With the score tied at 6-6, Clifton Remole led off the ninth with a walk before pinch runner Garrett Groce took second base on a balk from pitcher Derek Feldkamp (0-1). Mike Nickeas moved Groce over to third base with a sacrifice bunt before Greene delivered the game-winning hit to right field.
Micah Owings (2-0), who also hit two home runs in the game, picked up the win in relief after recording the final two outs in the top of the ninth inning.
Tech jumped to a 1-0 lead on a solo home run from Owings before Michigan's Jeremy Goldschmeding tied the game with a RBI single in the top of the fifth inning. The Yellow Jackets answered with two runs in the bottom of the fifth to retake the lead, 3-1.
Michigan responded with three runs in the top of the seventh to take a 4-3 lead, scoring on a two-run double from Brock Koman, and a RBI groundout from Mike Sokol off Tech reliever Brian Burks. The Yellow Jackets immediately answered in the bottom of that inning with three runs to reclaim the lead, 6-4. After Remole led off the inning with a single, Nickeas belted a two-run homer to left field and Owings followed with a solo home run.
Tech carried the 6-4 lead to the top of the ninth before Michigan made one final rally with a two-run homer from Jordan Cantalamessa to knot the score at 6-6. The Wolverines loaded the bases with two outs, but Tech left fielder Matt Murton saved a grand slam from pinch hitter Brandon Roberts with a jumping catch over the left field wall.
Tech managed just nine hits in the game, but the Yellow Jackets were aided by 10 walks from Michigan's pitchers. Owings, Greene and Nickeas each drove in two runs for the Yellow Jackets.
Tech starter Chris Goodman did not figure in the decision despite a solid effort. He held the Wolverines to one run on five hits over five innings and struck out seven batters.
2003 GEORGIA TECH BASEBALL
MICHIGAN vs GEORGIA TECH
Feb 23, 2003 at Savannah, Ga. (Grayson Stadium)
MICHIGAN 6 (1-2)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Gino Lollio cf/rf........ 4 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0
Jordan Cantalamessa 2b... 5 1 1 2 0 2 2 4 1
Brock Koman 3b........... 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 1
Mike Sokol dh/lf......... 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Jake Fox c............... 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 1
Nate Wright 1b........... 3 0 1 0 2 2 13 0 0
Chris Burhans rf......... 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 2
Brandon Roberts ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jeremy Goldschmeding ss.. 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 6 2
Mike Schmidt lf.......... 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Matt Butler ph/cf....... 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Drew Taylor p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Matt Collins p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Derek Feldkamp p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 39 6 10 6 3 11 25 17 10
GEORGIA TECH 7 (5-0)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Eric Patterson 2b........ 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Brandon Boggs cf......... 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2
Jeremy Slayden rf........ 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0
Matt Murton lf........... 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1
Clifton Remole 1b........ 1 2 1 0 4 0 5 0 0
Garrett Groce pr........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Nickeas c........... 3 1 1 2 0 0 12 0 5
Tyler Greene ss.......... 4 0 1 2 1 1 1 3 0
Micah Owings dh/p........ 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
Jake Hall 3b............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2
Steven Blackwood ph..... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davis Myers 3b.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Goodman p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Burks p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Walker p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Watchko p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 30 7 9 6 11 3 27 5 11
Score by Innings R H E
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MICHIGAN............ 000 010 302 - 6 10 2
GEORGIA TECH........ 010 020 301 - 7 9 3
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Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.
E - Taylor, D. 2(2); Greene, T.(2); Hall, J. 2(3). DP - MICHIGAN 3.
LOB - MICHIGAN 10; GEORGIA TECH 11. 2B - Koman, B.(2); Sokol, M.(2); Burhans,
C.(2); Slayden, J.(1). HR - Cantalamessa(2); Nickeas, M.(1); Owings, M.
2(2). HBP - Nickeas, M.. SH - Lollio, G.(1); Nickeas, M.(1).
SB - Patterson, E(5); Boggs, B.(1).
MICHIGAN IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Drew Taylor......... 3.2 2 1 1 7 2 12 19 72
Matt Collins........ 2.2 5 5 5 3 1 12 16 63
Derek Feldkamp...... 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 6 8 21
GEORGIA TECH IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Chris Goodman....... 5.0 5 1 1 0 6 20 20 67
Brian Burks......... 1.1 3 3 0 1 2 8 10 46
Aaron Walker........ 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
Jeff Watchko........ 1.2 1 2 2 1 2 6 7 24
Micah Owings........ 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 4 5 19
Win - Owings, M. (2-0). Loss - Feldkamp, D. (0-1). Save - None.
WP - Taylor, D.(1); Burks, B.(1). HBP - by Collins, M. (Nickeas, M.).
BK - Feldkamp, D.(1). PB - Fox, J.(1). Inherited runners/scored: Collins, M. 2/0;
Walker, A. 2/1; Watchko, J. 1/0. Pitches/strikes: Taylor, D. 72/35; Collins, M.
63/33; Feldkamp, D. 21/13; Goodman, C. 67/52; Burks, B. 46/30; Walker, A. 5/3;
Watchko, J. 24/14; Owings, M. 19/11.
Umpires - HP: Dennis McComb 1B: John Magnusson 3B: Rick Darby
Start: 1:25 p.m. Time: 3:15 Attendance: 876