LIVE Updates - Virginia Cavaliers vs Virginia Tech Baseball, Game Two Score

Top of the 9th

Kevin Jaxel came in to repalce Yoder in the 9th. He pitches a scoreless inning and UVA wins 10-5 to take the series!

Bottom of the 8th

Danny Lazaro entered the game for VT on the mound. Gracia singled and Harris walked, but no runs for the Cavaliers. UVA leads 10-5 heading to the 9th

Top of the 8th

Scoreless inning for VT. UVA leads 10-5 heading to the bottom of the 8th

Bottom of the 7th

Murray gets a leadoff double, but nothing else for the Cavaliers. UVA leads 10-5 heading to the 8th

Top of the 7th

Noah Yoder came in to replace Stammel on the mound. VT managed to get a one out single, but Yoder struck out the last two batters. UVA leads 10-5 heading to the bottom of the 7th

Bottom of the 6th

Scoreless 1-2-3 inning for UVA. Cavaliers lead 10-5 heading to the 7th

Top of the 6th

Scoreless 1-2-3 inning for Stammel. UVA leads 10-5 heading to the bottom of the 6th

Bottom of the 5th

Two walks to start the inning prompted a pitching change for VT. They inserted Josh Berzonski into the game and he walked a batter to load the bases with no outs. A one out sac fly from Becker pushed the lead to 10-5 but Gracia struck out to end the inning. UVA leads 10-5 heading to the 6th

Top of the 5th

A two out solo home run from Lutterman cut the lead to 9-5, but that was all for VT. UVA leads 9-5 heading to the bottom of the 5th

Bottom of the 4th

A one-out solo home run from Gracia gave UVA an 8-4 lead, and then after Tiroly grounded out, Harris hit a solo home run of his own to make it 9-4. UVA extends their lead to five heading to the 5th

Top of the 4th

A pair of doubles put runners on second and third with no outs and then a sac bunt scored the Hokies first run and made it 7-1. A three run home run for Petrich cut the lead to 7-4 and all of a sudden, VT had the momentum. Stammel got out of the inning, but the big lead for UVA is gone. It is 7-4 heading to the bottom of the 4th

Bottom of the 3rd

VT made a pitching change, inserting Aiden Robertson into the game. He walks one batter, but allows no runs. UVA leads 7-0 heading to the 4th

Top of the 3rd

Scoreless inning for VT. UVA leads 7-0 heading to the bottom of the 3rd

Bottom of the 2nd

Weatherspoon blasted a leadoff home run to make it 5-0 and then Becker singled. A two out, 2-run home run from Harris pushed the lead to 7-0 and then VT finally got the last out.

Top of the 2nd

Scoreless 1-2-3 inning for Stammel. UVA leads 4-0 heading to the bottom of the 2nd

Bottom of the 1st

Becker was hit and Gracia walked to put two runners on with no outs and then Tiroly blasted a three-run homer to give UVA an early 3-0 lead. Didawick singled and stole second and then an RBI double from Jackson made it 4-0. That is the score heading to the 2nd inning.

Top of the 1st

Stammel hit one batter and gave up a leadoff single, but no runs for VT. Game is tied 0-0 heading to the bottom of the 1st

Pregame

LHP Max Stammel (1-0, 3.24 ERA, 16.2 IP, 8 BB, 16 SO) is on the mound and here is how UVA is lining up:

1. SS Eric Becker

2. CF AJ Gracia

3. 2B Joe Tiroly

4. 1B Sam Harris

5. LF Harrison Didawick

6. 3B Noah Murray

7. RF Zach Jackson

8. DH Kyle Johnson

9. C Jacob Weatherspoon

It was a close first game for Virginia,but they found a way to win yesterday.

The visiting Hokies opened the scoring in the top of the first with an RBI single off the bat of Hudson Lutterman.
Virginia answered immediately in the home half of the frame with an RBI base knock from Sam Harris and a Harrison Didawick RBI triple to put the Cavaliers up 2-1.
UVA tacked on another run in the second when Eric Becker doubled home Kyle Johnson with two outs.

After a scoreless third, Virginia Tech regained the lead at 4-3 with three runs in the frame that started with three-straight base hits to left field.

With one away in the bottom of the fifth, Harris reached on a fielding error before Didawick legged out an infield single. Both Cavaliers were brought home when Noah Murray put UVA ahead 6-4 with a three-run shot to the bleachers beyond right field. The homer was Murray’s fifth of the season.

Virginia Tech’s Sam Gates tied the contest at 6-6 with one swing of the bat in the top of the sixth on a two-run home run to right field.
The tie didn’t last long as Gracia put the Cavaliers out front for good with a two-run blast in the home half of the sixth. The dinger was Gracia’s team-best seventh of the season and plated Becker.

The Cavaliers added some insurance an inning later when Virginia plated a trio of runs, highlighted by Johnson and Zach Jackson scampering home thanks to a Hokie fielding error.
To solidify the Virginia 11-6 victory, Lucas Hartman retired all six Virginia Tech batters he faced while striking out four of them.