Hokie ClubATLANTA – Battling for 23 combined innings and nine-plus hours of doubleheader action on Sunday, the Virginia Tech baseball team heroically gave its all while competing against No. 13 Georgia Tech, despite coming up winless against the Yellow Jackets: 12-6 and 7-6 (14 innings).
Virginia Tech (10-4, 0-3 ACC) finished its weekend against Georgia Tech (13-3, 3-0 ACC) having scored first during all three games while erasing its 5-1 deficit during Sunday's second game to force extra innings. The Hokies' 6-5 lead during the top of the 14th inning marked their second late-inning lead of the series, having led the Yellow Jackets, 8-7, during the ninth inning of Friday's opener.
DOUBLEHEADER TAKEAWAYS
• Nick Biddison, Gavin Cross and Jack Hurley co-led Virginia Tech with four hits apiece across Sunday's doubleheader – Hurley batting 4-for-11 while Biddison and Cross batted 4-for-12.
• Five different Hokies homered on Sunday: Tanner Schobel and Eduardo Malinowski (game one); Nick Biddison, Cade Hunter, Jack Hurley (game two).
• Freshman right-hand starter Drue Hackenberg set a rookie season high with seven strikeouts during his ACC debut (game two).
• Virginia Tech's 14-inning game against Georgia Tech ties for the Hokies' longest game all-time in terms of innings played.
UP NEXT
Virginia Tech will visit James Madison for a non-conference game on Tuesday, March 15. First pitch at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Virginia, is scheduled for 4 p.m.