Boggs' and Murton's four-hit days paced a Georgia Tech offense that pounded out a season-high 18 hits. Eric Patterson, Jeremy Slayden, Clifton Remole and Mike Nickeas each added two hits for the Yellow Jackets. Tech's 13 runs tied a season high.
Chris Goodman (2-1) earned the win in relief for the Yellow Jackets after entering the game with Tech trailing 4-3 in the top of the third inning. The right-hander worked 5.1 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits. Jordan Crews worked a scoreless ninth inning, while Tech starter Kyle Bakker was chased after allowing five runs in 2.2 innings.
Tech jumped to a 3-1 lead through the first two innings before the Terrapins scored four times in the top of the third inning to storm ahead, 5-3. The Terrapins batted around as Will Frazier, Justin Maxwell, Bobby Ryan and Matt Maropis all had two-out RBI singles in the inning.
Trailing 5-3, the Yellow Jackets scored one run in the third inning and then erupted for six runs in the fourth to take a 10-5 lead. After Micah Owings drove in a run in the third with an RBI groundout, Tech sent 11 batters to the plate in fourth inning. The frame was highlighted by a two-run single from Murton and an RBI single from Boggs, while Remole and Jake Hall drove in runs with groundouts and Tyler Greene was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
The Yellow Jackets stretched the lead to 12-5 with an RBI single from Nickeas in the fifth inning and an RBI double from Boggs in the sixth inning. Maryland scored two times in the top of the seventh, including an RBI single Maxwell, to cut the lead to 12-7. Boggs singled and scored on a balk in the bottom of the eighth inning to provide the final 13-7 margin.
Seven different Yellow Jackets drove in at least one run in the game, including a career-high four RBI from Boggs and two RBI each from Murton and Remole.
Maryland starter Chris Clem (1-3) took the loss, surrendering nine runs on 10 hits in three-plus innings of work.
Georgia Tech and Maryland will continue the three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series on Saturday and Sunday at 1:30 p.m. each day.
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
MARYLAND at GEORGIA TECH
March 21, 2003 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
MARYLAND 7 (5-13,0-4 ACC) GEORGIA TECH 13 (18-2,1-0 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Whitmer, Daryl rf.......... 5 1 1 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 6 2 2 0
Costantino, Mike 3b........ 4 0 2 0 Brandon Boggs cf........... 6 2 4 4
Buffone, Anthony 2b........ 5 1 2 1 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 4 3 2 0
Maxey, Jason dh............ 5 0 0 0 Matt Murton lf............. 6 2 4 2
Gemmill, Ray 1b............ 4 2 1 0 Clifton Remole 1b.......... 6 1 2 2
Frazier, Will lf........... 4 2 3 1 Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Maxwell, Justin cf......... 5 1 3 2 Mike Nickeas c............. 4 0 2 1
Ryan, Bobby c.............. 4 0 1 1 Micah Owings dh/1b......... 4 0 0 1
Maropis, Matt ss........... 4 0 1 1 Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 1 1
Clem, Chris p.............. 0 0 0 0 Jake Hall 3b............... 3 2 1 1
Bowen, Chris p............ 0 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood ph....... 1 0 0 0
Norris, Brooks p.......... 0 0 0 0 Davis Myers 3b............ 0 0 0 0
Andrews, Josh p........... 0 0 0 0 Kyle Bakker p.............. 0 0 0 0
Chung, Andrew p........... 0 0 0 0 Chris Goodman p........... 0 0 0 0
Hoffman, Derek p.......... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 40 7 14 6 Totals..................... 43 13 18 12
Score by Innings R H E
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MARYLAND............ 104 000 200 - 7 14 3
GEORGIA TECH........ 121 611 01X - 13 18 0
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E - Whitmer(1); Maxwell(4); Maropis(2). DP - GEORGIA TECH 1. LOB - MARYLAND 9;
GEORGIA TECH 13. 2B - Costantino(5); Frazier(6); Maxwell(5); Patterson, E(5); Boggs,
B. 2(4); Remole, C.(5). HBP - Costantino; Gemmill; Owings, M.; Greene, T.. SB -
Hall, J.(3).
MARYLAND IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Clem, Chris L,1-3......... 3.0 10 9 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 19 22 5 3 76
Bowen, Chris .............. 1.1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 6 8 0 2 36
Norris, Brooks ............ 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 0 23
Andrews, Josh ............. 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 9
Chung, Andrew ............. 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6 1 1 23
Hoffman, Derek ............ 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 5 1 1 15
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Kyle Bakker ............... 2.2 6 5 5 1 3 1 0 2 0 14 17 1 4 72
Chris Goodman W,2-1....... 5.1 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 22 8 7 50
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 1 14
Clem faced 5 batters in the 4th.
WP - Bowen(2); Hoffman(2); Bakker, K.(2). HBP - by Bakker, K. (Gemmill); by Bakker, K.
(Costantino); by Bowen (Greene, T.); by Chung (Owings, M.). BK - Hoffman(1). PB -
Nickeas, M.(1). Inherited runners/scored: Bowen 2/2; Norris 1/1; Andrews 1/1; Goodman,
C. 2/1. Pitches/strikes: Clem 76/38; Bowen 36/19; Norris 23/17; Andrews 9/6; Chung 23/9;
Hoffman 15/12; Bakker, K. 72/41; Goodman, C. 50/36; Crews, J. 14/10.
Strikeouts - Maxey 2; Maxwell; Maropis; Patterson, E; Boggs, B.; Slayden, J.;
Owings, M.; Greene, T.; Blackwood, S. Walks - Frazier; Slayden, J. 2; Nickeas, M.;
Greene, T.; Hall, J..
Umpires - HP: Al Davis 1B: John Magnusson 3B: Scott Graham
Start: 4:06 pm Time: 3:21 Attendance: 2691