I believe there's an old saying that goes something like: "sometimes you eat the bear, sometimes the bear keeps drawing walks and hitting routine ground balls that you keep missing." The bear tonight was Kennesaw State, which used four Tech errors and three walks to score seven runs (just two were earned) in an 11-batter sixth inning. That was enough for the Owls to leave Atlanta with an 11-6 victory.
It was the first time in program history KSU has gone on the road and defeated Tech in consecutive seasons.
Even though the big inning, which included just one hit (Colin Bennett's RBI-double), gave KSU an 8-3 lead, Tech came back with three in the eighth. A.J. Murray hit his second two-run home run of the night and team-leading ninth long ball to make it an 8-6 game. But the Owls, a Super Regional participant a year ago, responded with three in the ninth to pull away.
"I thought we kept a lot of pressure on (Tech) throughout the game," said KSU coach Mike Sansing. "We were just talking about having good at bats. We did a good job of laying off pitches out of the zone and when we put some barrels on it, good things happen."
Baseball Phrases, by Mike Sansing
"Put some barrels on it"
Nicknames that aren't really nicknames
Kennesaw State
Griffin Helms - "Griff"
Georgia Tech
Brandon Gold - "B.G."
Daniel Spingola - "Sping"
Matt Gonzalez - "Gone"
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