NCAA Baseball Tournament: Virginia Tech vs. The Citadel

by furrer4heisman on Jun 4, 2010 10:00 AM EDT

No. 16 Virginia Tech Hokies (38-20, 16-14) vs. The Citadel Bulldogs (42-20, 24-6)
NCAA Baseball Tournament
Columbia Regional - Game 1

Time: 2 p.m. EDT
Date: Friday, June 4, 2010
Place: Carolina Stadium (9,000), Columbia, S.C.
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Regional Info | VT Notes | CID Notes

Starting Pitchers
VT: LH Justin Wright (8-4, 3.59)
CID: LH Matt Talley (7-3, 3.79)

The Hokies play their first NCAA baseball tournament game since 2000 Friday against The Citadel in Columbia, S.C. Tech is coming off a 2-1 performance at the ACC tournament and was rewarded with a No. 2 seed. Its opponent in the first round won both the regular season and tournament championships in the Southern Conference.

Starting Pitchers: Wright is 2-2, 3.77 in seven starts and Talley is 0-2, 5.70 in four starts against NCAA tournament teams ... eight of Wright's last 10 starts have been quality starts ... Talley has had quality starts in six of his last seven ... opponents are hitting .226 against Wright and .249 against Talley ... both pitched well in their conference tournaments ... Wright pitched a complete game and struck out 15 in Virginia Tech's win over Clemson in its first game of the ACC tournament ... Talley gave up three runs over 8.2 innings in his start against Elon in the Southern Conference tournament ... Wright, a lefty, will be charged with slowing down one of the best run games in NCAA baseball ... The Citadel has stolen 127 bases this season, ninth in the nation ... opponents were successful on seven of 13 stolen base attempts against Wright this season.

Trends: The Citadel currently has the nation's longest winning streak at 12 games ... the Hokies have lost five of their last seven games ... the Bulldogs have had 10 or more hits in seven of their last eight games ... the Hokies have committed 18 errors in their last six games, leading to 12 unearned runs ... in his last three games, Virginia Tech's Austin Wates is 5-11 (.455) with three RBIs ... he was 0-12 in his previous four games .... The Citadel's William Ladd went 6-14 (.429) in the SoCon tournament.

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The Citadel 4, Hokies 0 - Mid 2nd

The Citadel got a two-run homer and scored another run when Wates and Seaborn collided on a pop up to take a four-run lead in the 2nd. Wright looked off that inning and was wild in the strike zone. Hokies need to get the bats going.

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 4, 2010 2:33 PM EDT reply actions

Things getting chippy

The Citadel’s Altman ran over Wright at 1b after he got caught in a run-down on a pick-off play. It’s still 4-0 in the 3rd.

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 4, 2010 2:55 PM EDT reply actions

Hokies can't get clutch hits

No runs on four hits through four for the Hokies as they trail 4-0. Had runners on 2nd and 3rd w/ 1 out in the 4th and couldn’t get it done.

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 4, 2010 3:17 PM EDT reply actions

boooo

and i’m even wearing my hokies baseball shirt…

Winging It In Motown

by Casey Richey on Jun 4, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

2 more runs for El Cid

Single up the middle plates two and chases the starter Justin Wright. Marc Zecchino in to pitch with Tech down 6-0 in the top of the 6th. Lots for runners left on base for the Hokies. They could easily still be in this one. We need to chase Talley, who is pitching exceptionally well after giving up hits early in innings.

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by furrer4heisman on Jun 4, 2010 3:53 PM EDT reply actions