Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – No. 13/15 Virginia Tech fell to No. 7/9 Florida State, 13-4, on Friday night at Tech Softball Park.
How It Happened: Florida State 13, Virginia Tech 4
Florida State scored in each of the first three innings to take an early 4-0 lead. With the bases loaded in the top of the third for the Seminoles, Cassie Grizzard forced a groundout to second to get the Hokies out of the jam.
A single by Rachel Castine and a 10-pitch walk by Annika Rohs got runners on first and second for Cori McMillan who drilled a single to right center field for the RBI single to cut the deficit to 4-1.
With one out, Kylie Aldridge delivered a huge triple in the bottom of the fourth and Bre Peck followed it up with an RBI single down the right field line to make it 6-2.
After the Seminoles tacked on another run on a sacrifice fly, McMillan continued her stellar day at the plate with a solo home run to start the bottom of the fifth and make it 7-3.
A sacrifice fly followed by two RBI singles led to Florida State taking a 10-3 lead after the top of the sixth and the Seminoles tacked on three more runs in the top of the seventh. McMillan hit her second home run of the night in the bottom of the seventh, but the Hokies did not score enough to complete the comeback.
Game Notes
• Tech suffered just its second loss of the season at home
• Tech is third in the ACC standings at 17-5
• Tech is now 20-37 in all-time matchups against Florida State
• Cori McMillan went a perfect 4-for-4 with three RBIs and two home runs
• It was McMillan’s third multi-home run outing of the year
• Bre Peck added to her all-time RBI record with an RBI single in fourth inning
• Kylie Aldridge recorded her first triple of the season
• Sophie Kleiman recorded just her second loss of the season. She struck out four batters and gave up 12 hits
• Cassie Grizzard made her 14th appearance of the season. She gave up just two hits in 2.1 innings pitched
Up Next
No. 13/15 Virginia Tech (39-9, 17-5 ACC) continues its series against No. 7/9 Florida State (43-7, 17-2 ACC) on Saturday at 4 p.m. The game will be televised on ACC Network.