Tech's Brian Burks (1-0) earned the win in his first start of the season, working six innings. He allowed three runs on five hits and one walk while striking out a season-high seven batters.
The Yellow Jackets scored four runs in both the first and second innings, and scored at least one run in each of their eight times at bat. Tech scored 45 runs on 49 hits in the three-game series, and the Yellow Jackets scored in 19 of their 24 innings at bat.
Two-run home runs from Clifton Remole, his second of the season, and Mike Nickeas, his fifth, gave Tech a 4-0 lead in the first inning. A two-run double from Brandon Boggs, an RBI single from Eric Patterson and a sacrifice fly from Murton did the damage in the second inning.
Maryland scored two runs on Matt Maropis' single in the second inning and added another run on Anthony Buffone's RBI single in the third, but the Yellow Jackets scored single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings, including a solo homer from Murton in the fifth, to make the score 11-3. Tech added two more runs in the sixth inning, including an RBI single from Jake Hall, to extend the lead to 13-3.
Maryland's Mike Costantino hit a three-run homer, his first of the year, to make the score 13-6 in the top of the seventh inning, but Blackwood drove in two runs with a triple in the bottom of the inning to push the lead back to 15-6. Georgia Tech capped the scoring with a five-run eighth inning, which included Blackwood's grand slam, his second home run of the season.
The Yellow Jackets scored a season-high 20 runs and matched a season high with 18 hits. Murton paced the Tech offense with a 3-for-3 performance, while Nickeas, Blackwood, Boggs, Tyler Greene, and Andy Hawranick all added two hits in the game.
Maryland starter Todd Ainsworth (0-1) took the loss, surrendering eight runs on seven hits and three walks in one-plus inning of work.
With the victory, the Yellow Jackets have now won 15 straight from the Terrapins along with the last 26 games played against Maryland in Atlanta.
Georgia Tech will return to action when the Yellow Jackets host Mercer on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The game will be televised regionally by Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS, cable channel 45 in Atlanta).
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
MARYLAND at GEORGIA TECH
March 23, 2003 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
MARYLAND 6 (5-15,0-6 ACC) GEORGIA TECH 20 (20-2,3-0 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Whitmer, Daryl rf.......... 3 0 0 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 4 1 1 1
Jarosinski, Brian ph/rf... 2 1 1 0 Cameron Lane 2b........... 0 1 0 0
Costantino, Mike 3b........ 5 2 2 3 Brandon Boggs cf........... 5 2 2 2
Buffone, Anthony c......... 4 0 1 1 Garrett Groce cf.......... 0 0 0 0
Frazier, Will lf........... 5 1 2 0 Clifton Remole 1b.......... 5 2 1 2
Maxey, Jason dh............ 2 0 0 0 Matt Murton lf............. 3 4 3 2
Hunt, Jeremy ph........... 2 0 1 0 Matthew Swain lf.......... 0 0 0 1
George, Kyle ss............ 3 1 0 0 Mike Nickeas c............. 4 1 2 2
Maxwell, Justin cf......... 4 0 1 0 Andy Hawranick c.......... 2 2 2 0
Gemmill, Ray 1b............ 1 0 0 0 Micah Owings dh/p.......... 3 2 0 0
Norris, Brooks ph/1b...... 1 1 0 0 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 3 2 1 0
Maropis, Matt 2b........... 4 0 1 2 Steven Blackwood ph/rf.... 2 1 2 6
Ainsworth, Todd p.......... 0 0 0 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 2 0
Overbey, Seth p........... 0 0 0 0 Davis Myers ph/ss......... 2 0 1 0
Hoffman, Derek p.......... 0 0 0 0 Jake Hall 3b............... 1 1 1 2
Basinger, Matt p.......... 0 0 0 0 Mike Trapani ph/3b........ 2 0 0 0
Chung, Andrew p........... 0 0 0 0 Brian Burks p.............. 0 0 0 0
Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0
Ryan Self p............... 0 0 0 0
John Berthelsen p......... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 36 6 9 6 Totals..................... 39 20 18 18
Score by Innings R H E
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MARYLAND............ 021 000 300 - 6 9 3
GEORGIA TECH........ 441 112 25X - 20 18 1
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E - Buffone(8); George(8); Maropis(3); Hall, J.(6). DP - MARYLAND 1. LOB - MARYLAND
7; GEORGIA TECH 10. 2B - Costantino(6); Frazier(8); Boggs, B. 2(6). 3B - Blackwood,
S(2). HR - Costantino(1); Remole, C.(2); Murton, M.(6); Nickeas, M.(5); Blackwood,
S(2). HBP - George; Murton, M.; Slayden, J.; Greene, T.. SF - Murton, M.(4); Swain,
M.(1); Hall, J.(1). SB - Slayden, J.(1); Greene, T. 3(5).
MARYLAND IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Ainsworth, Todd L,0-1..... 1.0 7 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 12 1 1 45
Overbey, Seth ............. 4.0 4 3 3 2 2 1 0 2 0 14 20 7 3 72
Hoffman, Derek ............ 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 5 7 1 1 25
Basinger, Matt ............ 1.0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 16
Chung, Andrew ............. 1.0 3 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 2 33
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Brian Burks W,1-0......... 6.0 5 3 3 1 7 0 0 1 0 23 25 4 6 86
Micah Owings .............. 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 6 0 2 20
Nick Wagner ............... 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 2 16
Ryan Self ................. 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 4
John Berthelsen ........... 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 7
Ainsworth faced 5 batters in the 2nd.
WP - Overbey(3); Hoffman(3).
HBP - by Burks, B. (George); by Overbey 2 (Murton, M., Greene, T.); by Hoffman (Slayden, J.).
Inherited runners/scored: Overbey 2/1.
Pitches/strikes: Ainsworth 45/19; Overbey 72/41; Hoffman 25/14; Basinger 16/13; Chung 33/18;
Burks, B. 86/55; Owings, M. 20/10; Wagner, N. 16/9; Self, R. 4/2; Berthelsen 7/2.
Strikeouts - Whitmer; Buffone; Maxey; George; Maxwell 2; Maropis 2; Nickeas, M.;
Owings, M. 2; Greene, T.; Myers, D.. Walks - Buffone; Gemmill; Norris; Patterson, E;
Lane, C.; Groce, G.; Remole, C.; Owings, M. 3; Hall, J. 2.
Umpires - HP: Scott Graham 1B: Al Davis 3B: John Magnusson
Start: 1:33 pm Time: 2:50 Attendance: 2438