Georgia Tech's 11-game winning streak to open 2003 ties for the second best mark to start a season. The Yellow Jackets set a school record with a 16-0 start in 1987 and also went 11-0 to open the 1985 season.
Andrew Kown (1-0) worked six shutout innings in his first career start to earn his first career win. He allowed three hits, all singles, and did not issue a walk while striking out five batters. Kyle Schmidt worked 1.2 scoreless innings, while Watchko recorded the final four outs of the game, allowing one unearned run, to record his second save of the season. The trio allowed just two runners to advance past second base in the game.
A solo home run from Greene, his fourth of the year, gave the Yellow Jackets a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Jeremy Slayden drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the sixth before Owings belted a two-run homer to straight away center field, his fourth of the year.
Campbell (3-10) mounted a rally in the top of the eighth inning when the Camels loaded the bases with two outs on a double and a pair of walks, but Watchko came out of the Tech bullpen to retire Tom Rispoli for the third out in the inning. The Camels again rallied in the top of the ninth, putting runners on first and third bases with no outs after a pair of singles by Josh Cotton and Jason Brown and a fielding error by Tech center fielder Brandon Boggs. After Kyle Ellenz fouled out, a sacrifice fly from Derek Barrows scored pinch runner Lonnie Whithead before Chris Wiley flied out to end the game.
Campbell starter Matt Kleweno (1-2) was the tough luck loser after allowing just one run in four innings. Kleweno, Andrew Barrows, Jeff Stovall and Brandon Yates combined to allow just three hits in the game, although two left the yard for home runs.
Georgia Tech returns to action this weekend when the Yellow Jackets host Rutgers for a three-game series. First pitch for Friday's game is set for 4 p.m., Saturday's game will begin at 12 noon, and Sunday's game will start at 1:30 p.m.
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
CAMPBELL at GEORGIA TECH
March 5, 2003 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler)
CAMPBELL 1 (3-10) GEORGIA TECH 3 (11-0)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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BLICK,Jeff cf.............. 4 0 1 0 Eric Patterson 2b.......... 3 0 0 0
DEANDA,Sal 2b.............. 3 0 0 0 Brandon Boggs cf........... 4 0 0 0
RISPOLI,Tom ss............. 4 0 2 0 Jeremy Slayden rf.......... 2 1 0 0
COTTEN,Josh dh............. 4 0 1 0 Matt Murton lf............. 3 0 0 0
WHITEHEAD,Lonnie pr....... 0 1 0 0 Micah Owings 1b............ 3 1 2 2
BROWN,Jason c.............. 4 0 1 0 Mike Nickeas c............. 3 0 0 0
ELLENZ,Kyle rf............. 4 0 1 0 Tyler Greene ss............ 3 1 1 1
BARROWS,Derek 3b........... 3 0 0 1 Jake Hall dh............... 2 0 0 0
WILEY,Chris 1b............. 4 0 1 0 Steven Blackwood ph....... 1 0 0 0
EWING,Nic lf............... 1 0 0 0 Davis Myers 3b............. 3 0 0 0
KLEWENO,Matt p............. 0 0 0 0 Andrew Kown p.............. 0 0 0 0
BARROWS,Andrew p.......... 0 0 0 0 Kyle Schmidt p............ 0 0 0 0
STOVALL,Jeff p............ 0 0 0 0 Jeff Watchko p............ 0 0 0 0
YATES,Brandon p........... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 31 1 7 1 Totals..................... 27 3 3 3
Score by Innings R H E
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CAMPBELL............ 000 000 001 - 1 7 1
GEORGIA TECH........ 010 002 00X - 3 3 1
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E - RISPOLI,T.(8); Boggs, B.(2). DP - CAMPBELL 1; GEORGIA TECH 1. LOB - CAMPBELL 7;
GEORGIA TECH 5. 2B - BLICK,J.(3). HR - Owings, M.(4); Greene, T.(4).
HBP - Patterson, E; Slayden, J.; Owings, M.. SH - EWING,N.(2). SF - BARROWS,D.(2).
SB - Patterson, E(7).
CAMPBELL IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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KLEWENO,Matt L,1-2........ 4.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 14 16 5 4 60
BARROWS,Andrew ............ 3.0 1 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 10 11 2 4 47
STOVALL,Jeff .............. 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 16
YATES,Brandon ............. 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 11
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Andrew Kown W,1-0......... 6.0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 19 20 5 7 71
Kyle Schmidt .............. 1.2 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 7 9 1 1 35
Jeff Watchko S,2.......... 1.1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 3 1 19
WP - Schmidt, K.(1). HBP - by KLEWENO,M. 2 (Slayden, Owings); by
STOVALL,J. (Patterson, E). Inherited runners/scored: YATES,B. 1/0; Watchko, J. 3/0.
Pitches/strikes: KLEWENO,M. 60/37; BARROWS,A. 47/27; STOVALL,J. 16/10; YATES,B. 11/6;
Kown, A. 71/51; Schmidt, K. 35/20; Watchko, J. 19/12.
Strikeouts - BLICK,J.; RISPOLI,T.; COTTEN,J.; BROWN,J. 2; ELLENZ,K.; WILEY,C. 2;
Patterson, E; Boggs, B. 3; Slayden, J.; Owings, M.; Blackwood, S. Walks - DEANDA,S.;
EWING,N.; Slayden, J.; Murton, M..
Umpires - HP: Ken Couch 1B: Steve Manders 3B: Tony Thompson
Start: 4:02 pm Time: 2:11 Attendance: 824