Tech beats GSU; Dogs split with James Madison

Posted 7:03AM on Monday 4th March 2002 ( 23 years ago )

It was a win Sunday for Georgia Tech on the baseball Diamond in Atlanta, while in Athens, the University of Georgia Diamond Dogs split with James Madison. Jeremy Slayden homered and drove in four runs to lead Georgia Tech to a 12-to-five win over Georgia State Sunday. Tech starter Kyle Bakker (4-0) allowed four runs, three earned, and struck out five batters in six innings to get the win. Georgia State (4-5) led two-to-zero after a two-run home run by Dustin Phillips in the third inning, but Tech (9-1) answered with nine runs in the fourth. Slayden's three-run homer put the Yellow Jackets up three-to-two. Tech then loaded the bases and scored three more runs on two walks and a hit batter. A two-run double from Clifton Remole and a R-B-I single by Slayden capped the scoring in the inning, during which eleven straight Tech batters reached base safely. Georgia State cut the lead to nine-to-four with an unearned run in the fifth inning and a sacrifice fly from Michael Nelson in the sixth. Garrett Greer hit a solo home run in the eighth to make the score nine-to-five. Tech put the game away with three runs in the bottom of the eighth. Mike Nickeas drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single, and Eric Patterson drove in the game's final run with a sacrifice fly. Georgia State starter Ronnie Robinson (1-1) took the loss, allowing eight runs on five hits and four walks in three-and-a-third innings. In Athens, Chris Cochran scattered ten hits and four runs over nine innings, leading James Madison to a seven-to-four win over Georgia Sunday in the second game of a doubleheader. The Bulldogs won the opener 20-to-six. James Madison (8-3) trailed four-to-three heading into the sixth inning of the nightcap, but back-to-back doubles by Mike Butia and Matt Deuchler tied the game up, chasing reliever Scott Lawson (0-1). The Dukes then loaded the bases before a Pat Cunningham sacrifice fly and a two-run single by Brent Metheny. Metheny ended up three-for-five, and Travis Ebaught was three-for-four with two runs and one R-B-I. Cochran (2-0) struck out four and walked only one. In the first game, Georgia (4-2) pounded out 22 hits. Fifteen went for extra bases -- including a school-record nine doubles -- and every Bulldog starter had at least one hit and scored a run. The Bulldogs broke open a one-run game in the fourth, scoring nine runs on eight hits. Lee Mitchell hit a two-run home run, his second of the day, followed by a two-run double by Clint Sammons and a two-run homer by Justin McClain. Chaz Lytle went four-for-five with three runs scored and two R-B-Is. Mickey Westphal (1-0) held the Dukes to four runs in six innings to get the win. Dan Meyer, who gave up eight runs in three-plus innings, took the loss to fall to one-and-one.

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