LIVE Updates - Virginia Tech Hokies vs Rutgers Baseball, Game Two Score
Virginia Tech baseball takes on Rutgers today at 3 p.m. ET in the Hokies’ second contest of the series. Read below for an inning-by-inning update, organized in reverse chronological order:
E6 | Rutgers 5, Virginia Tech 3
Virginia Tech loaded the bases with two outs for Grube, but failed to cash in. The Hokies trail, 5-3.
T6 | Rutgers 5, Virginia Tech 3
Rutgers answers the Grube home run with a shot of their own. That is Chase Swift's first run allowed this season. The Hokies now trail by two.
E5 | Rutgers 4, Virginia Tech 3
Virginia Tech cuts the Rutgers lead in half with a 399-foot home run to right field. The next three went down in order to end the frame; Rutgers went to a new pitcher — Vincent Borghese — after the first out.
M5 | Rutgers 4, Virginia Tech 2
Stieg notched the first out but was pulled after allowing the next two to reach safely. Chase Swift entered the game and struck out the following two batters.
E4 | Rutgers 4, Virginia Tech 2
Virginia Tech got two on with no outs, but a failed sac bunt and a double play squandered the scoring opportunity.
M4 | Rutgers 4, Virginia Tech 2
Griffin Stieg sets the side down in 11 pitches with two strikeouts to keep the game in reach.
E3 | Rutgers 4, Virginia Tech 2
Virginia Tech goes down in order to end the third.
M3 | Rutgers 4, Virginia Tech 2
Rutgers strikes back and takes the lead behind two doubles to start the frame. Stieg struck out two batters but allowed an RBI double and a sacrifice fly.
E2 | Virginia Tech 2, Rutgers 2
Virginia Tech goes scoreless. They were able to work two walks and get a runner in scoring position, but Petrich grounds out to end the inning. Rutgers' Konstantinovsky is at 52 pitches after two frames.
M2 | Virginia Tech 2, Rutgers 2
Stieg worked around a walk and a single to deliver a scoreless frame for the Hokies.
E1 | Virginia Tech 2, Rutgers 2
Virginia Tech ties the game off the bat of Anderson French, who roped a bases-loaded single to bring in two runners.
M1 | Rutgers 2, Virginia Tech 0
Rutgers scores two on three hits and an error. With two outs, a pop-up to the left side dropped as Daniel and Petrich bumped into each other. Virginia Tech trails 2-0 after half an inning of ball.
Starting for the Hokies:
Starting lineup for the Hokies in game two vs Rutgers:
SP Griffin Stieg
1. Sam Grube - LF
2. Owen Petrich - 3B
3. Ethan Ball - 2B
4. Henry Cooke - C
5. Sam Gates - RF
6. Anderson French - 1B
7. Pete Daniel - SS
8. Treyson Hughes - CF
9. Hudson Lutterman - DH
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