Down by two in the sixth inning, the Bulldogs strung together three straight hits to take a 3-2 lead in the game. Justin Holmes doubled, Jason Jacobs singled to move Holmes to third, and Morris delivered his team-leading 11th home run of the season to give Georgia the one-run edge.
The Jackets came back with a pair of runs in the top of the ninth inning after Georgia reliever Johnny Dobbs (2-1) walked Tyler Greene, pinch hitter Whit Robbins and Clifton Remole to set Patterson up for his game-winning single up the middle, which drove in Greene and pinch runner Cameron Lane.
Patterson led the Jackets with three hits in the game, while Micah Owings added two, including a home run. Owings earned his third win of the season, allowing just four hits in 3.2 innings of work in relief while striking out six.
Back-to-back singles to begin the game gave the Yellow Jackets a 1-0. Patterson led off with a single to left field and stole second on the first pitch to Wes Hodges. Hodges then delivered an RBI single to left field to score Patterson.
Tech added another run in the top of the fourth inning when Owings blasted his team-leading seventh home run of the season over the left field fence, giving Tech a 2-0 lead.
Tech starter Lee Hyde carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning, retiring 14 of the first 15 batters that he faced, before giving up back-to-back infield singles to the Bulldogs' Matt Robbins and Josh Smith. A fielder's choice by Kyle Keen ended Georgia's threat however, keeping the Jackets' 2-0 lead in tact heading into the sixth inning.
Neither starter figured in the decision, as Hyde went a career-high 5.1 innings, allowing just two runs while tying a career high with five strikeouts. He walked just one Georgia batter in the game. Georgia starter David Timm gave up six hits and two runs in four innings of work while striking out four and walking three.
The Jackets will return to action when they host Georgia Southern in a two-game series this weekend, beginning Saturday at 1 p.m. and concluding Sunday with a 1 p.m. start. Radio coverage will be available for both games on WREK Radio (91.1 FM in Atlanta) and on the internet at www.wrek.org.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at #24 GEORGIA
March 24, 2004 at Athens, Ga. (Foley Field)
GEORGIA TECH 4 (14-10) GEORGIA 3 (16-5)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 5 1 3 2 Bobby Felmy lf............. 2 0 0 0
Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 0 1 1 Clint Sammons c........... 1 0 0 0
Brandon Boggs cf........... 5 0 0 0 Jonathan Wyatt pr......... 0 0 0 0
Micah Owings dh/p.......... 4 1 2 1 Justin Holmes ss........... 5 1 1 0
Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 0 0 0 Jason Jacobs c/3b.......... 3 1 1 0
Mike Nickeas 1b/c.......... 2 0 1 0 Josh Morris 1b............. 4 1 1 3
Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 1 0 Joey Side rf............... 4 0 1 0
Andy Hawranick c........... 3 0 0 0 Marshall Szabo 2b.......... 4 0 2 0
Whit Robbins ph........... 0 0 0 0 Matt Robbins dh............ 4 0 1 0
Cameron Lane pr/rf........ 0 1 0 0 Josh Smith 3b/lf........... 4 0 1 0
Jake Hall rf............... 1 0 0 0 Kyle Keen cf............... 4 0 1 0
Clifton Remole ph/rf...... 1 0 0 0 David Timm p............... 0 0 0 0
Lee Hyde p................. 0 0 0 0 Josh McLaughlin p......... 0 0 0 0
Johnny Dobbs p............ 0 0 0 0
Bo Lanier p............... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 32 4 8 4 Totals..................... 35 3 9 3
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 100 100 002 - 4 8 0
GEORGIA............. 000 003 000 - 3 9 1
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E - Morris(3). DP - GEORGIA 4. LOB - GEORGIA TECH 8; GEORGIA 8. 2B - Holmes(4).
HR - Owings, M.(7); Morris(11). SB - Patterson, E(12); Greene, T.(8); Side(3);
Szabo(3). CS - Keen(2).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Lee Hyde .................. 5.1 5 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 21 22 6 5 82
Micah Owings W,3-2........ 3.2 4 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 14 16 2 2 79
GEORGIA IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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David Timm ................ 4.0 6 2 2 3 4 1 0 0 0 16 19 1 5 77
Josh McLaughlin ........... 3.1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 11 12 1 4 52
Johnny Dobbs L,2-1........ 1.0 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 26
Bo Lanier ................. 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 17
Timm faced two batters in the fifth
WP - Timm(6). Inherited runners/scored: McLaughlin 2/0; Dobbs 1/0; Lanier 3/2.
Pitches/strikes: Hyde, L. 82/52; Owings, M. 79/50; Timm 77/47; McLaughlin 52/32; Dobbs
26/12; Lanier 17/11.
Strikeouts - Patterson, E; Boggs, B. 3; Owings, M. 2; Nickeas, M.; Greene, T.;
Hawranick, A; Hall, J.; Felmy; Holmes 2; Side; Szabo; Robbins 3; Smith, J.; Keen 2.
Walks - Hodges, W.; Nickeas, M. 2; Greene, T.; Robbins, W.; Hall, J.; Remole, C.;
Sammons 2; Jacobs.
Umpires - HP: Ken Couch 1B: Steve Manders 3B: Tony Thompson
Start: 7:08 pm Time: 3:07 Attendance: 3606