April 25, 2003
CLEMSON, S.C. – Friday night’s Atlantic Coast Conference series opener between No. 4 Georgia Tech and No. 20 Clemson was suspended due to rain with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning and the score tied 6-6. The game will be resumed at 5:15 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, and game two of the series will begin at 7 p.m. or 30 minutes following the conclusion of the resumed game.
On Friday night, Clemson jumped out to a 4-0 lead through the first four innings, including a two-run homer from Michael Johnson in the first inning. The Yellow Jackets stormed ahead with six runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by a grand slam and team-leading 14th home run from freshman Micah Owings. The Tigers tied the score at 6-6 with Russell Triplett’s two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The game will be picked up on Saturday with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning. Clemson’s Michael Johnson will be batting against Tech reliever Brian Burks.
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL #4 GEORGIA TECH at #20 CLEMSON Apr 25, 2003 at Clemson, S.C. (Doug Kingsmore Stdm.)
GEORGIA TECH 6 CLEMSON 6
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI ————————————— ————————————— Eric Patterson 2b………. 5 0 1 1 Slevin, David 2b……….. 5 2 2 0 Brandon Boggs cf……….. 5 1 0 0 Triplett, Russell ss……. 5 1 2 2 Matt Murton lf…………. 3 1 1 0 Johnson, Michael 1b…….. 2 1 1 2 Jeremy Slayden rf………. 5 0 0 0 McCann, Brad 3b………… 4 1 1 0 Mike Nickeas 3b………… 3 1 2 0 Hourigan, Jeff dh………. 4 0 1 1 Clifton Remole 1b………. 2 1 2 0 Frank, Kyle cf…………. 4 0 1 0 Micah Owings dh………… 3 1 1 4 Hub, Ryan rf…………… 4 0 0 0 Tyler Greene ss………… 4 1 1 0 Valiente, Roberto lf……. 1 1 0 0 Andy Hawranick c……….. 3 0 1 0 Pyzik, Steve c…………. 4 0 1 0 Kyle Bakker p………….. 0 0 0 0 Lumsden, Tyler p……….. 0 0 0 0 Brian Burks p…………. 0 0 0 0 Hahn, Jeff p………….. 0 0 0 0 Totals………………… 33 6 9 5 Totals………………… 33 6 9 5
Score by Innings R H E —————————————— GEORGIA TECH…….. 000 060 00 – 6 9 4 CLEMSON…………. 300 102 00 – 6 9 2 ——————————————
Note: 1 out, 0 runners LOB when the game suspended.
E – Nickeas, M. 2(9); Greene, T. 2(24); McCANN(10); HUB(2). DP – CLEMSON 1. LOB – GEORGIA TECH 10; CLEMSON 10. 2B – HOURIGAN(5); PYZIK(3). HR – Owings, M.(14); TRIPLETT(5); JOHNSON(9). SB – Patterson, E 2(25); Murton, M. 2(12). CS – SLEVIN(1).
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP ——————————————————————————– Kyle Bakker …………… 6.2 9 6 3 5 6 0 0 0 1 31 36 8 5 109 Brian Burks …………… 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 5
CLEMSON IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP ——————————————————————————– Lumsden, Tyler ………… 5.0 7 6 4 6 5 1 0 0 0 23 29 5 4 103 Hahn, Jeff ……………. 3.0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 10 11 0 4 45
WP – LUMSDEN(4). PB – Hawranick, A(6). Inherited runners/scored: Burks, B. 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Bakker, K. 109/68; Burks, B. 5/4; LUMSDEN 103/57; HAHN 45/28.
Strikeouts – Patterson, E 2; Boggs, B.; Murton, M.; Slayden, J.; Nickeas, M.; Owings, M.; Greene, T. 2; TRIPLETT; JOHNSON; HOURIGAN; FRANK; HUB; PYZIK. Walks – Murton, M. 2; Nickeas, M.; Remole, C. 2; Owings, M.; Hawranick, A; JOHNSON 2; VALIENTE 3.
Umpires – HP: Tony Maners 1B: Mickey Fuqua 3B: A.J. Lostaglio Start: 7:08 pm
