Maryland Baseball Game Suspended In Top Of Fifth Inning
4/1/2005 7:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 1, 2005
ATLANTA, Ga. - Heavy rains and lightning forced the suspension of today's Maryland baseball game against No. 1 Georgia Tech in the top of the fifth inning. Down 13-4, Jordan Wilson and Will Frazier had each walked to lead off the inning, before umpires cleared the field. The game was delayed for nearly two hours before umpires made the final decision to suspend the game until tomorrow.
Georgia Tech batted around in the bottom of the first inning to take a quick 4-0 lead in the game. Maryland starter Chris Clem retired the first two batters of the inning, but ran into trouble after a two-out single through the left side by Steven Blackwood started a string of six straight Georgia Tech hitters to reach base. Wes Hodges scored Blackwood with an RBI double, and Jeremy Slayden, Matt Wieters and Whit Robbins each followed with groundball RBI singles to give Tech a 4-0 lead after one inning.
The Terps responded in the top of the second, touching up Georgia Tech starter Jason Neighborgall for five hits and three runs in the inning. Jordan Wilson led things off with a walk, Will Frazier walked and Chad Durakis singled through the right side to load the bases. Bobby Ryan and Nick Jowers both drove in runs with RBI singles through the right side of the infield, and Elliot Singletary scored Durakis from third with a sacrifice fly to right field.
Clem retired Tech in order in the second, but the Yellow Jackets came back with a five-hit, three-run inning in the third to get back out to a four-run lead. A two-run single by Matt Wieters started the scoring, and a bases loaded walk by Steven Blackwood scored Tech's seventh run of the game.
Dan Melvin got the Terps on the board again in the fourth with an RBI single, but Georgia Tech put up six runs in the bottom half of the inning to take a 13-4 lead.
Jordan Wilson and Will Frazier both walked to lead off the top of the fifth, before umpires cleared the field at 8:56 p.m. After nearly two hours of a delay, the game was officially suspend just before 11:00 p.m. It will be picked up tomorrow at 4 p.m. with runners on first and second in the top of the fifth inning.
