Tech's 25 runs were the most since a 27-4 win over Virginia on March 7, 1998. The Yellow Jackets' 22 hits were a season-high.
Owings with 2-for-4 with five RBI and four runs scored, and Mike Nickeas added three RBI. Wes Hodges went 2-for-3 with four runs scored, while Andy Hawranick added three hits extra base hits with a double, triple and home run.
Tech's Aaron Walker (1-0) earned the win after tossing a scoreless inning in relief. The Yellow Jackets' bullpen of Walker, Jared Hyatt, Tim Gustafson, Jason Neighborgall, Ryan Self and Jordan Crews combined to work six scoreless innings in relief of starter Ryan Turner.
Georgia Tech scored four funs in the first inning with only one hit after drawing five walks. Two Georgia State errors aided an inning that also included an RBI single by Remole and a sacrifice fly from Nickeas. A pair of RBI groundouts from Charlie Pelt and Brian Williams pulled the Panthers to within 4-2 in the bottom of the inning, but a three-run double by Remole staked Tech to a 7-2 lead in the second.
The Yellow Jackets added five more runs in the third inning, highlighted by two-run homers from both Hawranick, his second of the year, and Nickeas, his fourth. Georgia State's Tim Burgess walked in the bottom of the third inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by Rusty Bennett to make the score 12-3.
Tyler Greene hit a solo home run, his fifth of the season, and Eric Patterson added an RBI double in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 14-3.
A grand slam from Owings, his team-leading 11th home run of the year, extended the Tech lead to 18-3 in the sixth inning. The Yellow Jackets added three more runs in the seventh, including a two-run single from Remole and an RBI double from Whit Robbins, to make the score 21-3.
Cameron Lane had an RBI single and Ryan Stanley earned a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning to extend the lead to 23-3. An RBI triple from Hawranick and an RBI single from Jeff Kindel in the ninth inning provided the final 25-3 margin.
Georgia State starter Ben Rulon (1-6), one of eight pitchers in the game, took the loss after allowing four runs in one-third of an inning.
Georgia Tech hosts North Carolina in a three-game ACC series this weekend at Russ Chandler Stadium. First pitch on Friday and Saturday will be at 7 p.m. and both games will be televised on Fox Sports Net South. Sunday's series finale will begin at 1 p.m.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at GEORGIA STATE
April 6, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (DeKalb South Field)
GEORGIA TECH 25 (18-13) GEORGIA STATE 3 (13-18)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 3 2 1 1 Justin Newman cf........... 2 1 1 0
Mike Trapani ph/2b........ 1 2 1 0 Eric Suttle cf............ 1 0 0 0
Wes Hodges 3b.............. 3 4 2 0 Ryan Sterling 2b........... 5 1 1 0
Cameron Lane ph/3b........ 3 0 1 1 Tim Burgess 1b/p........... 3 1 2 0
Brandon Boggs cf........... 3 2 1 0 Charlie Pelt c............. 4 0 0 1
Lee Hyde ph/cf............ 1 1 1 0 Brian Williams lf.......... 3 0 1 1
Jeff Kindel ph/lf......... 2 0 2 1 Cole Reissig lf........... 1 0 0 0
Micah Owings dh............ 4 4 2 5 Rusty Bennett dh........... 2 0 0 1
Ryan Stanley dh........... 2 0 0 1 Wesley Wilson dh/1b....... 1 0 0 0
Mike Nickeas 1b............ 3 2 1 3 B.J. Hubbert rf............ 2 0 0 0
Whit Robbins ph/1b........ 2 1 1 1 Tim Johnson ph/rf......... 2 0 0 0
Clifton Remole rf.......... 5 0 3 6 Ryan Clark 3b.............. 2 0 0 0
Tyler Greene ss............ 6 1 2 1 Mike Buchanan ss........... 3 0 0 0
Jake Hall lf............... 0 1 0 0 Ben Rulon p................ 0 0 0 0
Steven Blackwood ph/lf/cf. 4 2 1 0 Matt Handley p............ 0 0 0 0
Andy Hawranick c........... 7 3 3 3 Cody Webb p............... 0 0 0 0
Ryan Turner p.............. 0 0 0 0 Cliff Flagello p.......... 0 0 0 0
Aaron Walker p............ 0 0 0 0 Kenny Camp p.............. 0 0 0 0
Jared Hyatt p............. 0 0 0 0 Braden Staranchuk p....... 0 0 0 0
Tim Gustafson p........... 0 0 0 0 Robert Hasenfelt p........ 0 0 0 0
Jason Neighborgall p...... 0 0 0 0
Ryan Self p............... 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 49 25 22 23 Totals..................... 31 3 5 3
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 435 204 322 - 25 22 0
GEORGIA STATE....... 201 000 000 - 3 5 4
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E - Burgess, T.(2); Pelt, C.(2); Williams, B.(2); Johnson, T.(6). LOB - GEORGIA TECH
15; GEORGIA ST. 8. 2B - Patterson, E(9); Owings, M.(8); Robbins, W.(4); Remole,
C.(7); Blackwood, S(11); Hawranick, A(5). 3B - Hawranick, A(1). HR - Owings, M.(11);
Nickeas, M.(4); Greene, T.(5); Hawranick, A(2). HBP - Clark, R.. SF - Nickeas,
M.(2); Bennett, R.(2). SB - Patterson, E(21).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Ryan Turner ............... 3.0 3 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 11 16 2 5 71
Aaron Walker W,1-0........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 1 17
Jared Hyatt ............... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 14
Tim Gustafson ............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 15
Jason Neighborgall ........ 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 1 26
Ryan Self ................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 19
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 2 13
GEORGIA STATE IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Ben Rulon L,1-6........... 0.1 1 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0 22
Matt Handley .............. 1.1 1 3 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 3 36
Cody Webb ................. 1.1 4 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 9 1 2 52
Cliff Flagello ............ 1.2 3 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 8 11 2 1 48
Kenny Camp ................ 0.2 3 4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 1 31
Braden Staranchuk ......... 1.2 4 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 10 2 2 45
Robert Hasenfelt .......... 1.0 4 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 7 8 1 0 37
Tim Burgess ............... 1.0 2 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 29
HBP - by Crews, J. (Clark, R.). PB - Pelt, C.(1). Inherited runners/scored: Handley, M.
1/0; Webb, C. 1/0; Camp, K. 3/0; Staranchuk 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Turner, R. 71/36;
Walker, A. 17/10; Hyatt, J. 14/9; Gustafson, T 15/9; Neighborgall 26/13; Self, R. 19/13;
Crews, J. 13/9; Rulon, B. 22/6; Handley, M. 36/15; Webb, C. 52/30; Flagello, C. 48/24;
Camp, K. 31/14; Staranchuk 45/27; Hasenfelt, R 37/22; Burgess, T. 29/20.
Strikeouts - Lane, C.; Boggs, B. 2; Stanley, R.; Nickeas, M. 2; Remole, C.; Greene,
T.; Hawranick, A 2; Newman, J.; Sterling, R. 2; Burgess, T.; Williams, B.; Wilson,
W.; Johnson, T.; Clark, R.; Buchanan, M.. Walks - Patterson, E 2; Trapani, M. 2;
Hodges, W. 2; Boggs, B. 2; Owings, M.; Stanley, R.; Nickeas, M.; Remole, C. 2;
Greene, T.; Hall, J. 2; Blackwood, S; Newman, J. 2; Burgess, T.; Clark, R.;
Buchanan, M..
Umpires - HP: Ken Couch 1B: Tony Thompson 3B: Steve Manders
Start: 6:04 pm Time: 3:48 Attendance: 196