Hokie ClubBERKELEY, Calif. – No. 14/14 Virginia Tech secured the series win at Cal with a 9-0 victory on Saturday afternoon at Levine-Fricke Field.
Cori McMillan and Michelle Chatfield continued to be dominant against the Golden Bears. McMillan launched her nation-leading 25th home run of the season while Chatfield hit her third home run of the weekend in the win.
Emma Lemley pitched a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts.
How It Happened: Virginia Tech 9, Cal 0
Cori McMillan got the Hokies off to a hot start once again with her second leadoff home run of the weekend to make it 1-0 Hokies. It marks McMillan’s nation-leading 25th home run of the season.
After a quick inning of work from Emma Lemley in the circle, Michelle Chatfield blasted her third home run of the weekend with a two-run shot to center field to extend the lead to 3-0.
With the bases loaded in the top of the fourth, Jordan Lynch ripped a two-RBI single up the middle to extend the Hokie advantage to 5-0.
Lemley continued to do damage in the circle, holding the Golden Bears to just two hits through the first five innings with six strikeouts.
Some heads-up base running in the top of the sixth led two more Hokies to cross home plate, making it a 7-0 contest. With runners threatening in the bottom of the sixth, Cal attempted a squeeze play, but the bunt landed right in front of catcher Zoe Yaeger who tagged the runner out at home to keep Cal off the board.
Tech drew back-to-back bases-loaded walks in the top of the seventh to make it 9-0.
Lemley pitched a complete-game shutout with 10 strikeouts and just three hits allowed.
Game Notes
• Tech earned its 20th shutout of the season
• Tech improves to 17-3 in ACC play and is second in the standings
• Tech is now 2-1 in all-time matchups against Cal
• Tech is now 14-5 on the road
• Tech outhit Cal 12-3 and has recorded 12 hits in both wins against the Golden Bears
• Eight Hokies recorded a hit in the 9-0 win
• Cori McMillan launched her 25th home run of the season
• She leads the NCAA with her 25 home runs this season
• McMillan hit back-to-back leadoff home runs in both wins at Cal so far
• She now has nine leadoff home runs on the season
• Michelle Chatfield hit her third home run in the past two games
• Chatfield now has 15 home runs on the season
• Chatfield is hitting .750 in both wins at Cal so far with three home runs and eight RBIs
• Chatfield and Jordan Lynch each recorded a team-high two RBIs
• Emma Lemley pitched a complete-game shutout for her 16th win of the season
• She recorded 10 strikeouts and allowed just three hits in the win
• It marks her eighth solo shutout of the season
Up Next
No. 14/14 Virginia Tech (39-7, 17-3 ACC) wraps up its series at Cal (31-18, 7-13 ACC) on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. The game will be televised on ACCNX.