LIVE Updates: Virginia Tech Hokies vs Pittsburgh Baseball, Game One Score

Can Virginia Tech get a game one win vs Pittsburgh tonight?

FINAL: VT 11, Pitt 6:

Virginia Tech was forced to use a trio of pitchers — Berzonski, Yagesh, Craytor — to combine for the final three outs. Berzonski is credited with allowing three runs to Pitt before Yagesh and Craytor entered the game to secure the game-one win.

E8, VT leads 11-3:

Virginia Tech goes down in order in the eighth.

M8, VT leads 11-3:

Preston Crowl surrendered a one-out, RBI triple to Trey Fenderson to allow Pitt to cut the Virginia Tech lead to 11-3.

E7, VT leads 11-2:

Virginia Tech went down in order for the third consecutive inning after their nine-run fourth.

M7, VT leads 11-2:

Preston Crowl took the mound and tossed a scoreless inning, working around a walk and a hit batter. Virginia Tech heads to the bottom of the seventh needing one run to end the game by run-rule.

E6, VT leads 11-2:

Virginia Tech goes down in order in the sixth. 

M6, VT leads 11-2:

A lead-off solo shot from Caden Dulin brought Pitt back within the run-rule, but they were unable to tack on anything further.

E5, VT leads 11-1:

Pitt puts Daniel McAuliff on the mound and he sets the Hokies down in order, striking out the side.

M5, VT leads 11-1:

Brett Renfrow sets the side down in order once again. He has seven strikeouts and has thrown 74 pitches on the evening.

E4, VT leads 11-1:

On eight hits — all singles —, an error and a pair of free passes, Virginia Tech scored nine runs to give themselves an 11-1 cushion after the first four innings of work.

M4, VT leads 2-1:

Pitt scratches a run across in the fourth. A pair of one-out singles put runners on the corners before Joey Baran hit into an RBI groundout. 

E3, VT leads 2-0:

Virginia Tech goes down in order in the third.

M3, VT leads 2-0:

A walk and a hit batter put a pair of runners on with no outs, but Brett Renfrow avoided damage in the frame, finishing the inning with a strikeout and groundout.

E2, VT leads 2-0:

Sam Grube got the scoring started in the second inning, hitting a one-out solo home run that flew nearly 450 feet to the opposite field gap. Ethan Gibson and Owen Petrich strung together a two-out rally after, where Owen Petrich hit an RBI double off the wall to score Ethan Gibson.

M2, Tied 0-0:

Another 1-2-3 inning to start the game. Brett Renfrow is through two perfect frames of work on just 16 pitches.

E1, Tied 0-0:

Following suit, the Hokies went down in order in the bottom half of the first. Pitt starter Antonio Doganiero threw ten pitches to escape the frame.

M1, Tied 0-0:

Brett Renfrow took the mound and set the side down on eight pitches — all for strikes.

Pregame

Brett Renfrow is on the mound tonight for the Hokies and here is how they are lining up:

1. Pete Daniel- SS
2. Ethan Ball - 2B
3. Henry Cooke - C
4. Hudson Lutterman - 1B
5. Sam Grube- RF
6. Nick Locurto- DH
7. Ethan Gibson- 1B
8. Owen Petrich- 3B
9. Sam Gates - CF

The Hokies picked up a midweek win over Radford earlier this week in large part because of their pitching staff. Five Virginia Tech pitchers combined to throw the program’s sixth no-hitter (second combined) during Tuesday’s 14-0 victory against Radford:

Tuesday’s no-hitter marked the program’s first spanning 26 years (2000) and its first combined no-hit performance in 30 years (1996).