The roommate and teammate who found Georgia Tech baseball pitcher Michael Hutts dead in their Marietta Street apartment said Saturday he stands by the story he told Atlanta police last week.

Hutts was drinking alcoholic beverages the night before he died, and he "had been known to use heroin," roommate Ryan Tinkoff told the police.

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Michael Hutts, a junior in the College of Management, was found dead April 10. At 6-feet-2 and 190 pounds, he appeared in nine games this season for Georgia Tech. In 10-2/3 innings, he struck out 11 with a 3.38 ERA.

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Tinkoff told APD that a friend of Hutts, who Tinkoff identified by name, and who was also "known to use heroin, possibly with Mr. Hutts," came by their apartment the night of April 10.

Tinkoff said before he went to bed around midnight, he noticed that Hutts' eyes were dilated.

Tinkoff said he found Hutts lying in bed the next afternoon, April 11, around 1:30 p.m.

He said he tried to wake Hutts, but his roommate was unresponsive. He told police that Hutts' right arm was "a purplish color."

On Saturday, APD spokesman Eric Schwartz said police are waiting for a toxicology report to determine Hutts' cause of death before deciding whether to launch a follow-up investigation.

Fulton County Medical Examiner investigator Michael Alsip said the toxicology results, which have been sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation crime lab, probably will not be back for three weeks.

Alsip, who investigated the scene and declared Hutts dead, declined to comment on the condition of Hutts' body or reveal any other details about his death. According to the APD report, Alsip "stated that it appeared that foul play was not involved."

Alsip said Saturday: "That's the Atlanta police department report. That's not our report. I can't comment on it."

According to the Georgia Tech athletics department Web site, the use of drugs or alcohol by student-athletes on or off the Georgia Tech campus is prohibited. All are subject to NCAA regulations, which require student-athletes to be subject to random drug-testing during NCAA postseason play.

Tinkoff did not make the trip with the Tech team, which played Saturday against Maryland in College Park, Md.

"This was a deal where I talked to his father on Thursday and felt like he needed a little time to just be at home, and his dad and Ryan agreed with me on that," Tech coach Danny Hall said after the Yellow Jackets' loss at Maryland on Saturday. "Had he made the trip, he probably would have been the 25th guy. We're allowed to take 25. But we honestly decided because of this ballpark to bring more pitchers and you can see why.

"So it was a combination, some baseball, wanting to bring more pitchers, and then some giving him time to just clear his mind."

— Correspondent Jeff Nelson contributed to this report.