Released Sunday, May well. 8, 2022, 6:50 pm
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A Gavin Cross solo shot tied it in the eighth, and a Carson DeMartini double walked it off for fifth-rated Virginia Tech in a 3-2 acquire around Villanova Sunday at English Discipline.
The fifth-rated Hokies (33-10) experienced gotten on the board to start with, in the to start with, on RBI double by Tanner Schobel that plated Nick Biddison
That operate stood up until the leading of the seventh, when Villanova (17-24-1) got a two-run double off the bat of Pat O’Neill to go up 2-1.
Cross homered appropriate, his 11th long ball of the year, off the Devin Rivera (1-3) to knot the activity at 2-2.
Eduardo Malinowski led off the base of the ninth with a solitary, and received to second on a two-out stroll to Lucas Donlon, who battled again from an -2 count to gain the base on balls.
DeMartini took the 1-1 pitch from Rivera above the wall in left-middle on a hop for the ground-rule double that done the two-recreation weekend collection sweep.
The Hokies obtained a stellar setting up outing from Drue Hackenberg, who gave up two operates, both equally unearned, on five hits in 7 innings of perform, striking out two devoid of walking a batter.
The get in aid went to Kiernan Higgins (2-), who retired the only batter that he confronted in the major of the ninth.
DeMartini was 3-for-4 at the plate for Tech.
