 4 0 1 0
Micah Owings dh............ 4 1 1 2 Steve LeFaivre dh.......... 4 0 0 0
Brandon Boggs cf........... 4 2 1 0 Ryder Mathias c............ 4 0 0 0
Mike Nickeas 1b............ 5 1 4 0 Matt Miller cf............. 3 0 0 0
Tyler Greene ss............ 5 1 2 1 Doug Riepe 1b.............. 4 0 1 0
Clifton Remole rf.......... 5 0 0 1 Brian Shust rf............. 3 0 0 0
Andy Hawranick c........... 4 1 0 0 Casey Sterk lf............. 3 0 0 0
Andrew Kown p.............. 0 0 0 0 Brian Bach p............... 0 0 0 0
Daniel Davidson p......... 0 0 0 0
Kirby Wedekind p.......... 0 0 0 0
Danny Mackey p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 39 9 14 7 Totals..................... 31 2 4 2
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 012 005 010 - 9 14 0
WAKE FOREST......... 200 000 000 - 2 4 1
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E - Davidson(1). DP - WAKE FOREST 3. LOB - GEORGIA TECH 8; WAKE FOREST 5. 2B -
Hodges, W.(10); Blackwood, S(6); Nickeas, M.(4); Greene, T.(8). HR - Hodges, W.(3);
Owings, M.(6); Ingold(3). HBP - Hodges, W.; Owings, M.. SB - Patterson, E(11);
Remole, C.(2).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Andrew Kown W,3-1......... 9.0 4 2 2 3 8 0 0 0 0 31 34 12 7 115
WAKE FOREST IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Brian Bach L,2-4.......... 5.1 8 6 6 3 4 1 0 1 0 22 26 2 8 102
Daniel Davidson ........... 0.1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 1 15
Kirby Wedekind ............ 2.1 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 12 2 3 47
Danny Mackey .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 11
WP - Bach(3); Wedekind(3). HBP - by Bach (Hodges, W.); by Wedekind (Owings, M.). BK -
Davidson 3(3). PB - Mathias(1). Inherited runners/scored: Davidson 1/1; Wedekind 1/1.
Pitches/strikes: Kown, A. 115/73; Bach 102/67; Davidson 15/10; Wedekind 47/27; Mackey
11/7.
Strikeouts - Boggs, B.; Nickeas, M.; Greene, T. 2; Remole, C.; Hawranick, A;
Antonelli 2; LeFaivre; Mathias 2; Miller; Shust 2. Walks - Patterson, E; Blackwood,
S; Boggs, B.; Antonelli 2; Miller.
Umpires - HP: Henry Stancil 1B: Scott Graham 3B: Tom Baldinelli
Start: 1:35 pm Time: 2:41 Attendance: 455