LIVE Updates - Virginia Tech Hokies vs William & Mary Baseball, Game 3 Score

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

Henry Cooke (7) rounds second base in the Hokies season opener against William and Mary. (2/13/26) | Virginia Tech Athletics.

Virginia Tech baseball will finish with William and Mary this afternoon in game three of the series. Read below for an inning-by-inning update, organized in reverse chronological order.

B6 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

McCarthy’s outing is finished after facing nine batters and working through 1.1 innings, allowing both a pair of hits and walks, keeping the Hokies’ advantage at a manageable three-run gap.

M6 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

Weber worked through the first 1-2-3 inning of the contest in 11-pitches, picking up one punchout in the process against the leadoff bat Matthew Kosuda. 

E5 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

Tech threatened to add on to their advantage, putting two runners on with just a single out. McCarthy settled in to retire the final two Tech bats in order without allowing either runner to advance even 90 feet. 

M5 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

Weber worked through a scoreless frame, succumbing to one base runner off an error by Petrich. The Tribe is going to their bullpen for the second time in the evening, placing right-handed pitcher Dylan McCarthy on the bump. 

E4 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

Grim’s day is done on the mound after four complete innings and 73 total pitches, giving up a single run off the bat of left fielder Louie Bartletti. 6’1 Xavier transfer Ben Weber takes over duties on the mound. 

M4 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

Grim fires through another four-batter inning, with the only Tribe batter, Connor Chavez, to reach off a five-pitch walk issued with one out. Grim, through four complete innings, has fanned six batters. 

E3 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

The Hokies force a one-out, bases-loaded scenario against senior hurler, Noah Hertzler; nine-hole bat Nick Locurto grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to keep Tech off the scoreboard in the third.

M3 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

Grim allowed two, one-out singles to squeeze through the left side of the infield, which were his first hits allowed since Bartletti’s RBI double. Grim escaped, retiring his next two batters faced with swinging strikeouts. 

B2 | Hokies 4, Tribe 1

On a fielder’s choice, 4-6 putout, Pete Daniel raced home to add insurance to the Hokies' lead off the bat of Henry Cooke, nabbing his second RBI of the contest. 

B2 | Hokies 3, Tribe 1

William and Mary are taking a mound visit with freshman arm Charlie Richwine, as he needs to work against the one-out, bases-loaded scenario the Hokies have.

M2 | Hokies 3, Tribe 1

It took 14 pitches for Grim to dispatch the Tribe in the second, walking leadoff batter Charlie Iriotakis in the process. Grim, through two innings, has thrown just 22 of his 40 deliveries for strikes. 

B1 | Hokies 3, Tribe 1

Both Treyson Hughes and Sam Grube landed themselves in scoring position with nobody out for Henry Cooke to muster a deep sac fly to rightfield to even game three out.

Third baseman Owen Petrich stepped up following the sac and sliced his own ball into right field, only with enough juice to clear the fence and put Tech ahead by two.

T1 | Tribe 1, Hokies 0

Shortstop Jamie Laskofski walked to first on four straight balls to open the contest, after Grim painted a first-pitch strike. Two stolen bases later, Laskofski stood at third when Louie Bartletti drilled a double off the right-center to open the scoring. 

T1 | Hokies 0, Tribe 0

Tech’s right-handed freshman pitcher Ethan Grim starts the contest on the bump for the Hokies. He ranks as the third-ranked right-handed pitcher out of Pennsylvania. 

Pre-Game:

Virginia Tech has taken its opening series against the William and Mary with an exciting one-run victory, 8-7, over the Tribe in game one of Saturday's doubleheader.

The Hokies haven't had the chance to sweep an opening weekend series since 2023 against Charlotte, where Tech dropped game three, 10-5, after taking the first two games of the set.

Here's the starting lineup for game three of the doubleheader:

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

The starting pitcher for game three of the series is freshman Ethan Grim.