The Yellow Jackets won their sixth straight game overall and their seventh straight contest against Atlantic Coast Conference opponents. Tech improved to 7-1 in ACC road games and 11-3 in all road games.
Georgia Tech won its eighth straight game against NC State in Raleigh dating to the 2000 season.
IN GAME TWO, Tech starter Andrew Kown improved to 7-1 after holding the Wolfpack to two runs on six hits in seven innings. He issued four walks and struck out three, and he allowed just four NC State hitters to advance past second base. Kown earned a win in his third straight start, and he improved to 6-0 in his last eight starts.
The Yellow Jackets took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning when consecutive singles from Owings and Boggs put runners on first and third bases and Remole followed with a RBI groundout that scored Owings.
Tech scored four runs in the third inning to take control of the game, 5-0. After Andy Hawranick drew a one-out walk, the Yellow Jackets strung together five straight hits. A single from Patterson put runners on first and second, and Wes Hodges followed with a RBI double and Steven Blackwood drove in two runs with a double down the right field line. A single from Owings put runners on first and third, and Boggs finished the scoring with Tech's third double of the inning.
NC State's David Hicks walked and scored on Jason St. Julien's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning to make the score 5-1. The Wolfpack pulled to within 5-2 in the bottom of the fifth when Jake Muyco singled and scored on Matt Camp's RBI single.
The Yellow Jackets added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh inning to stretch the lead to 7-2. Patterson reached on an error and Hodges singled to put runners on first and third bases. Blackwood drove in Patterson with a sacrifice fly, while Hodges stole second base and scored on Boggs' two out RBI single off the left field wall.
The Wolfpack's Lee Mezistrano led off the eighth with a double and scored on pinch hitter Conor Clougherty's RBI goundout to make the score 7-3, but the game was called during the top of the ninth inning when a heavy rainstorm moved into the area.
Boggs paced the Yellow Jackets with three hits and two RBI in game two, while Hodges added two hits and Blackwood drove in three runs.
NC State starter Vern Sterry (7-2) took the loss in game two, allowing a season-high seven runs on eight hits in 6.1 innings.
Georgia Tech returns to action on Friday when the Yellow Jackets host Duke in the opener of a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at NC STATE - GAME TWO
May 2, 2004 at Raleigh, NC (Doak Field)
GEORGIA TECH 7 (27-17,9-5 ACC) NC STATE 3 (28-18,9-11 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 4 2 1 0 Matt Camp 2b............... 4 0 1 1
Wes Hodges 3b.............. 3 2 2 1 Bobby Kinneberg cf......... 4 0 1 0
Steven Blackwood lf........ 3 1 1 3 David Hicks 1b............. 2 1 0 0
Micah Owings dh............ 4 1 2 0 Mike Jensen dh............. 4 0 0 0
Brandon Boggs cf........... 4 0 3 2 Lee Mezistrano rf.......... 3 1 1 0
Clifton Remole rf.......... 4 0 0 1 Jason St. Julien lf........ 4 0 2 1
Tyler Greene ss............ 4 0 0 0 Eric Taylor 3b............. 2 0 0 0
Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 0 0 0 Conor Clougherty ph....... 1 0 0 1
Andy Hawranick c........... 2 1 1 0 Jake Muyco c............... 4 1 1 0
Andrew Kown p.............. 0 0 0 0 Jonathan Diaz ss........... 2 0 1 0
Brian Burks p............. 0 0 0 0 Vern Sterry p.............. 0 0 0 0
Joey Devine p............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 32 7 10 7 Totals..................... 30 3 7 3
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 014 000 20 - 7 10 0
NC STATE............ 000 110 01 - 3 7 1
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E - Camp, M.(7). LOB - GEORGIA TECH 4; NC STATE 8. 2B - Hodges, W.(15); Blackwood,
S(15); Boggs, B.(9); Hawranick, A(7); Mezistrano(12); St. Julien(12); Diaz, J.(7).
SH - Diaz, J.(10). SF - Blackwood, S(5). SB - Hodges, W.(6). CS - Boggs, B.(6).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Andrew Kown W,7-1......... 7.0 6 2 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 26 31 5 13 104
Brian Burks ............... 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 14
NC STATE IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Vern Sterry L,7-2......... 6.1 9 7 5 2 3 0 0 0 0 27 30 8 7 106
Joey Devine ............... 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 22
WP - Kown, A.(5). PB - Muyco, J.(7). Inherited runners/scored: Devine, J. 1/1.
Pitches/strikes: Kown, A. 104/61; Burks, B. 14/9; Sterry, V. 106/69; Devine, J. 22/13.
Strikeouts - Blackwood, S; Owings, M.; Remole, C.; Greene, T.; Robbins, W.;
Hawranick, A; Camp, M.; Jensen, M.; St. Julien. Walks - Hodges, W.; Hawranick, A;
Hicks, D. 2; Mezistrano; Taylor, E..
Umpires - HP: Frank Sylvester 1B: Mickey Fuqua 3B: Bruce Ravan
Start: 2:24 pm Time: 2:26 Attendance: 276
Game notes:
Rain delay of seven minutes in the top of the seventh inning.
Game called after eight innings due to rain.