Florida State reliever Robby Read (6-1) earned the win in relief, while Kevin Lynch picked up his first save of the season after recording the final four outs of the game.
Tech reliever Brian Burks (6-3) took the loss, allowing three runs in one inning of work.
All nine Florida State starters had at least one hit in the game, including two hits each from six different players. Tony Richie drove in three runs, while Mike Futrell and Blair McCaleb added two RBI apiece.
The Yellow Jackets (32-7, 8-5), who collected 17 hits in the game, were led by three-hit performances from Jeremy Slayden, Jason Perry and Brandon Boggs. For the second consecutive game, Tech outhit the Seminoles but still lost the game.
Georgia Tech took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Perry that scored Slayden. The Yellow Jackets added another run in the second inning to make the score 2-0 when Clifton Remole scored on a sacrifice fly from Victor Menocal.
Florida State answered with three runs of its own in the fourth inning to make the score 3-2. McCaleb had an RBI double, Rogers drove in a run with a groundout, while the final run scored on an error by Tech's Perry in left field.
The Yellow Jackets tied the score at 3-3 in the fifth inning on a solo home run from Slayden, his team-leading 13th of the season.
Florida State answered with three runs in the sixth inning to take a 6-3 lead. Rogers and an RBI triple before Futrell belted a two-run homer to left field, his fifth of the season.
Georgia Tech tied the score at 6-6 in the seventh inning, with all of the scoring coming after two outs. Tyler Parker led off the inning with a walk, and Perry and Brandon Boggs hit back-to-back singles to load the bases. After Matthew Boggs grounded into a double play, Wes Rynders drove in two runs with a double off of the right field fence. Mike Nickeas plated Rynders with an RBI single to bring in the final run of the inning.
The Seminoles took the lead again in the bottom half of the seventh inning, scoring four times to make the score 10-6. With one out, Tony McQuade singled, moved to third on a single by Ryan Barthelemy, and eventually scored on a double steal. An RBI single by McCaleb and a two-RBI double by Richie capped the inning.
A two-run home run by Tyler Parker, his eighth of the year, and an RBI single by Matthew Boggs cut the FSU lead to 10-9 in the top of the eighth inning.
The Seminoles immediately answered with four insurance runs in the bottom half of the eighth inning to make the score 14-9. Rogers delivered the big blow of the inning, driving in two runs with a bases-loaded single.
Georgia Tech and Florida State will conclude the three-game series at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
2002 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at FLORIDA STATE
April 20, 2002 at Tallahassee, Fla. (Dick Howser Stadium)
GEORGIA TECH 9 (32-7,8-5 ACC) FLORIDA STATE 14 (37-12,5-6 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 6 0 2 0 Stephen Drew ss............ 5 0 1 0
Victor Menocal ss.......... 4 0 1 1 Tony McQuade lf............ 4 3 2 0
Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 6 3 3 1 Ryan Barthelemy 3b......... 4 3 2 0
Tyler Parker dh............ 3 1 2 2 Blair McCaleb dh........... 4 3 2 2
Jason Perry lf/1b.......... 4 1 3 1 Jerrod Brown 1b............ 4 3 2 1
Brandon Boggs cf/lf........ 4 2 3 0 Nick Rogers cf............. 5 1 2 4
Matthew Boggs 3b........... 5 0 1 1 Mike Futrell rf............ 3 1 2 2
Clifton Remole 1b.......... 1 1 0 0 Richie Smith rf........... 0 0 0 0
Wes Rynders ph/cf......... 3 1 1 2 Tony Richie c.............. 4 0 1 3
Mike Nickeas c............. 4 0 1 1 Scott Toole 2b............. 5 0 1 0
Jeff Watchko p............. 0 0 0 0 Blair Varnes p............. 0 0 0 0
Brian Burks p............. 0 0 0 0 Daniel Davidson p......... 0 0 0 0
Drew Taylor p............. 0 0 0 0 Robby Read p.............. 0 0 0 0
Philip Perry p............ 0 0 0 0 Kevin Lynch p............. 0 0 0 0
Jeff Kindel p............. 0 0 0 0
Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 40 9 17 9 Totals..................... 38 14 15 12
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 110 010 330 - 9 17 1
FLORIDA STATE....... 000 303 44X - 14 15 0
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E - Perry, J.(2). DP - FSU 1. LOB - GEORGIA TECH 12; FSU 7. 2B - Patterson, E(7);
Rynders, W.(5); McQuade(14); McCaleb(9); Richie(9). 3B - Rogers(2). HR - Slayden,
J.(13); Parker, T.(8); Futrell(5). HBP - Menocal, V.; Parker, T.; Perry, J.; Boggs,
B.; Brown; Futrell. SF - Menocal, V.(3); Richie(5). SB - McQuade(4); Barthelemy(5).
CS - Parker, T.(2); Perry, J.(1).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Jeff Watchko .............. 5.1 8 6 6 1 4 0 0 0 0 24 25 5 7 111
Brian Burks L,6-3......... 1.0 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 2 0 30
Drew Taylor ............... 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 8
Philip Perry .............. 0.2 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 0 2 31
Jeff Kindel ............... 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
Nick Wagner ............... 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 13
FLORIDA STATE IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Blair Varnes .............. 4.1 8 3 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 19 24 7 3 80
Daniel Davidson ........... 2.1 5 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 12 2 3 43
Robby Read W,6-1.......... 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 1 0 23
Kevin Lynch S,1........... 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 5 0 2 24
Kindel, J. faced 1 batter in the 8th.
HBP - by Varnes (Parker, T.); by Varnes (Boggs, B.); by Taylor, D. (Futrell); by Read
(Perry, J.); by Kindel, J. (Brown); by K. Lynch (Menocal, V.). Inherited runners/scored:
Taylor, D. 1/0; Perry, P. 3/2; Kindel, J. 3/1; Wagner, N. 3/3; Davidson 2/0; Read 1/0;
K. Lynch 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Watchko, J. 111/72; Burks, B. 30/17; Taylor, D. 8/5;
Perry, P. 31/16; Kindel, J. 1/0; Wagner, N. 13/6; Varnes 80/47; Davidson 43/27; Read
23/15; K. Lynch 24/14.
Strikeouts - Patterson, E 2; Menocal, V.; Slayden, J. 2; Nickeas, M.; Drew; McCaleb;
Rogers; Richie; Toole. Walks - Parker, T.; Remole, C.; Nickeas, M.; McQuade;
Barthelemy; McCaleb; Smith.
Umpires - HP: A.J. Listaglio 1B: Jack Cox 3B: Scott Graham
Start: 1:08 pm Time: 3:38 Attendance: 2610
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