Owings (7-2) worked seven shutout innings and recorded a season-high nine strikeouts. He allowed five hits, all singles, and allowed just two baserunners to advance past first base as he faced just three batters over the minimum in seven innings. Jordan Crews worked a shutout eighth inning and Ryan Self pitched a scoreless ninth inning, as the trio combined for Tech's second shutout of the season.
Georgia Tech out hit Virginia, 15-6, representing the Yellow Jackets' highest hit total in 14 games dating back to April 18. Eight of the nine starters had at least one hit in the game, while the lone starter without a hit, center fielder Steven Blackwood, drew three walks and was hit by a pitch. Six Tech players had two hits in the game - Eric Patterson, Tyler Greene, Clifton Remole, Mike Nickeas, Owings and Jake Hall.
The Yellow Jackets built a 4-0 lead through the first three innings to chase Virginia starter Andrew Dobies from the game. Nickeas led off the top of the second inning with a solo homer, his seventh of the season to give Tech a 1-0 lead. Three runs in the third inning, including RBI singles from Nickeas and Owings as well as a sacrifice fly from Hall, made the score 4-0.
Tech added three more runs in the fifth to stretch the lead to 7-0. Patterson and Greene each had RBI singles in the inning, while Patterson scored when Virginia centerfielder Chris Sweet overran a ball when attempting to field Greene's single.
Dobies (6-2) took the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits in three innings.
Georgia Tech and Virginia will continue the series on Saturday at 7 p.m. Radio coverage will be available on WREK Radio (91.1 FM in Atlanta).
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
GEORGIA TECH at VIRGINIA
May 9, 2003 at Charlottesville, Va. (Davenport Field)
GEORGIA TECH 7 (35-13,13-6 ACC) VIRGINIA 0 (26-19,9-9 ACC)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Eric Patterson 2b.......... 5 1 2 1 Matt Street rf............. 4 0 2 0
Tyler Greene ss............ 6 0 2 1 Matt Dunn lf............... 4 0 2 0
Matt Murton lf............. 4 1 1 0 Mark Reynolds ss........... 4 0 0 0
Clifton Remole 1b.......... 5 1 2 0 Joe Koshansky 1b........... 4 0 0 0
Mike Nickeas c............. 5 2 2 2 Ryan Zimmerman 3b.......... 4 0 0 0
Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 5 0 1 0 Chris Sweet cf............. 4 0 1 0
Micah Owings p............. 3 1 2 1 Eric Christensen dh........ 2 0 0 0
Brandon Boggs ph/dh....... 1 0 0 0 Paul Gillispie ph......... 2 0 0 0
Steven Blackwood cf........ 1 0 0 0 Scott Headd c.............. 3 0 1 0
Jake Hall 3b............... 2 1 2 1 Kyle Werman 2b............. 2 0 0 0
Davis Myers 3b............ 1 0 1 0 Andrew Dobies p............ 0 0 0 0
Jordan Crews p............ 0 0 0 0 Adam Laird p.............. 0 0 0 0
Ryan Self p............... 0 0 0 0 Scott Morgenthaler p...... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 38 7 15 6 Totals..................... 33 0 6 0
Score by Innings R H E
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GEORGIA TECH........ 013 030 000 - 7 15 3
VIRGINIA............ 000 000 000 - 0 6 1
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E - Remole, C. 2(2); Nickeas, M.(10); Sweet(2). DP - GEORGIA TECH 2; VIRGINIA 2. LOB
- GEORGIA TECH 13; VIRGINIA 7. HR - Nickeas, M.(7). HBP - Blackwood, S. SF - Hall,
J.(3). SB - Dunn(6).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Micah Owings W,7-2........ 7.0 5 0 0 1 9 1 0 0 0 26 27 8 3 111
Jordan Crews .............. 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 2 17
Ryan Self ................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 1 5
VIRGINIA IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Andrew Dobies L,6-2....... 3.0 7 4 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 15 19 4 2 91
Adam Laird ................ 3.0 3 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 11 14 2 4 56
Scott Morgenthaler ........ 3.0 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 12 14 2 3 57
WP - Owings, M.(1). HBP - by Morgenthaler (Blackwood, S). Inherited runners/scored:
None. Pitches/strikes: Owings, M. 111/72; Crews, J. 17/10; Self, R. 5/5; Dobies 91/50;
Laird 56/29; Morgenthaler 57/33.
Strikeouts - Murton, M.; Remole, C. 2; Nickeas, M.; Slayden, J.; Owings, M.;
Blackwood, S; Reynolds 2; Koshansky 2; Zimmerman 2; Sweet; Christensen 2.
Walks - Patterson, E; Murton, M.; Boggs, B.; Blackwood, S 3; Hall, J.; Werman.
Umpires - HP: Bruce Ravan 1B: Tom Baldinelli 3B: Henry Stancil
Start: 7:01 pm Time: 2:52 Attendance: 755