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The Virginia Tech Hokie defense and pitching just don't seem to be able to keep our opponents off of the bags and crossing the plate. This particular 8 to 12 loss is painful because Tech's offense put up a very respectable, normally winning 8 runs; but you can't give up 15 hits and mix that with 5 critical errors and win a baseball game.
Tech's slump is threatening to go from depressing, to disaster. Radford scored in every inning but the 8th. Nic Enright takes his first loss, and Virginia Tech, who a week and a half ago was sitting on a winning record, has ridden a rail down to a sub .500 10-12 with a 1-5 ACC record.
The pitching is just not there. The struggles with fielding consistency don't help. There is still a whole lot of baseball to be played. Here is hoping that Tech spells it with a "W"; because without it we are digging a deep one.
Virginia Tech Hokies vs Radford Highlanders - Game 2 of the extended series
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
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Virginia Tech (10-12) |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
13 |
5 |
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Radford (5-16) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
X |
12 |
15 |
3 |
W: SWARMER,Tyler (1-2) L: Nic Enright (0-1)
Virginia Tech Hokies Box Score for March 22:
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Name |
Pos |
Bat |
Avg |
AB |
R |
H |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
PO |
A |
LOB |
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18 |
Saige Jenco |
CF |
L |
.329 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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14 |
Ryan Tufts |
SS |
R |
.240 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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15 |
Phil Sciretta |
1B |
R |
.363 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
|
26 |
Nick Anderson |
DH |
R |
.302 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
34 |
Max Ponzurick |
RF |
R |
.250 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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4 |
Grant Maiorana |
PH |
R |
.273 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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24 |
Mac Caples |
LF |
R |
.263 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
Andrew Mogg |
C |
R |
.288 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
4 |
|
5 |
Matt Dauby |
2B |
R |
.312 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
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21 |
Sam Fragale |
3B |
R |
.239 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Totals |
38 |
8 |
13 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
24 |
9 |
10 |
Doubles: Anderson, Dauby, Fragale (2)
Home Runs: Sciretta, Mogg
RBI: Jenco, Tufts, Sciretta, Mogg, Dauby, Fragale (2)
Errors: Tufts (2), Ponzurick, Caples, Dauby
LOB: 10
The next team up is a visit to English Field (at Union Park) by the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame University. How South Bend is in the Atlantic (or even Costal region is beyond me); but Tech needs to buckle down and stop this slide into conference and NCAA irrelevance.
GO HOKIES!!!!
Source: http://www.hokiesports.com/baseball/ (Box Score Link Not Available at the time of this publication.)