Virginia vs. Kansas State Game 1 Live Updates | NCAA Baseball Super Regional

No. 12 Virginia (45-15) defeated Kansas State (35-25) 7-4 in the opening game of the Super Regional round of the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament on Friday night at Disharoon Park. See a full play-by-play and live analysis for the game in the thread below.

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FINAL | Kansas State 4, Virginia 7

Top of the 9th
Angelo Tonas will remain on the mound to start the ninth.
Day hits a grounder to second and Godbout makes a great play, throwing across his body to record the out.
Brian O'Connor takes Tonas out and brings in freshman righty Matt Augustin (4.39). He'll face Kansas State left fielder Chuck Ingram.
Ingram hits a line-drive into the gap in right-center field and it hangs up in the air just long enough for Saucke to make a great running catch for the second out.
Augustin strikes out English swinging to end the game.

Virginia wins 7-4 and takes a 1-0 lead in this best-of-three Super Regional series.

Bottom of the 8th
Wisenbaker hits Hanson with his first pitch.
O'Ferrall lays down a bunt and is thrown out at first, but Hanson advances to second.
Wisenbaker hits another batter, this time it's Whalen who reaches on the HBP, giving UVA first and second with one out.
Saucke hits a deep fly-ball to center field and Jones makes the catch. Hanson tags up and gets to third and Whalen takes advantage of a mistake by the Kansas State middle infield, as neither of them were covering second, so Whalen takes the open base. Virginia has runners on second and third with two outs. Kansas State makes another pitching change, replacing Wisenbaker with righty James Guyette (23.82 ERA).
Guyette strikes out Ford looking to end the inning and keep it a three-run game headed to the top of the ninth.

KSU 4, UVA 7 | End 8th

Top of the 8th
Into the game now for Virginia is lefty Angelo Tonas (3.93ERA ) to face the top of the Kansas State batting order. Evan Blanco finishes with a final statline of four earned runs on five hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings of work.
Jones hits a sharp grounder to first and Ford stays down on it and makes the play.
Parsons chops a grounder to first and Ford again makes the play for the easy out.
Culpepper drives a deep fly ball to left-center field and Whalen turns on the jets and gets under it to make the catch right at the wall for the final out of the inning.

KSU 4, UVA 7 | Mid 8th

Bottom of the 7th
Blake Dean nearly hits Saucke with his first pitch and then actually hits him with the second.
Ford flies out to deep right field.
Saucke steals second and gets in just ahead of the tag.
Ference draws a walk, giving Virginia runners on first and second with one out.
Kansas State makes a pitching change, replacing Blake Dean with lefty Cole Wisenbaker (2.51 ERA), who will face Harrison Didawick.
Didawick hits one right back to the pitcher and Wisenbaker collects it and gets the out at second but Didawick beats out the throw at first. Virginia has runners on the corners with two outs for Henry Godbout.
Henry Godbout crushes a 1-0 pitch from Wisenbaker deep into the left field bleachers for a three-run home run. Disharoon Park erupts as Virginia takes a 7-4 lead.
Anderson flies out to left to end the inning, but Godbout has given UVA a 7-4 lead with his clutch three-run home run.

KSU 4, UVA 7 | End 7th

𝐆𝐎𝐃𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓'𝐒 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍!

Henry Godbout brings the people to their feet!

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— Virginia Baseball (@UVABaseball) June 8, 2024

Top of the 7th
English flies out to right field for the first out of the inning.
David Bishop takes the 94th pitch of the game from Blanco deep to right-center field for a game-tying solo home run. We're all tied up at 4-4.
Rivera hits a grounder to third and Hanson makes the throw for the second out.
Blanco strikes out Pelletier swinging for his ninth strikeout to end the inning, but Kansas State ties the game on the David Bishop solo homer. That'll probably the end for Blanco, who sits at 102 pitches.

KSU 4, UVA 4 | Mid 7th

Bottom of the 6th
Boerema strikes out Didawick swinging to start the bottom of the 6th.
Godbout hits a high bouncer up the middle and slides headfirst ahead of the throw for an infield single.
Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a single, giving Virginia runners on first and second with one out.
Hanson hits a pop-up into foul territory it stays in play for Bishop to make the catch.
That'll do it for Owen Boerema, who exits the game after 5.2 innings, giving up two runs (both unearned) on seven hits. Replacing him will be righty Blake Dean (4.48 ERA) to face the top of the UVA batting order.
A wild pitch allows Anderson and Godbout to advance to third and second.
Griff O'Ferrall hits a deep fly-ball into the left field corner. He makes it to third, but it's ruled a ground-rule double and both Godbout and Anderson score to give Virginia a 4-3 lead.
Whalen goes down swinging, but the Cavaliers score two on the O'Ferrall two-run double to take their first lead of the game.

KSU 3, UVA 4 | End 6th

Top of the 6th
Blanco fans Culpeper for his eighth strikeout of the game.
Day hits a line drive into left field for a one-out single.
Ingram bounces one to first base and Ford steps on the bag and fires to second, where Godbout applies the tag on Day for the inning-ending double-play.

KSU 3, UVA 2 | Mid 6th

Bottom of the 5th
Boerema walks O'Ferrall on four pitches to start the bottom of the 5th.
Bobby Whalen hits a grounder to third and Jaden Parsons has it pass right underneath his glove and into left field. O'Ferrall slides in safely at third and Whalen gets to second on the error.
Saucke hits a deep fly ball to right field and both runners tag up, Whalen to third and O'Ferrall comes home to get the Cavaliers on the board. Kansas State leads 3-1.
Ford hits a grounder to third base and is retired at first, but he scores Whalen from third on the RBI groundout to make it a 3-2 game.
Ference flies out to right field to end the inning, but Virginia is finally on the board on the sacrifice fly from Saucke and the RBI groundout from Ford.

KSU 3, UVA 2 | T6

Top of the 5th
Blanco strikes out Pelletier swinging to start the inning.
Jones hits a pop-up into foul territory and Henry Ford charges in from first to make a tough catch.
Parsons strikes out swinging, Blanco's seventh strikeout of the game.

KSU 3, UVA 0 | Mid 5th

Bottom of the 4th
Harrison Didawick drives one to deep left-center field and it falls just shy of a home run and goes off the wall. Didawick continues to search for that record-breaking 24th homer of the season, but he strolls into second base with a leadoff double.
Boerema gets Godbout swinging for the first out of the inning.
Ethan Anderson turns on the first pitch and hits a line drive to right field, but English is there to make the catch.
Hanson flies out to center field and Virginia strands a runner in scoring position for the fourth-straight inning.

KSU 4, UVA 0 | End 4th

Top of the 4th
English flies out to center field.
Blanco strikes out Bishop swinging for his fifth strikeout of the game.
Rivera pops out to right field to end the inning.

KSU 3, UVA 0 | Mid 4th

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Bottom of the 3rd
Whalen hits a deep fly ball to right field and English makes the catch just shy of the warning track.
Saucke hits a grounder the opposite way for a single into right field.
Henry Ford hits a grounder down the third baseline and Parsons fields it but has no chance to get Ford, who reaches with an infield single.
Ference swings at the first pitch and hits a grounder to third where Parsons fields it, steps on third and fires to first for a 5-3 double-play to end the inning. Virginia strands runners in scoring position for the third inning in a row.

KSU 3, UVA 0 | End 3rd

Top of the 3rd
Raphael Pelletier hits a grounder through the right side for a leadoff single.
Blanco hits Brendan Jones in the back of the helmet, putting runners on first and second with no outs for the Wildcats. Drew Dickinson pays a visit Evan Blanco on the mound.
Parsons lays down a good bunt and Hanson throws him out, but both runners move into scoring position.
Kaelen Culpepper laces a line drive into the left field corner for a two-run double. Kansas State takes a 3-0 lead.
Brady Day hits a grounder to second and Godbout records the out. Culpepper advances to third.
Blanco strikes out Ingram swinging to end the inning, but Culpepper's two-run double extends Kansas State's lead to 3-0.

KSU 3, UVA 0 | Mid 3rd

Bottom of the 2nd
Harrison Didawick hits a sharp grounder to first and Bishop makes a nice play to field it for the out.
Henry Godbout goes down swinging, Boerema's third strikeout of the game.
Ethan Anderson battles back from down 0-2 and works a tough eight-pitch walk.
Luke Hanson also works a full-count walk giving UVA runners on first and second with two outs.
O'Ferrall hits a grounder to short and Culpepper gets the easy force-out at second to end the inning.

KSU 1, UVA 0 | End 2nd

Top of the 2nd
Chuck Ingram chops a grounder to third base and Luke Hanson makes a great throw across the diamond to record the out.
Blanco catches Nick English looking at a called strike three. English has some words for home-plate ump Jason Bradley before he walks to the dugout.
David Bishop hits a chopper to shortstop and O'Ferrall charges it but it takes a short hop and goes off of his glove. Bishop reaches on the error.
Danniel Rivera battles back from down 1-2 and draws a walk.
Jacob Ference has the pitch bounce away for a moment and Bishop tries to take third, but Ference throws him out to end the inning. The umps review the play and uphold the call.

KSU 1, UVA 0 | Mid 2nd

Bottom of the 1st
Griff O'Ferrall hits a line drive into shallow right-center field for a leadoff single.
Owen Boerema strikes out Bobby Whalen swinging.
Casey Saucke flies out to center field.
Henry Ford lots a fly ball to left field that lands for a single, advancing O'Ferrall to third base.
Boerema gets Jacob Ference swinging and UVA strands two runners on base.

KSU 1, UVA 0 | End 1st

Top of the 1st
Tough break for Virginia right away as Brendan Jones hits a sky-high pop-up that Bobby Whalen loses in the sun and it falls to the ground, while Jones legs out a leadoff triple.
Jaden Parsons hits a grounder to second base and brings home Jones to give Kansas State a 1-0 lead just three pitches into the game.
Evan Blanco strikes out Kaelen Culpepper looking for the second out.
Brady Day goes down swinging for Blanco's second-straight strikeout but the Wildcats take a 1-0 lead thanks to the fortunate pop-up triple from Brendan Jones.

KSU 1, UVA 0 | Mid 1st

Pregame Information

Tonight's game is set to start at 7pm and will be televised on ESPN2.

The umpires for tonight's game are Jason Bradley (HP), Ed Newsom (1B), Jeff Head (2B), and Mike Lusky (3B).

Read a full preview of this weekend's Super Regional here: Five Things to Know About the Super Regional vs. Kansas State

Kansas State Starting Lineup
CF Brendan Jones (.303)
3B Jaden Parsons (.308)
SS Kaelen Culpeper (.329)
2B Brady Day (.325)
LF Chuck Ingram (.284)
RF Nick English (.254)
1B David Bishop (.260)
DH Danniel Rivera (.223)
C Raphael Pelletier (.210)

SP: LHP Owen Boerema (5.07 ERA)

Virginia Starting Lineup
SS Griff O'Ferrall (.331)
CF Bobby Whalen (.385)
RF Casey Saucke (.340)
1B Henry Ford (.336)
C Jacob Ference (.362)
LF Harrison Didawick (.299)
2B Henry Godbout (.367)
DH Ethan Anderson (.333)
3B Luke Hanson (.293)

SP: LHP Evan Blanco (3.57 ERA)