Bakker improved to 3-0 in three starts in 2003 after holding the Colonials to three runs on four hits in six innings of work. The 6-9 lefty issued two walks and stuck out seven batters.
The Colonials took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on An RBI double from Jeff Fertitta, but the Yellow Jackets quickly answered to take a 6-1 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. Brandon Boggs plated two runs with a double, while Mike Nickeas and Eric Patterson each had RBI singles.
George Washington cut the lead to 6-3 with a two-run homer from Joe Michalski in the top of the fourth inning, but Tech broke the game open with five runs in the bottom of that inning to make the score 11-3. The first six Tech hitters in the inning all reached base safely, and the Yellow Jackets sent nine batters to the plate in the frame. Matt Murton drive in two runs with a bases-loaded single, and Clifton Remole and Micah Owings each had RBI singles in the inning.
A pair of solo home runs from Owings, his third of the season, and Patterson, his second, made the score 13-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning. An RBI infield single from GW's Ryan Roberson in the eighth inning provided the final 13-4 margin.
Patterson led the Tech offense with three hits and two RBI, and Boggs, Remole, Owings and Tyler Greene each had two hits in the game. Anthony Raglani and Joe Michalski each had two hits for the Colonials in the loss. Tech outhit George Washington, 14-8.
George Washington starter Nate CasaGrande (0-1) took the loss, surrendering nine runs in three-plus innings of work.
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGE WASHINGTON at GEORGIA TECH
Feb 28, 2003 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
GEORGE WASHINGTON 4 (4-2) GEORGIA TECH 13 (7-0)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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CROWDER, Travis dh......... 2 0 0 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 5 3 3 2
KOKEN, Nick ph............ 1 0 0 0 Brandon Boggs cf........... 3 1 2 2
BARRY, Chris cf............ 2 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood ph/cf.... 1 0 0 0
QUINN, Jay c.............. 1 0 1 0 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 3 1 0 0
RAGLANI, Anthony lf........ 3 2 2 0 Matthew Swain rf.......... 0 0 0 0
DOKOUPIL, Tony ph/lf...... 0 0 0 0 Matt Murton lf............. 4 2 1 2
FERTITTA, Jeff 1b.......... 4 0 1 1 Clifton Remole 1b.......... 3 2 2 1
ROBERSON, Ryan 3b.......... 4 0 1 1 Garrett Groce ph.......... 1 0 0 0
MICHALSKI, Joe c........... 3 1 2 2 Mike Nickeas c............. 3 1 1 1
OWENS, Matt pr/cf......... 1 0 0 0 Cameron Lane ph/c......... 1 0 1 0
ROSENBLAT, Brad rf......... 4 0 0 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 4 1 2 1
MILSOM, Geoff 2b........... 4 0 0 0 Jake Hall 3b.............. 1 0 0 0
SHANLEY, Tom ss............ 4 1 1 0 Micah Owings dh/1b......... 4 1 2 2
CASAGRANDE, Nate p......... 0 0 0 0 Davis Myers 3b/ss.......... 3 1 0 0
GRAMOLINI, Dennis p....... 0 0 0 0 Kyle Bakker p.............. 0 0 0 0
GARNER, Paul p............ 0 0 0 0 Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0
CUTLER, David p........... 0 0 0 0 Aaron Walker p............ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 33 4 8 4 Totals..................... 36 13 14 11
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGE WASHINGTON... 100 200 010 - 4 8 2
GEORGIA TECH........ 060 500 20X - 13 14 0
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E - ROSENBLAT(1); MILSOM(3). DP - GW 3; GEORGIA TECH 2.
LOB - GW 5; GEORGIA TECH 6. 2B - FERTITTA(2); Boggs, B.(1); Greene, T.(2).
3B - RAGLANI(1). HR - MICHALSKI(1); Patterson, E(2); Owings, M.(3).
HBP - Slayden, J. 2.
GEORGE WASHINGTON IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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CASAGRANDE, Nate L,0-1.... 3.0 6 9 8 4 3 0 0 1 0 16 21 2 4
GRAMOLINI, Dennis ......... 3.0 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 13 1 5
GARNER, Paul .............. 1.2 2 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 7 2 0
CUTLER, David ............. 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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Kyle Bakker W,3-0......... 6.0 4 3 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 21 23 5 5
Nick Wagner ............... 1.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 1
Aaron Walker .............. 1.2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 2
HBP - by CASAGRANDE (Slayden, J.); by GRAMOLINI (Slayden, J.).
Strikeouts - BARRY; FERTITTA; ROBERSON 2; MICHALSKI; OWENS; ROSENBLAT 2; MILSOM 2;
Boggs, B.; Blackwood, S; Murton, M.; Groce, G.; Owings, M. 2. Walks - CROWDER;
BARRY; DOKOUPIL; Boggs, B.; Murton, M.; Remole, C.; Nickeas, M.; Myers, D..
Umpires - HP: Tony Thompson 1B: Steve Manders 3B: Ken Couch
Start: 4:04 pm Time: 2:48 Attendance: 1655
CASAGRANDE faced 3 batters in the 4th.