Hokie ClubBERKELEY, Calif. – No. 14/14 Virginia Tech kicked off the series at Cal with an 11-3 run-rule victory on Friday afternoon at Levine-Fricke Field.
Cori McMillan hit a leadoff home run to set the tone and Michelle Chatfield went yard twice – with one home run being a grand slam – to pave the way for the 11-3 victory.
How It Happened: Virginia Tech 11, Cal 3 (5 inn.)
Cori McMillan wasted no time with her leadoff home run to start the game. On the third pitch, McMillan sent a shot straight to center field to make it 1-0 Hokies. An RBI single by Bre Peck in the top of the first extended the lead to 2-0 in the first.
Despite Cal getting on the board in the bottom of the first, Michelle Chatfield extended the lead with a two-run bomb to left field to make it 4-1 Hokies.
After a scoreless third inning for Tech, Zoe Yaeger ripped a two-RBI single to center field to put the Hokies up 6-1 in the top of the fourth.
After McMillan drew a bases-loaded walk, Chatfield blew the game wide open with a grand slam – her second in three games – to make it 11-1 Hokies after the top of the fifth.
Cal added two in the bottom of the fifth, but Emma Lemley came in for relief and forced a pop-up to secure the run-rule victory.
Game Notes
• Tech improves to 16-3 in the ACC standings
• Tech is now 13-5 on the road
• Tech earned its 18th run-rule victory of the season
• Tech is now 1-1 in all-time matchups against Cal
• Tech outhit Cal 12-5
• Michelle Chatfield hit her 13th and 14th home runs of the season
• She hit her second grand slam in the past three days
• Chatfield finished the day going 3-for-4 with a team-high six RBIs
• Cori McMillan hit her nation-leading 24th home run of the season
• McMillan and Zoe Yaeger each posted two RBIs in the win
• Kylie Aldridge, Bre Peck and Yaeger each recorded two hits
• Sophie Kleiman earned her 11th win of the season. She allowed just five hits and struck out two batters
Up Next
No. 14/14 Virginia Tech (38-7, 16-3 ACC) continues its series at Cal (31-17, 7-12) with a 5 p.m. ET first pitch on Saturday, April 26 in Berkeley, Calif. The game will be televised on ACCNX.