Tim Lincecum (4-1) backed up the Huskies' offensive attack with a dominant pitching performance, holding the Yellow Jackets hitless before allowing a sixth-inning leadoff single to Eric Patterson. The freshman worked six shutout innings, allowing just the one hit and three walks while striking out nine. Lincecum and relievers Trent Baysinger and Richie Lentz combined on a five-hitter.
Washington exploded for eight runs off Tech starter Brian Burks in the second inning. Lane led off the inning with a solo home run, his third of the year, before the Huskies loaded the bases with one out on an error, single and walk. A three-run double from Nick Batkoski cleared the bases, Zach Clem followed with a RBI single, and Johnson capped the inning with a three-run homer, his fifth of the season.
Batkoski, who went 2-for-5 with six RBI, added a three-run homer, his first of the season, to make the score 11-0 in the top of the third. Lane paced the Washington offense with a 3-for-5 performance, while Clem and Greg Isaacson added two hits each.
The Huskies scored five more runs in the top of the eighth on just one hit, seven walks and a hit batter to make the score 16-0.
Tech broke up the shutout in the bottom of the eighth when Tyler Greene led off the inning with a single and scored on Brandon Boggs' RBI double. A solo home run in the ninth from Mike Nickeas, his fifth of the year, provided the final 16-2 margin. Steven Blackwood went 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to a career-long 14 games.
Burks (2-5), one of eight Tech pitchers in the game, took the loss after allowing eight runs in 1.1 innings.
Tech's 14-run loss was its worst since an 18-4 decision at Florida State in 1999, while the Yellow Jackets' 11 walks were a season-high.
Georgia Tech will host Winthrop on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Russ Chandler Stadium before traveling to Florida State for a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series next weekend.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
WASHINGTON at GEORGIA TECH
April 18, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
WASHINGTON 16 (21-13-1) GEORGIA TECH 2 (21-17)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Brent Lillibridge cf....... 2 2 0 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 3 0 1 0
Taylor Johnson ph/cf...... 2 0 1 1 Brandon Boggs cf........... 5 0 1 1
Nick Batkoski ss........... 5 2 2 6 Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 0 1 0
Zach Clem lf............... 4 1 2 1 Micah Owings dh............ 4 0 0 0
Nick Burnham ph/lf........ 1 1 0 0 Clifton Remole rf/1b....... 1 0 0 0
Kyle Larsen 1b............. 4 2 1 0 Mike Nickeas ph/1b........ 2 1 1 1
Ben Johnson c.............. 5 2 1 3 Wes Hodges 3b.............. 3 0 0 0
Matt Lane dh............... 5 2 3 2 Jake Hall ph.............. 0 0 0 0
Aaron Hathaway rf.......... 3 0 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 2 0 0 0
Matt Tucker rf............ 0 1 0 1 Cameron Lane rf........... 1 0 0 0
John Otness 3b............. 4 2 1 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 1 0
Tyler Mach 3b............. 0 0 0 0 Ryan Stanley ph........... 1 0 0 0
Greg Isaacson 2b........... 4 1 2 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 2 0 0 0
Brian Bauer ph/2b......... 0 0 0 1 Jeff Kindel ph............ 1 0 0 0
Tim Lincecum p............. 0 0 0 0 Brian Burks p.............. 0 0 0 0
Trent Baysinger p......... 0 0 0 0 John Goodman p............ 0 0 0 0
Richie Lentz p............ 0 0 0 0 Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0
Jared Hyatt p............. 0 0 0 0
Philip Perry p............ 0 0 0 0
Jason Neighborgall p...... 0 0 0 0
Ryan Turner p............. 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 39 16 13 15 Totals..................... 32 2 5 2
Score by Innings R H E
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WASHINGTON.......... 083 000 050 - 16 13 0
GEORGIA TECH........ 000 000 011 - 2 5 2
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E - Patterson, E(4); Robbins, W.(2). DP - GEORGIA TECH 1. LOB - WASHINGTON 8;
GEORGIA TECH 9. 2B - Batkoski(6); Clem(9); Otness(5); Isaacson(8); Boggs, B.(8).
HR - Batkoski(1); B. Johnson(5); Lane(3); Nickeas, M.(5). HBP - Bauer; Lane, C..
SB - Lillibridge(12).
WASHINGTON IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Tim Lincecum W,4-1........ 6.0 1 0 0 3 9 0 1 0 0 19 22 6 3 99
Trent Baysinger ........... 2.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 9 3 2 33
Richie Lentz .............. 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 2 0 24
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Brian Burks L,2-5......... 1.1 6 8 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 14 0 2 41
John Goodman .............. 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 2 25
Nick Wagner ............... 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 4 0 34
Jared Hyatt ............... 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 8 1 2 31
Philip Perry .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 7
Jason Neighborgall ........ 0.1 0 5 5 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 38
Ryan Turner ............... 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 7
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 1 6
WP - Neighborgall 2(9). HBP - by Neighborgall (Bauer); by Lentz (Lane, C.). BK -
Lincecum(2). Inherited runners/scored: Turner, R. 3/1. Pitches/strikes: Lincecum 99/54;
Baysinger 33/22; Lentz 24/10; Burks, B. 41/22; Goodman, J. 25/15; Wagner, N. 34/20;
Hyatt, J. 31/25; Perry, P. 7/5; Neighborgall 38/9; Turner, R. 7/5; Crews, J. 6/4.
Strikeouts - Lillibridge 2; T. Johnson; Clem; Lane; Hathaway 2; Patterson, E; Boggs,
B. 3; Owings, M. 2; Hodges, W.; Robbins, W. 2; Lane, C.; Greene, T..
Walks - Lillibridge 2; Batkoski; Burnham; Larsen 2; B. Johnson; Lane; Hathaway; Tucker;
Mach; Patterson, E 2; Remole, C.; Hall, J.; Hawranick, A.
Umpires - HP: Danny Everett 1B: Joe Conley 3B: Thomas Price
Start: 1:05 pm Time: 3:00 Attendance: 1928