UNCG Baseball Comes Up Short in Series Finale at Virginia Tech
BLACKSBURG, Va. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team fell 8-3 in a series finale to the Virginia Tech Hokies at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park.
The Spartans, who are now 4-3, dropped the series with the loss. UNCG prevailed in the first game of the series back on Saturday, 6-2, before falling in game two, 6-2, on Sunday.
The Hokies opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the first inning when David McCann flew out to left deep enough to score Jarden Davis on a sacrifice fly.
The Spartans quickly answered with a pair of runs in the top half of the second inning for their first and only lead of the afternoon. After Luke Jenkins drew a leadoff walk, he eventually scored on a sacrifice fly batted to centerfield by Jeremy Wolf. UNCG took a 2-1 lead with Jacob Budzik scampering home on a wild pitch in the next at-bat.
Virginia Tech took back the lead and then some in the bottom of the second. It started with David Lewis singling to short, allowing Treyson Hughes to score from third and tie it, 2-2. Jackson Cherry then doubled to left, scoring Lewis and Garrett Michel to make it 4-2 Hokies.
The Hokies tacked on four more runs between the fourth and sixth frames to gain an 8-2 advantage. It began with Davis roping a single to left that scored Cherry in the fourth. McCann then homered and Michel hit an RBI single to center to make it 7-2 in the fifth. Davis singled through the left side in the sixth to score Clay Grady, which capped the scoring for the Hokies at 8-2.
UNCG rallied in the ninth and scored one run when Jack Pokorak singled to score Jenkins. However, the Spartans ran out of outs with the bases loaded down 8-3 in the top of the ninth as the Hokies came out with the win and series victory.
NOTES:
Jacob Dilley, Jenkins and Wight each had two hits.
Jenkins scored twice while Budzik scored once.
Wolf and Pokorak finished with one RBI each.
Grant Aycock struck out three during his first start of the season.
Danny Thompson Jr. allowed one hit, two walks and struckout one in the eighth.
The Spartans led in walks drawn, 5-3.
UNCG and Virginia Tech tied with nine runners left on base.
PITCHING RECORDS:
Grant Manning: W, 1-0
Grant Aycock: L, 0-1
Luke Craytor: Save, 2
RECORDS:
UNCG: 4-3, 0-0 SoCon
VT: 5-2, 0-0 ACC
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UNCG will host another ACC foe in Pittsburgh for a three-game weekend series from Friday to Sunday at UNCG Baseball Stadium. First pitches for the trio of games are scheduled for 4:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.
Courtesy of Connor Wachtel
Strategic Communications Coordinator
UNC Greensboro