After being halted at 8:01 p.m. on Friday night due to rain and lightning, the game was resumed at 4:19 p.m. on Saturday afternoon with one out in the bottom of the third inning and the Seminoles leading, 1-0.
FSU reliever Daniel Davidson (8-0), who entered the game when it was resumed in the bottom of the third inning on Saturday, earned the win after working 5.2 innings and allowing just one run. Starter Trent Peterson worked 2.1 scoreless innings Friday night before leaving when the game was halted. Eddie Cannon worked a scoreless ninth inning to close out the game as the trio of Seminole pitchers held the Yellow Jackets to just four hits.
Florida State scored the game's first run in the top of the third on Friday night by loading the bases against Tech starter Kyle Bakker with a hit batsman and two walks. Tony McQuade bounced back to Bakker, but the left-hander threw to first instead of attempting to force the runner at home, allowing Aaron Cheesman to score. After an intentional walk to re-load he bases, Bakker then induced a double-play grounder from Jerrod Brown to end the inning.
The Seminoles extended the lead to 2-0 in the sixth inning with an unearned run off Tech reliever Aaron Walker. A walk to Tony Richie and a single from Jarrod Brown put runners on first and second bases with no outs. Blake Balkcom flew out and Walker appeared to work out of the jam by inducing a potential double play ground ball from Chris Hart, but third baseman Jake Hall threw wildly to second base which allowed Richie to score.
The Yellow Jackets broke up the shutout in the bottom of the sixth inning and cut the lead to 2-1. Tyler Greene legged out a bunt single with one out and moved to second base on Eric Patterson's sacrifice bunt. Jake Hall drove in Greene with a two-out RBI single to center field.
Florida State answered immediately with five runs in the top of the seventh to take control of the game with a 7-1 lead. Mark Sauls singled and Stephen Drew followed with an RBI triple to start the inning. Hart drove in two runs with a single, Balkcom added an RBI double and Brown drove in a run with an RBI groundout.
Tech starter Kyle Bakker (7-1) took the loss despite allowing just one run in three innings and leaving the game when it was suspended Friday night. The loss for Bakker was his first in 19 starts dating back to April, 26, 2002, and it snapped an 11 decision winning streak.
Georgia Tech and Florida State will continue the three-game series on Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
FLORIDA STATE at GEORGIA TECH
May 2, 2003 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
FLORIDA STATE 7 (39-7-1,12-5 ACC) GEORGIA TECH 1 (32-12,11-5 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Stephen Drew ss............ 3 1 1 1 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 3 0 0 0
Tony McQuade lf............ 5 0 1 1 Jake Hall 3b............... 4 0 2 1
Tony Richie c.............. 2 2 0 0 Davis Myers 3b............ 0 0 0 0
Jerrod Brown 1b............ 5 1 1 1 Matt Murton lf............. 2 0 0 0
Blake Balkcom rf........... 4 1 1 1 Clifton Remole 1b.......... 4 0 0 0
Daniel Wardell rf......... 0 0 0 0 Mike Nickeas c............. 2 0 0 0
Chris Hart 3b.............. 4 0 2 2 Micah Owings dh............ 4 0 1 0
Bryan Zech 2b.............. 4 0 0 0 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 3 0 0 0
Aaron Cheesman dh.......... 3 1 0 0 Brandon Boggs cf........... 3 0 0 0
Matt Sauls cf.............. 3 1 1 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 1 0
Trent Peterson p........... 0 0 0 0 Kyle Bakker p.............. 0 0 0 0
Daniel Davidson p......... 0 0 0 0 Aaron Walker p............ 0 0 0 0
Eddie Cannon p............ 0 0 0 0 Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0
Jeff Watchko p............ 0 0 0 0
Nick Wagner p............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 33 7 7 6 Totals..................... 28 1 4 1
Score by Innings R H E
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FLORIDA STATE....... 001 001 500 - 7 7 0
GEORGIA TECH........ 000 001 000 - 1 4 3
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E - Patterson, E(6); Hall, J.(11); Greene, T.(25). DP - GEORGIA TECH 3. LOB -
FLORIDA ST 6; GEORGIA TECH 5. 2B - Balkcom(9). 3B - Drew(6). HBP - Cheesman.
SH - Patterson, E(1). SB - Drew(28). CS - Murton, M.(2).
FLORIDA STATE IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Trent Peterson ............ 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 7 4 1 37
Daniel Davidson W,8-0..... 5.2 3 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 18 23 7 5 101
Eddie Cannon .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 19
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Kyle Bakker L,7-1......... 3.0 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 9 13 2 4 54
Aaron Walker .............. 3.1 3 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 15 18 6 1 63
Jordan Crews .............. 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1
Jeff Watchko .............. 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 11
Nick Wagner ............... 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 6 3 2 28
Crews faced one batter in the 7th.
HBP - by Bakker, K. (Cheesman). Inherited runners/scored: Crews, J.2/1; Watchko, J.
2/2. Pitches/strikes: Peterson 37/22; Davidson 101/56; Cannon 19/12;Bakker, K. 54/28;
Walker, A. 63/34; Crews, J. 1/1; Watchko, J. 11/8; Wagner, N. 28/17.
Strikeouts - Brown; Balkcom; Hart; Zech; Cheesman; Hall, J.; Murton,M.; Remole, C. 2;
Owings, M.; Slayden, J.; Boggs, B.. Walks - Drew 2; Richie 3; Matt Sauls; Murton, M. 2;
Nickeas, M. 2.
Umpires - HP: John Magnusson 1B: Scott Graham 3B: Scott Erby
Start: 7:10 pm Time: 2:47 Attendance: 3261