Georgia Tech's pitchers allowed just two earned runs in the three-game series.
Ladd (1-0), a sophomore, earned the win in his first collegiate start. The left-hander worked a career-high five innings and held the Owls scoreless on three hits. He issued two walks and struck out one.
Brad Rulon, Tim Gustafson and Matt Wieters each worked a hitless inning of relief.
Wes Hodges and Whit Robbins both had two hits for the Yellow Jackets.
Ladd and Kennesaw State starter Kyle Muschara (0-1) blanked the opposing offenses for the first four innings before the Yellow Jackets finally broke through to take a 3-0 lead in the fifth.
Michael Fisher drew a one-out walk to start the fifth inning rally, and a pinch hit single from Wally Crancer put runners on first and third bases. Danny Payne followed with an RBI double, Crancer scored on a passed ball, and Payne came home on a two-out RBI single from Jeff Kindel.
Tech added two runs in the sixth inning on RBI singles from Andy Hawranick and Ryan Tinkoff to make the score 5-0.
Kennesaw State broke up the shutout in the eighth inning on a two-out RBI double from Matt Nelson off Tech reliever David Duncan.
Muschara took the loss, working 4.1 innings and allowing two runs.
Georgia Tech hosts East Tennessee State for a two-game series beginning on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
2006 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
Kennesaw State at #3 Georgia Tech
Feb. 19, 2006 at Atlanta, Ga. (Russ Chandler Stadium)
Kennesaw State 1 (1-4) Georgia Tech 5 (6-0)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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NELSON, Matt cf............ 3 0 1 1 Danny Payne cf............. 4 1 1 1
DALLAS, Matt 3b............ 4 0 0 0 Steven Blackwood lf........ 4 0 0 0
MORROW, Jay lf............. 4 0 1 0 Jeff Kindel rf............. 4 0 1 1
HENDRIX, Scott 1b.......... 4 0 1 0 Wes Hodges 3b/ss........... 4 0 2 0
CROSS, Adam rf............. 3 0 0 0 Whit Robbins 1b............ 4 1 2 0
BAKER, Martin ph.......... 0 0 0 0 Matt Wieters dh/p.......... 3 1 0 0
DeCASTRO, Mahal dh......... 2 0 0 0 Andy Hawranick c........... 4 0 1 1
HESTER, Daniel dh......... 1 0 0 0 Michael Fisher ss.......... 2 1 0 0
PERRY, Ryan ss............. 3 0 1 0 Brad Feltes ph/3b......... 1 0 0 0
REDDEN, Ray c.............. 2 0 0 0 Russell Harben 2b.......... 1 0 0 0
UPTON, Zachary c.......... 0 1 0 0 Wally Crancer ph.......... 1 1 1 0
HOPKINS, Matt 2b........... 2 0 0 0 Ryan Tinkoff ph/2b........ 2 0 1 1
MUSCHARA, Kyle p........... 0 0 0 0 Tim Ladd p................. 0 0 0 0
ROGERS, Casey p........... 0 0 0 0 Brad Rulon p.............. 0 0 0 0
SALES, Micah p............ 0 0 0 0 Tim Gustafson p........... 0 0 0 0
DALE, Dan p............... 0 0 0 0 David Duncan p............ 0 0 0 0
ECKARDT, Matt p........... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 28 1 4 1 Totals..................... 34 5 9 4
Score by Innings R H E
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Kennesaw State...... 000 000 010 - 1 4 3
Georgia Tech........ 000 032 00X - 5 9 0
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E - MORROW 2(2); HOPKINS(2). DP - Kennesaw St. 1; Georgia Tech 1. LOB - Kennesaw St.
5; Georgia Tech 7. 2B - NELSON(1); Payne, D.(3). HBP - BAKER. SH - NELSON(1).
SB - HENDRIX(1); Hawranick, A(1).
Kennesaw State IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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MUSCHARA, Kyle L,0-1...... 4.1 3 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 17 18 5 2 78
ROGERS, Casey ............. 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 10
SALES, Micah .............. 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 0 19
DALE, Dan ................. 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 3 20
ECKARDT, Matt ............. 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 1 9
Georgia Tech IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Tim Ladd W,1-0............ 5.0 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 18 8 4 64
Brad Rulon ................ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 15
Tim Gustafson ............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 1 11
David Duncan .............. 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 5 1 1 16
Matt Wieters .............. 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 1 8
HBP - by Wieters, M. (BAKER). BK - Duncan, D.(1). PB - REDDEN 2(3). Inherited
runners/scored: ROGERS 2/2; SALES 1/0; DALE 2/0; ECKARDT 1/0. Pitches/strikes: MUSCHARA
78/50; ROGERS 10/6; SALES 19/11; DALE 20/16; ECKARDT 9/5; Ladd, T. 64/40; Rulon, B.
15/7; Gustafson, T 11/7; Duncan, D. 16/11; Wieters, M. 8/5.
Strikeouts - MORROW 2; HOPKINS; Payne, D. 2; Blackwood, S; Kindel, J.; Hawranick, A;
Fisher, M.; Harben, R.. Walks - DeCASTRO; UPTON; HOPKINS; Wieters, M.; Fisher, M..
Umpires - HP: Ed Haggray 1B: David Padgett 3B: Danny Everett
Start: 1:06 pm Time: 2:33 Attendance: 919