Owings went 3-for-6 with a career high six RBI. Clifton Remole added three RBI and Brandon Boggs had three hits as the Yellow Jackets scored a season-high 20 runs. Tech has won seven of its last nine games.
Tech starter Lee Hyde (2-1) earned the win in his third start of the year, allowing two earned runs in five innings of work. He allowed five hits and issued four walks while striking out four. Ryan Self worked two scoreless innings in relief, striking out four, and Aaron Walker pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
The Yellow Jackets struck for seven runs in the first inning, including Owings' home run, his team-leading eighth of the year, and RBI singles from Wes Hodges and Whit Robbins. The first five hitters of the inning reached base safely and Tech sent 12 batters to the plate.
After Auburn scored twice in the second inning on a pair of sacrifice flies, Tech added two runs in the bottom of the inning on Steven Blackwood's RBI single and Clifton Remole's RBI groundout to make the score 9-2.
The Tigers pulled to within 9-4 with two unearned runs in the top of the third, but the Yellow Jackets stretched the lead to 12-4 with a sacrifice fly from Brandon Boggs in the third and RBI singles from Remole and Robbins in the fourth.
Tech sent 10 batters to the plate and scored seven more runs in the eighth inning, including Owings second three-run homer of the game. Jake Hall drove in two runs with a double, and Mike Nickeas added an RBI double in the inning.
Patterson had two hits and stole three bases in the game, while Remole, Blackwood, Robbins and Nickeas each had two hits.
Auburn starter Colby Paxton (2-2) took the loss after allowing five runs and not retiring a batter.
Georgia Tech hosts Miami for a three-game series this weekend at Russ Chandler Stadium. The series begins on Friday at 7 p.m., and continues on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. each day.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
#13 AUBURN at GEORGIA TECH
March 30, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
AUBURN 5 (20-7) GEORGIA TECH 20 (16-11)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Sean Gamble lf............. 3 0 1 1 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 5 2 2 0
J.T. Williamson ph/lf..... 1 1 1 0 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 5 2 1 1
Chuck Jeroloman ss......... 5 0 1 0 Brandon Boggs cf........... 5 2 3 2
Tug Hulett 2b.............. 5 0 1 1 Micah Owings dh............ 6 3 3 6
Clete Thomas cf............ 3 1 0 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 3 3 2 1
Josh Sullivan dh........... 4 2 2 0 Cameron Lane ph/lf........ 2 1 0 0
Josh Bell 1b............... 4 1 1 0 Mike Nickeas c............. 5 2 2 1
Derek Sain 1b............. 1 0 0 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 0 0
Ben Maitland c/3b.......... 5 0 2 0 Mike Trapani ph/ss........ 1 0 0 0
Ben Sprague rf............. 1 0 1 2 Clifton Remole rf.......... 4 2 2 3
Bruce Edwards ph/rf....... 2 0 0 0 Ryan Stanley ph/1b........ 0 1 0 0
Kyle Mayo 3b............... 0 0 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 0 2 2
Mike Hnytka c............. 4 0 0 0 Jake Hall ph/rf........... 1 1 1 2
Colby Paxton p............. 0 0 0 0 Lee Hyde p................. 0 0 0 0
Jared Shore p............. 0 0 0 0 Ryan Self p............... 0 0 0 0
John Madden p............. 0 0 0 0 Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0
Chris Dennis p............ 0 0 0 0 Aaron Walker p............ 0 0 0 0
Grant Cardwell p.......... 0 0 0 0
Jim Miksis p.............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 38 5 10 4 Totals..................... 44 20 18 18
Score by Innings R H E
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AUBURN.............. 022 000 010 - 5 10 3
GEORGIA TECH........ 721 201 07X - 20 18 2
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E - Hulett 2(6); Mayo(1); Hodges, W.(6); Stanley, R.(1). DP - AUBURN 1. LOB - AUBURN
13; GEORGIA TECH 6. 2B - Sullivan, J.(8); Sprague(3); Boggs, B.(4); Owings, M.(6);
Blackwood, S(7); Nickeas, M. 2(7); Hall, J.(3). 3B - Patterson, E(4). HR - Owings,
M. 2(9). SF - Gamble(1); Sprague(2); Boggs, B.(2). SB - Patterson, E 3(19); Remole,
C.(3).
AUBURN IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Colby Paxton L,2-2........ 0.0 4 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 17
Jared Shore ............... 3.2 7 7 5 1 3 0 1 0 0 20 22 6 2 69
John Madden ............... 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 5 0 2 19
Chris Dennis .............. 2.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 8 3 1 30
Grant Cardwell ............ 0.1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 9
Jim Miksis ................ 0.2 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 2 28
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Lee Hyde W,2-1............ 5.0 5 4 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 20 27 8 3 90
Ryan Self ................. 2.0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 7 7 1 1 35
Nick Wagner ............... 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 1 26
Aaron Walker .............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 16
Paxton faced five batters in the 1st.
WP - Madden 2(2). BK - Shore(1). PB - Hnytka(3). Inherited runners/scored: Shore 1/1;
Madden 1/0; Miksis 1/1. Pitches/strikes: Paxton 17/8; Shore 69/51; Madden 19/11; Dennis
30/17; Cardwell 9/5; Miksis 28/15; Hyde, L. 90/54; Self, R. 35/23; Wagner, N. 26/17;
Walker, A. 16/12.
Strikeouts - Gamble; Jeroloman; Hulett 2; Thomas, C.; Sullivan, J.; Bell; Maitland;
Edwards; Hodges, W.; Boggs, B.; Owings, M.; Blackwood, S; Nickeas, M.; Trapani, M.;
Robbins, W.. Walks - Thomas, C. 2; Sullivan, J.; Sprague; Mayo; Patterson, E;
Hodges, W.; Blackwood, S; Greene, T.; Stanley, R..
Umpires - HP: Steve Manders 1B: Ken Couch 3B: Tony Thompson
Start: 7:07 pm Time: 2:57 Attendance: 2174