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Teige Lethert Home Run Helmet Taps vs. Virginia Tech
8
Winner Virginia Tech VT 20-19
6
VCU VCU 22-18
Winner
Virginia Tech VT
20-19
8
Final
6
VCU VCU
22-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Virginia Tech VT 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 8 10 2
VCU VCU 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 8 0

W: Robertson, Aiden (1-0) L: Clover, Caleb (0-3) S: Roe, Brody (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

VCU UNABLE TO RALLY AGAINST HOKIES

Score: Virginia Tech 8, VCU 6
Location: Richmond, Va. (The Diamond)
Records: VCU 22-18, Virginia Tech 20-19
 
Despite getting its tying run at the plate after two ninth-inning base knocks, Virginia Tech dodged a late VCU baseball rally on Tuesday. The Rams fell 8-6 as the Hokies completed their sweep of the two-game season series.  
 
LEADING OFF:
  • The top of the lineup belted five of the Rams' hits with Dante DeFranco and Jacob Lee each tallying a pair
  • Lee smacked his 10th home run to become just the fifth Ram in program history to have multiple double-digit home run seasons, while tying for seventh all-time with 27 career home runs
  • Teige Lethert's two-run shot in the sixth inning was VCU's 45th home run of the season
  • Hunter Gotschall tossed 4.0 innings and tied his season-high five strikeouts, giving up just a run and three hits out of the bullpen
  • Making scoreless relief appearances, Bryce Carter faced the minimum over 1.1 innings, and Cooper Weygandt allowed a pair of baserunners in 1.2 innings of work
HOW IT HAPPENED:
  • Both teams started the scoring early as Virginia Tech scratched a pair of runs across in the opening inning, before Lee smashed his solo shot to dead center in the home half of the first frame
  • The Hokies answered with a solo shot of their own in the second from Ethan Gibson, but an RBI double off the bat of Lee and a VT throwing error allowed the Rams to even the score at 3-3
  • Virginia Tech scratched three runs across in the sixth inning and VCU answered with two of its own in the bottom of the frame on Lethert's two-run homer to close the deficit to just a run, 6-5
  • On a trio of extra-base hits in the eighth, the Hokies concluded their scoring at eight, and the Rams were only able to answer with one run in the bottom of the ninth, falling 8-6
 
UP NEXT
VCU will travel to Richmond for a three-game Atlantic 10 weekend series on Friday-Sunday, April 24-26 at Pitt Field before heading to Norfolk, Va. for the second matchup against Old Dominion on Tuesday, Apri 28. All of the contests will be streamed on ESPN+.
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