Score: Virginia Tech 11, VCU 8
Location: Blacksburg, Va. (English Field)
Records: VCU 11-9, Virginia Tech 10-9
 
VCU baseball continued its hot streak at the plate, scoring eight runs and belting 12 hits for the second-straight game, but the offensive surge was not enough to overcome three costly errors in the field. The Rams fell at Virginia Tech, 11-8, on Wednesday.
 
LEADING OFF:

• Nick Flores, Michael Petite and Teige Lethert each had two hits and two RBI in the game
• Petite smashed his team-leading sixth home run for 450 feet, the farthest by a Ram this season, and scored a pair of runs
• Nate Kirkpatrick and Dante DeFranco also tallied two hits apiece
• The Rams tied their previous contest for the third-most hits in a game this season, belting 12
• Out of the bullpen, Coleman Bobb and Cade Dressler each made scoreless appearances and allowed one hit and no walks apiece
• The Rams have allowed more than four earned runs in just one of their previous 10 games, spanning the entire month of March
• VCU's winning streak snapped at six games

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The game started slow, with the only run between either team through three frames coming on a solo shot by Virginia Tech's Hudson Lutterman in the second inning
• The teams traded four-run frames in the fourth as Lethert and Flores each drove in a pair of runs on singles before Sam Grube connected for a grand slam to regain Tech's lead, 5-4
• Petite evened the score at 5-5 in the fifth with his solo home run and Bobb hung a zero for the Rams
• Despite VCU scratching across three more runs in the seventh inning, they were not able to erase the deficit as VT added six more runs late, falling 11-8

 
UP NEXT
VCU will look to stretch its undefeated A-10 schedule into week two, continuing its road trip to Dayton, Ohio, for the first road conference games of the season against the Flyers on Friday-Sunday, March 20-22. Live stats will be available on StatBroadcast.