Kown (4-1) allowed just one run in the first and fourth innings, and permitted just three other runners to advance beyond first base while pitching eight strong innings for the Jackets. He gave up six hits while striking out four Eagles batters and walking none in the game.
Owings led the Jackets with four hits on the afternoon while Steven Blackwood went 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs scored against the Eagles in a game in which every starter in the Georgia Tech lineup had at least one hit. Tyler Greene also drove in three runs on the afternoon and scored another.
Georgia Southern led 1-0 at the end of the first as James Payne was hit by a pitch to lead off the game, moved to third on a single by Brandon Long, and scored on an RBI groundout by Greg Dowling.
The Jackets scored a pair of runs in the second inning to pull ahead, 2-1. Owings and Blackwood hit back-to-back singles to lead off the inning and both advanced a base on a wild pitch by GSU starter John Carroll. Clifton Remole then drove in Owings with an RBI groundout and Whit Robbins doubled to left-center field to plate Blackwood.
Georgia Tech scored six runs in the third inning to lead 8-1 after seven consecutive batters reached base. The inning was highlighted with RBI singles by Brandon Boggs, Blackwood and Remole, and Green drove in a pair of runners with a double to right-center field.
The Eagles cut the lead to 8-2 in the fourth when Dowling led off the inning with a single, moved to third on a single by Grant Burruss, and scored on an RBI groundout from Mike Economos.
The Jackets extended the lead to 11-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning. With one out, Boggs singled, stole second base, and moved to third on a single by Owings. Blackwood drove in Boggs with a single to right field, and Owings and Blackwood later scored on a fielding error by Eagles shortstop Brandon Ponder.
Tech added two more runs in the seventh inning for the final 13-2 margin. Andy Hawranick, Wes Hodges and Boggs walked to load the bases before Owings and Greene had RBI singles.
Starter Carroll (2-4) took the loss for Georgia Southern, lasting 3.1 innings and giving up 10 runs on 12 hits while striking out two and walking one. Southpaw Josh Lairsey came on in relief for Carroll and pitched effectively, giving up just one run on two hits in 2.2 innings of work.
The Jackets will return to action when they host the 13th-ranked Auburn Tigers this Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a game that will be regionally televised on Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS). Radio coverage will also be available for the game on WREK (91.1 FM in Atlanta) and on the internet at www.wrek.org.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA SOUTHERN at GEORGIA TECH
March 28, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2 (14-15) GEORGIA TECH 13 (15-11)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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James Payne cf............. 3 1 1 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 4 2 2 0
Brandon Long rf............ 4 0 2 0 Mike Trapani ph/2b........ 1 0 1 0
Greg Dowling 1b............ 4 1 1 1 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 4 2 1 0
Grant Burress dh........... 4 0 2 0 Cameron Lane ph/cf........ 1 0 0 0
Mike Economos lf........... 4 0 0 1 Brandon Boggs cf........... 3 2 2 1
Flint Wipke c.............. 4 0 1 0 John Goodman ph........... 1 0 0 0
Logan Phillips 2b.......... 4 0 0 0 Ryan Stanley 1b........... 0 0 0 0
Travis Adkinson 3b......... 3 0 1 0 Micah Owings dh............ 4 3 4 1
Brandon Ponder ss.......... 3 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 5 3 3 3
John Carroll p............. 0 0 0 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 5 1 2 3
Josh Lairsey p............ 0 0 0 0 Clifton Remole rf.......... 5 0 1 2
Thomas Turner p........... 0 0 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 0 1 1
Mike Thomspon p........... 0 0 0 0 Jake Hall ph/3b........... 1 0 0 0
Andy Hawranick c........... 4 0 1 0
Andrew Kown p.............. 0 0 0 0
Aaron Walker p............ 0 0 0 0
Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 33 2 8 2 Totals..................... 42 13 18 11
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA SOUTHERN.... 100 100 000 - 2 8 1
GEORGIA TECH........ 026 300 20X - 13 18 0
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E - Ponder, B.(9). DP - GEORGIA TECH 1. LOB - GA. SOUTHERN 5; GEORGIA TECH 11.
2B - Long, B.(7); Adkinson, T.(6); Greene, T.(9); Robbins, W.(3). HBP - Payne, J..
SB - Patterson, E(16); Boggs, B.(7). CS - Patterson, E(4).
GEORGIA SOUTHERN IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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John Carroll L,2-4........ 3.1 12 10 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 21 22 4 3 85
Josh Lairsey .............. 2.2 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 11 13 5 1 43
Thomas Turner ............. 0.1 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 17
Mike Thomspon ............. 1.2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 9 1 1 37
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Andrew Kown W,4-1......... 8.0 6 2 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 29 30 7 12 89
Aaron Walker .............. 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Nick Wagner ............... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 7
Walker, A. faced 1 batter in the 9th.
WP - Carroll, J.(2); Lairsey, J.(4); Turner, T.(3). HBP - by Kown, A. (Payne, J.).
BK - Lairsey, J.(3). Inherited runners/scored: Lairsey, J. 2/2; Thompson, M. 3/2; Wagner, N.
1/0. Pitches/strikes: Carroll, J. 85/58; Lairsey, J. 43/23; Turner, T. 17/5; Thompson,
M. 37/26; Kown, A. 89/62; Walker, A. 2/1; Wagner, N. 7/5.
Strikeouts - Economos, M.; Wipke, F.; Phillips, L.; Ponder, B.; Patterson, E;
Goodman, J.; Blackwood, S; Greene, T. 2; Remole, C.; Hall, J.. Walks - Patterson, E;
Hodges, W.; Boggs, B. 2; Owings, M.; Hawranick, A.
Umpires - HP: Thomas Price 1B: David Savage 3B: Danny Everett
Start: 1:04 pm Time: 2:54 Attendance: 1659