With the win, Georgia (43-21) advanced to the College World Series for the second time in four years and for the fourth time overall.
Senior right-hander Brian Burks, working in relief of starter Andrew Kown, took the loss for Georgia Tech (44-21).
"To start off the game, they were throwing me a lot of fastballs," Wyatt noted. "The last at-bat, I was looking for a fastball in, and I got it."
"I made a mistake and he took advantage of it," said Burks. "It was a fastball up. He (umpire) didn't call a low strike the pitch before so i tried to get it up a little bit."
Mike Trapani's two-run double in the fifth inning off Georgia starter Sean Ruthven gave the Yellow Jackets a 2-1 lead, but Georgia responded with two runs each in the seventh and eighth to complete their comeback.
Ruthven retired the first 11 batters and had a no-hitter heading into the fifth, with Georgia leading 1-0. He walked Clifton Remole to start the inning, then an out later, Whit Robbins also walked. After Tyler Greene flied out to right, Trapani lined a double over the outstretched glove of right fielder Joey Side.
"I credit Georgia a lot," said Tech head coach Danny Hall. "They played good, made the plays when they had to and got hits when they had to. As it usually happens, somebody that you least expect comes up big for them and Wyatt was great for them today and give him credit on his huge homerun."
2004 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Georgia vs. Georgia Tech
June 12, 2004 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Georgia Tech 3 (44-21)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Eric Patterson 2b........ 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 .326
Brandon Boggs cf......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .322
Steven Blackwood lf...... 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 .359
Micah Owings dh.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .318
Clifton Remole rf........ 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .344
Mike Nickeas c........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .279
Whit Robbins 1b.......... 1 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 .312
Andy Hawranick ph....... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .330
Tyler Greene ss.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 .273
Mike Trapani 3b.......... 3 1 2 2 0 1 3 1 0 .418
Andrew Kown p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Brian Burks p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals................... 30 3 4 3 3 6 24 7 5
Georgia 5 (43-21)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB Avg.
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Josh Smith 3b............ 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 .320
Justin Holmes ss......... 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .328
Marshall Szabo 2b........ 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 .306
Josh Morris 1b........... 4 0 1 0 1 2 13 0 0 .319
Joey Side rf............. 4 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 .288
Clint Sammons c.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 4 .289
Bobby Felmy lf........... 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .295
Jason Jacobs dh.......... 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Jonathan Wyatt cf........ 4 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 .321
Sean Ruthven p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -
Bo Lanier p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
Will Startup p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Totals................... 36 5 11 3 2 3 27 13 11
Score by Innings R H E
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Georgia Tech........ 000 020 010 - 3 4 4
Georgia............. 100 000 22X - 5 11 0
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E - Patterson, E(9); Robbins, W.(6); Trapani, M. 2(6). LOB - Georgia Tech 5;
Georgia 11. 2B - Trapani, M.(5); Holmes(14); Szabo(16); Felmy(15); Wyatt(7).
HR - Wyatt(1). HBP - Robbins, W.; Szabo; Jacobs. SH - Patterson, E(3).
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA
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Andrew Kown......... 6.1 8 3 2 2 2 29 31 3.46
Brian Burks......... 1.2 3 2 2 0 1 7 9 4.67
Georgia IP H R ER BB SO AB BF ERA
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Sean Ruthven........ 7.0 1 2 2 3 5 22 26 2.94
Bo Lanier........... 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 4 5 2.83
Will Startup........ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 2.34
Win - Lanier (4-1). Loss - Burks, B. (8-6). Save - Startup (10).
WP - Kown, A. 2(10); Ruthven(6). HBP - by Ruthven (Robbins, W.); by Burks 2 (Jacobs, Szabo).
Umpires - HP: Bob Homolka 1B: Nick Zibelli 2B: Joe Cacciatore 3B: Ken Eldridge
Start: 12:06 pm Time: 2:53 Attendance: 4157