Schmidt (1-0) earned his first career victory after holding the Colonels to one run on four hits in five innings of work. He issued three walks and struck out nine batters. Andrew Kown and Chris Goodman both worked scoreless innings for the Yellow Jackets in relief.
The Yellow Jackets jumped out to a 10-1 lead after three innings, scoring three times in the first, one in the second and six in the third. Tyler Parker drove in a two runs with a triple in the first inning while Mike Nickeas added a two-run single in the third.
Tech stretched the lead to 13-2 after eight innings before EKU mounted a rally in the top of the ninth. The Colonels scored seven times, all before an out was made, highlighted by a pair of two-run singles from Andy Polzin and John Myles. Aaron Walker came out of the Tech bullpen and worked out of the jam by inducing a double play ball and a flyout to preserve the victory.
Nickeas led the Tech offense with three RBI, while Parker and Garrett Groce added two RBI apiece. All nine Tech starters had at least one hit in the game, including three from Menocal and two from Wes Rynders.
EKU starter Eric Anthrop (0-1) took the loss, allowing eight runs in two-plus innings of work. Myles and Justin Czorny each had two hits for the Colonels.
The start of the game was delayed for 44 minutes due to rain, and then for another hour and 23 minutes just one out into the top of the first inning.
Georgia Tech will return to action when the Yellow Jackets host Gardner-Webb for a two-game series at Russ Chandler Stadium beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
2002 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
EASTERN KENTUCKY at GEORGIA TECH
March 20, 2002 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
EASTERN KENTUCKY 9 (2-13) GEORGIA TECH 13 (16-3)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Josh Anderson cf........... 3 0 1 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 4 1 1 1
Derrick Bussell pr/cf..... 2 0 1 1 Victor Menocal ss.......... 4 1 3 1
John Myles 1b.............. 5 1 2 2 Brandon Boggs lf.......... 1 1 0 0
Neil Sellers 3b............ 6 1 1 1 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 2 2 1 0
Phillip Robertson c........ 3 0 1 0 Cameron Lane c............ 2 0 0 0
Chris Clark c............. 2 1 0 0 Tyler Parker 1b............ 2 2 1 2
Will Whisenant dh.......... 3 0 0 0 Matthew Swain rf.......... 2 1 1 0
Adam Visnic ph/dh......... 1 2 1 0 Mike Nickeas c/1b.......... 5 1 1 3
Aaron Williams lf.......... 2 0 0 0 Jake Hall dh............... 4 1 1 0
Justin Czorny rf.......... 2 1 2 2 Wes Rynders cf............. 5 1 2 1
Andy Polzin rf/lf.......... 4 1 1 2 Garrett Groce lf/ss........ 3 1 1 2
Johnny King ss............. 3 1 1 0 Davis Myers 3b............. 4 1 1 0
Chris Grynaviski 2b........ 5 1 1 1 Kyle Schmidt p............. 0 0 0 0
Eric Anthrop p............. 0 0 0 0 Andrew Kown p............. 0 0 0 0
Brad Schmittou p.......... 0 0 0 0 Drew Taylor p............. 0 0 0 0
Scott Santa p............. 0 0 0 0 Chris Goodman p........... 0 0 0 0
Nick Adams p.............. 0 0 0 0 Kevin Guyette p........... 0 0 0 0
Aaron Walker p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 41 9 12 9 Totals..................... 38 13 13 10
Score by Innings R H E
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EASTERN KENTUCKY.... 100 000 107 - 9 12 2
GEORGIA TECH........ 316 000 12X - 13 13 3
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E - Sellers, N.(5); Grynaviski(6); Menocal, V.(6); Swain, M.(1); Myers, D.(1). DP -
EKU 1; GEORGIA TECH 1. LOB - EKU 13; GEORGIA TECH 8. 2B - Czorny, J.(1);
Grynaviski(3); Menocal, V. 2(8); Hall, J.(2). 3B - Parker, T.(2); Rynders, W.(2).
HBP - Visnic, A.; Polzin, A.; King, J.. SB - Polzin, A.(1); Patterson, E(8).
EASTERN KENTUCKY IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Eric Anthrop L,0-1........ 2.0 5 8 8 3 2 1 0 0 0 11 14 2 2 59
Brad Schmittou ............ 0.2 2 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 1 24
Scott Santa ............... 4.1 4 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 17 17 4 5 53
Nick Adams ................ 1.0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 8 3 0 21
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Kyle Schmidt W,1-0........ 5.0 4 1 1 3 9 1 0 1 0 20 24 2 4 106
Andrew Kown ............... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 2 1 17
Drew Taylor ............... 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 13
Chris Goodman ............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 9
Kevin Guyette ............. 0.0 2 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 0 0 17
Aaron Walker .............. 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 13
WP - Anthrop, E.; Schmittou, B; Adams, N.; Schmidt, K.(5). HB - Schmidt, K.; Kown, A.;
Guyette, K.. PB - Robertson, P(2); Clark, C. 2(2). Inherited runners/scored: Schmittou,
B 2/2; Santa, S. 2/0; Walker, A. 3/3. Pitches/strikes: Anthrop, E. 59/31; Schmittou, B
24/8; Santa, S. 53/39; Adams, N. 21/11; Schmidt, K. 106/69; Kown, A. 17/10; Taylor, D.
13/8; Goodman, C. 9/8; Guyette, K. 17/6; Walker, A. 13/11.
Strikeouts - Anderson, J. 2; Myles, J.; Sellers, N. 2; Robertson, P; Clark, C.;
Whisenant, W 2; Williams, A.; Patterson, E; Menocal, V.; Lane, C.; Parker, T.;
Rynders, W.; Myers, D.. Walks - Anderson, J.; Myles, J.; Clark, C.; Williams, A.;
King, J.; Patterson, E; Slayden, J.; Parker, T.; Hall, J.; Groce, G. 2; Myers, D..
Umpires - HP: Tony Thompson 1B: Paul Nauert 3B: Ken Couch
Start: 4:44 p.m. Time: 3:07 Attendance: 209
Game notes:
Game began at 4:44 p.m. rather than 4:00 p.m. due to rain. At 4:49, the game was
delayed again for 1:23. Play resumed at 6:12 p.m.
Anthrop, E. faced 4 batters in the 3rd.
Guyette, K. faced 6 batters in the 9th.
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