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Spartanburg, S.C. – Sam Fragale hit three home runs with seven RBI as the Virginia Tech Hokies defeated USC Upstate 11-3 in the 2017 season opener at Harley Park on Friday.

Virginia Tech improves to 1-0 while Upstate drops to 0-1.

Scoring Breakdown

• Top 1^st – Virginia Tech pushed across three runs with two outs. Ryan Tufts reached on a double with one out, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a Nick Anderson double. Fragale hit his first home run of the game to center field for a 3-0 Hokie lead.
• Top 2^nd – Joe Freiday, Jr. led off the inning with a solo home run.
• Top 3^rd – Fragale hit a solo home run with one out
• Top 4^th – Rahiem Cooper hit a two-out solo home run
• Top 5^th – Fragale hit his final home run of the afternoon, a two-run blast to give Virginia Tech an 8-0 lead.
• Bottom 5^th – Hunter Gilbert drew a leadoff walk, advanced to second on a Charlie Carpenter double and scored on a Brendan Brundage groundout to get Upstate on the board.
• Top 9^th – Tufts worked a leadoff walk but was retired at second on a fielder's choice. After an Anderson single put runners at the corners, Fragale tripled home two more runs. Stevie Mangrum's pinch-hit single scored Fragale.
• Bottom 9^th – Charlie Carpenter opened the inning with a base hit and advanced to third on a Brundage single before scoring on a Jake Bourke groundout. Brundage scored thanks to a Virginia Tech error.

Notables

• Carpenter and Jordan Miller each finished with two hits.
• J.J. Shimko went 1-for-4 with a triple.
• Virginia Tech finished with five home runs.
• Fragale went 5-for-5 as he finished a single short of the cycle with four runs scored and seven RBI.
• Anderson finished with three hits while Tufts and Freiday, Jr. each had two hits.
• Anderson, who started the game as the designated hitter, picked up the win with 2.2 scoreless innings of relief.
• Virginia Tech starter Packy Naughton struck out six batters while scattering four hits in 4.1 innings of work.
• Brian Boocock was charged with the loss after allowing three runs on three hits in 1.0 innings.
• Upstate left 15 runners on base for the game and left the bases loaded in the first inning. Virginia Tech left eight runners on base.

Up Next

Upstate continues the series with Virginia Tech tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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