Alex Hernandez blasted two three-run home runs in and Georgia Tech cruised past Western Kentucky 9-2 on Friday in a first-round game of the Oxford Regional. Hernandez's first home run staked starting pitcher Tate McKee to a 3-0 lead after the first inning.

Alex Hernandez (Cumming, Ga./Forsyth Central H.S.) hit two three-run home runs and Tate McKee (Kennasaw, Ga./Mount Paran Christian School) pitched seven innings of one-run ball to lift Georgia Tech to a 9-2 win over Western Kentucky in the opening game of the NCAA Baseball Championship Oxford Regional on Friday afternoon at Ole Miss’s Swayze Field.