Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – After pocketing two top-20 road wins during its historic weekend in Chapel Hill, the Virginia Tech baseball team (17-7) will make its Blacksburg homecoming for the first time in two weeks on Tuesday, April 5, when Tech entertains Marshall (13-14-1) at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park.
Due to evening rain forecast for Blacksburg, first pitch of Tuesday's game between the Hokies and the Thundering Herd has been moved up to 1 p.m. (previously 6 p.m.). Fans may stream the game live on ACC Network Extra and may also tune into WRAD-FM 101.7 to listen to the game as called by the radio play-by-play voice of Tech baseball, Evan Hughes.
| MIDWEEK SCHEDULE | |||||
| Day | Date | Time | Opponent | Network | Radio |
| Tue. | April 5 | 1 p.m. | Marshall | ACCNX | WRAD-FM 101.7 |
PROBABLE STARTERS
• Tuesday: Ryan Metz (0-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. Ryan Capuano (1-4, 8.90 ERA)
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THREE THINGS TO KNOW
• Poll Vault: Virginia Tech has been on a forward trajectory since exploding for 22 runs against Pitt on March 19, pulling into Tuesday's midweek affair against Marshall having won seven of its last eight games. After knocking off No. 12 Notre Dame in South Bend on March 25 – and picking up their fifth straight win at VMI (March 29) – the Hokies bullied No. 18 North Carolina, winning the opening two games of the weekend to clinch their first-ever road series against the Tar Heels. With three top-20 victories under its belt (per D1Baseball), each earned away from home, Tech cracked its first national poll of the season on Monday, placing at No. 23 in Perfect Game's top 25 rankings. The Hokies held strong as the outlet's sixth best ACC team, leapfrogging UNC, who dropped from No. 22 out of Perfect Game's top 25 (dipping from No. 18 to No. 22 per D1Baseball).
• Going, Going, GONE!: Personifying its "Hammerin' Hokies" moniker, Virginia Tech totaled 12 home runs during its 3-1 week against VMI and No. 18 North Carolina – the most the Hokies have registered during a calendar week this season. Three Tech players registered multi-homer games last week, beginning with Cade Hunter during his 5-for-5 night at VMI (March 29) and ending in bizarre fashion on April 1 at UNC. During the first and fourth innings of the Hokies' 12-1 win against the Tar Heels, Gavin Cross and Tanner Schobel recorded two instances of hitting back-to-back home runs, achieving the rare feat together for the first time during Tech's ACC tenure. Cross went on to tack on a third home run against UNC during Sunday's series finale, bringing his season count to five behind Eduardo Malinowski (10), Jack Hurley (nine), Carson DeMartini (eight) and Cade Hunter (seven). In total, the "Hammerin' Hokies" have drilled 56 home runs this season – four more than they compiled across the entire 2021 season. Tech's 56 home runs also rank as the third most among NCAA Division I programs this spring while the Hokies' 2.33 home runs per game average is second in the nation only to No. 1 Tennessee.
• Midweek Opposition: Virginia Tech has won five straight series meetings against Marshall dating back to the beginning of the 2018 season. Known best for his bat now, then-freshman Gavin Cross made the lone pitching appearance of his collegiate career against the Thundering Herd when the teams last met in 2020 prior to the COVID pandemic halting the season. Nick Biddison led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo home run that sent the Hokies on their way to the 10-5 victory. Tech and Marshall share history back to 1918 with the Hokies leading the all-time series, 29-9.
UP NEXT
Virginia Tech will begin a three-game ACC home series against No. 21 NC State on Friday, April 8. First pitch between the Hokies and the Wolfpack at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park is scheduled for 7 p.m.