Stoffel Lifts Hokies over Upstate

Saturday, February 18

Harley Park

1 pm

University of South Carolina Upstate Athletics

0-2

Virginia Tech

2-0

Virginia Tech

USC Upstate

2/18/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

Box Score (.pdf)

Spartanburg, S.C. – Tom Stoffel's bunt single in the eighth inning broke an 8-8 tie as the Virginia Tech Hokies defeated USC Upstate 9-8 at Harley Park on Saturday afternoon.

Virginia Tech improves to 2-0 while Upstate drops to 0-2.

Scoring Breakdown

Top 1^st – Sam Fragale drove in a pair of runs thanks to a two-out single.
Bottom 1^st – Hunter Gilbert reached on a one-out walk, advanced to second on a Virginia Tech error and scored on a Brendan Brundage single.
Top 2^nd – Virginia Tech scored five runs in the inning thanks to a sacrifice fly, a groundout, a two-run Upstate error and a Stevie Mangum double.
Bottom 2^nd – Russell Schwertfeger reached on a Hokie error and scored on a Devon Ortiz groundout. Charlie Carpenter drove in a pair of runs with a double and scored on a J.J. Shimko base hit.
Bottom 3^rd – Upstate pushed across three runs to take an 8-7 lead. Jordan Miller reached on a Hokie error and scored on a Drake Harris single. Schwertfeger would score thanks to an error on a failed pickoff attempted followed by a Gilbert base hit that scored Ortiz.
Top 5^th – Mangrum reached on a double with one out and scored on a Jack Owens single.
Top 8^th – Owens opened the inning with a triple. Following a strikeout and a hit batter, Stoffel laid down a bunt single to score the go-ahead run before a double play ended the inning.

Notables

Gilbert went 3-for-4 with three singles and an RBI.
Carpenter went 3-for-4 with a single, double and two RBI.
Eight Spartans had at least one hit.
Owens went 3-for-4 with two singles, a triple, two runs scored and an RBI.
Mangrum, Ryan Tufts and Tom Stossell each had two hits.
Upstate outhit Virginia Tech 13-11.
Kit Scheetz took the win as he allowed three hits with four strikeouts in 3.1 scoreless innings.
Aaron McGarity earned the win with a walk and two strikeouts in 1.2 innings.
Blake Whitney was charged with the loss as he allowed one run on two hits with five strikeouts in 3.0 innings.
The game featured seven errors with five of them being charged to Virginia Tech.

Up Next

The series concludes tomorrow at 1 p.m.

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