LIVE Updates - Virginia Tech Hokies vs William & Mary Baseball, Game 2 Score

Read below for a game thread, organized in reverse chronological order.

Freshman Ethan Ball races down the first base line in his collegiate debut vs William and Mary. (2/14/26) | Virginia Tech Athletics.

Virginia Tech baseball narrowly slid by William and Mary, 8-7, in the first of two games on Saturday. Read below for an inning-by-inning update.

FINAL | Hokies 8, Tribe 7

Grube picks up his fifth RBI of the season on a two-RBI softly hit single into left field. It sliced away from the left-handed batter and dropped 40 feet past the infield dirt of third base to allow both French and Gibson to race home. Virginia Tech moves to 2-0 on the season.

B9 | Tribe 7, Hokies 6

A six-pitch walk drawn from French opened the inning before the nine-hole Gibson doubled to put them both in scoring position and roll the lineup over with one out. 

The Tribe intentionally walked Hughes to bring a force out to any base in the jam, bringing Grube up to the dish.

T9 | Tribe 7, Hokies 6

Tribe infielder Connor Chavez connected on a lightly hit dribbler with two outs and Bartletti situation on third. Petrich drove hard to the ball and tried to make the timely throw, but it sailed over the head of Grube, resulting in a single.

T9 | Hokies 6, Tribe 6

With Loui Bartletti standing in scoring position for the Tribe with two outs, Tech is making its fifth pitching change to right-hander Luke Craytor. 

Not the type of bullpen workload that is ideal in game one of a doubleheader.

T9 | Hokies 6, Tribe 6

After Laskofski sent a double over the head of Gates in right field, Christman sent his 1-1 pitch flying 414-feet over the left field fence to even out the contest in the ninth. 

Brendan Yagesh takes over mound duties for Tech.

E8 | Hokies 6, Tribe 4

Eisenreich walks back out to the mound for his third inning of work, while in the seventh, he just faced a single batter. So far, he had only given up a single hit and walked one, while fanning two batters in his appearance out of the pen.

M8 | Hokies 6, Tribe 4

William and Mary will have just three outs to take back the game they led twice. Charlie Iriotakis led off the inning with a single, but was stranded at second base when Jackson Wooline drew a walk, followed by back-to-back putouts.

B7 | Hokies 6, Tribe 4

Tech, after taking its first lead of the contest, was able to load back up the bases for Grube, looking to extend its advantage as the Hokies' defense looks for the final six outs. 

B7 | Hokies 6, Tribe 4

On Tech’s first extra-base hit of the contest, Lutterman delivered a bases-clearing double that skirted down the third-base foul line.

B7 | Tribe 4, Hokies 3

The Hokies have the bases loaded from a leadoff single off the bat of Cooke, followed by back-to-back walks at the plate. William and Mary will go back to the bullpen for left-handed pitcher Tom Bourque.

T7 | Tribe 4, Hokies 3

Sophomore right-handed pitcher Logan Eisenreich steps in on the mound for his first appearance of the 2026 campaign. Eisenreich threw in 11 contests last season, tallying a 4.88 ERA.

T7 | Tribe 4, Hokies 3

Laskofski nailed a one-out standup double off the base of the wall in the top of the seventh, putting the Tribe back in scoring position after they were unable to take advantage of the bases-loaded look in the sixth.

One batter later, Trey Christman grounded a ball through the 5-6 gap in the infield to allow Laskofski to race 180 feet home to take back William and Mary’s lead.

E6 | Hokies 3, Tribe 3

Ethan Gibson picked up a hit in the frame for the Hokies on the 11th pitch of his at-bat. Tech was unable to bring Gibson home with a pair of well-struck balls to the outfield, with Grube’s having the power to reach the warning track.

M6 | Hokies 3, Tribe 3

Roe forces Greco to fly out to Lutterman in left field to keep the contest knotted up at three apiece.

T6 | Hokies 3, Tribe 3

Robertson leaves a two-out, bases-loaded jam to southpaw arm, Brody Roe. It may be more strategic than anything, seeing Roe here, as the Tribe just put in left-handed bat Anthony Greco in for a pinch-hit scenario.

E5 | Hokies 3, Tribe 3

In a contest that opened with four scoreless frames, both the Tribe and Hokies crossed the plate three times in the fifth inning, matching each other's run totals. 

B5 | Hokies 3, Tribe 3

Third baseman Petrich lofted a well-hit sacrifice fly into left-center, allowing Hughes to race home. With the runners on the corners, Ball roped a hard-hit single into right to level the contest at three runs apiece.

B5 | Tribe 3, Hokies 1

On a wild pitch that skirted away from catcher Justin Summers, Gibson broke the 90 feet home and dove headfirst into home, erasing a run from the deficit Tech faces.

The Hokies once again have a no-out, bases-loaded scenario after Cooke walked to occupy the open first base.

B5 | Tribe 3, Hokies 0

The first three batters in the bottom of the fifth — Gibson, Hughes and Grube — all reached. Gibson was the lone hit, doing so via a single under the glove of Laskofski at short. Two walks concluded Boyd’s outing. 

Boyd will be up on the top step with a keen eye watching new pitcher Daniel Lingle, who tossed the third inning for the Tribe in game one. Boyd is responsible run-wise for each Hokie batter if any score in the no-out, bases-loaded scenario.

T5 | Tribe 3, Hokies 0

Four pitches into Robertson’s relief, leadoff batter Jamie Laskofski sent a 394-foot opposite-field home run to right-center field. 

T5 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

William and Mary designated hitter Liam O’Neil drew a one-out, full-count walk in the middle of the fifth, ending Tech’s streak of 47 consecutive batters faced to open the season without a walk.

Ecker, in the nine-hole, bunted a single back to Stieg to end the redshirt junior's outing on the hill, tossing 71 pitches while giving up three hits and collecting four punchouts. Stieg is responsible for both O’Neil and Ecker as Aiden Robertson enters for his Hokie debut. 

E4 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

A two-out fly ball from Gates stranded two more for Tech on the bases as Boyd allowed a single and a walk to French. The Hokies have left five on base so far in four innings.

M4 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

The battle moves along as Stieg nabs his first three-up, three-down frame since his first time on the rubber against William and Mary. 

Pye’s day is done on the mound for the Tribe, going three scoreless and only giving up a single base hit against the Hokies. Fellow freshman Zach Boyd gets the first opportunity of his collegiate career on the bump now against Petrich to leadoff.

E3 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

Hughes mosied over to third on a stolen base and a groundout from Grube, designated hitter Henry Cooke looked to cash him in with a sharp groundball to the left side of the infield. Instead, a diving nab from Jamie Laskofski and a rapid throw across the diamond to first beat Cooke to end the frame scoreless. 

B3 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

On the second time through the lineup, and to leadoff the third inning, Hughes lobbed a single over the head of the infield, two hopping into Chase Ecker’s mitt in center field for Tech’s first hit.

M3 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

A pitcher’s duel is brewing in Blacksburg between the returning Stieg and the freshman Pye. Through two and a half innings, a pair of hits and a pair of walks are the only four base runners of the afternoon.

E2 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

Tech earned its first base runners of the contest with a pair of two-out walks from Hudson Lutterman and Anderson French. Nothing more came for the Hokies as Pye forced a sharp groundball to short off the bat of Sam Gates to escape the light jam.

M2 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

The leadoff hit in the inning went to no avail for the Tribe, as Stieg forced three straight groundouts to three different defenders in his infield. Gibson fielded the first, Petrich the second, and Ball fielded the final out of the half frame.

T2 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

William and Mary cleanup hitter Matthew Kosuda sends a zipping grounder under the glove of Grube at first for the contest's first knock.

E1 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

A 1-2-3 inning for freshman starter, Jack Pye, with two strikeouts against Tech’s first two batters, Hughes and Sam Grube. Grube went 3-for-3 in game one with three doubles.

M1 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

Stieg retired the side in just nine pitches, inducing a groundout and two flyouts to center fielder Treyson Hughes. Hughes will lead off the bottom of the first for Tech.

T1 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

After missing the entirety of the 2025 season due to injury, Hokies right-handed pitcher Griffin Stieg takes back over on the mound for the first time since May 17, 2024, against UVa.

Pre-Game:

After taking down William and Mary 9-2 in both sides opening day matchup, the series culminate today with a doubleheader, due to impending weather on Sunday.

The Hokies haven't swept their season-opening series since 2022, the year Tech ultimately hosted its only Super Regional.

Here's the starting lineup for game one:

1. No. 13 - Treyson Hughes - Center Fielder
2. No. 4 - Sam Grube - First Baseman
3. No. 7 - Henry Cooke - Designated Hitter
4. No. 25 - Owen Petrich - Third Baseman
5. No. 11 - Ethan Ball - Second Base
6. No. 18 - Hudson Lutterman - Left Field
7. No. 3 - Anderson French - Catcher
8. No. 10 - Sam Gates - Right Field
9. No. 12 - Ethan Gibson - Shortstop

The starting pitcher for today's contest is Griffin Stieg.