"I'm very proud of my team," said Georgia Tech head coach Danny Hall. "I think we did a lot of the little things pretty well, not only today, but the whole tournament. Andrew Kown did a great job pitching out of trouble and battled late into the game and gave us everything he had. Certainly we got some key hits, and we made some great defensive plays. Mike Trapani's defensive play late was a key one, and then Andy Hawranick throwing Josh Brady out in the ninth inning was a key defensive play. I'm very happy and proud of this team, and we're certainly looking forward to a chance to play again next weekend here at home." Kown (10-1) allowed one earned run, struck out seven and walked just three to win his ninth straight decision. Reliever Jordan Crews worked the final two innings, giving up three hits, two earned runs and two walks.
"Early on I was feeling good about my breaking ball," said Kown. "I think that helped me out late in the game especially because I was able to get that over on 0-0 pitches and keep them off-balance. Later in the game, my fastball got up in the count and I went back to my breaker. Just keeping the fastball down in the zone was huge for me today, and not throwing the same pitch twice kept them off balance."
Meanwhile, Greene finished 3-for-5, with the home run and two RBI to lead the Yellow Jackets offensively. Boggs, Clifton Remole and Micah Owings drove in the other runs for the Jackets.
Starting pitcher Michael McGowan took the the loss for the Red Raiders, throwing 3 1/3 innings, allowing three hits, three earned runs and fanned three. Michael Mask led the Texas Tech bats, going 3-for-4, with a home run and two runs batted in. Josh Brady chipped in with a 3-for-5 effort for the Red Raiders.
Georgia Tech's Eric Patterson was named as the Atlanta Regional most outstanding player. Owings, Remole, Greene, Kown and Whit Robbins were all selected to the NCAA Atlanta Regional All-Tournament team, along with Patterson.
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Texas Tech vs. Georgia Tech
June 6, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Georgia Tech 5 (44-19)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Eric Patterson 2b........ 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 .326
Brandon Boggs cf......... 5 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 2 .329
Steven Blackwood lf...... 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 .367
Micah Owings dh.......... 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .324
Clifton Remole rf........ 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .353
Whit Robbins 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 1 .319
Andy Hawranick c......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 5 .327
Tyler Greene ss.......... 5 1 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 .278
Mike Trapani 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 .411
Andrew Kown p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Jordan Crews p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 34 5 11 5 6 4 27 8 12
Texas Tech 3 (40-21)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Brady, Josh 1b........... 5 0 3 0 0 1 10 0 0 .362
Delgado, Jose 2b......... 4 0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 .303
Blair, Cameron ss........ 5 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 3 .371
Mask, Michael lf......... 4 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 .335
Haney, Josh 3b........... 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 0 .348
Braden, Dallas dh........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .283
Fuller, Cody cf.......... 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 .302
Edwards, Madison rf...... 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 .306
Fouts, Cooper c.......... 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 3 .250
McGowan, Michael p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Milton, John p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Gerstner, Corey p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 35 3 10 3 5 7 27 11 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 101 100 110 - 5 11 1
Texas Tech.......... 000 001 002 - 3 10 0
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E - Hawranick, A(2). DP - Texas Tech 1. LOB - Georgia Tech 12; Texas Tech 11.
2B - Brady(19). 3B - Remole, C.(2). HR - Boggs, B.(9); Greene, T.(7); Mask(16).
HBP - Blackwood, S; Hawranick, A 2. SH - Braden(6). SF - Owings, M.(3).
SB - Patterson, E(47); Brady(33); Delgado(23); Haney(8). CS - Patterson, E(7); Brady(4).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA
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Andrew Kown......... 7.0 7 1 1 3 7 27 31 3.49
Jordan Crews........ 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 8 10 1.66
Texas Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA
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McGowan, Michael.... 3.1 3 3 3 5 3 12 18 4.78
Milton, John........ 3.1 6 1 1 1 0 15 17 3.49
Gerstner, Corey..... 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 7 9 2.64
Kown faced one batter in the 8th.
Win - Kown, A. (10-1). Loss - McGowan (2-2).
WP - Kown, A.(8). HBP - by McGowan (Blackwood, S); by Milton (Hawranick, A); by
Gerstner (Hawranick, A).
Umpires - HP: Ken Gracner 1B: Doug Williams 2B: Harry Greer 3B: Chuck Lyon
Start: 1:02 pm Time: 2:55 Attendance: 2489