Virginia Baseball Beats Clemson 11-6 in Marathon Series Opener

The sport ended almost 24 hours after it started, however the Cavaliers lastly beat the Tigers to take the sequence opener. As a consequence of in depth climate delays that finally suspended the sport within the fourth inning late on Friday evening, sport 1 of this three-game sequence resumed early afternoon on Saturday and No. 12 Virginia pulled away within the eighth inning to defeat Clemson 11-6 at Disharoon Park.

The Tigers scored 4 of their six runs within the first two innings of the sport. Virginia starter Brian Gursky gave up a pair of singles after which Tyler Corbitt hit a two-out three-run residence run to left discipline. Within the following inning, Clemson scored once more on one other residence run, this time a solo shot to left heart by Jonathan French. 

Gursky regained management after that and labored via the fourth inning with out giving up anymore runs and struck out three batters within the course of. Clemson starter Mack Anglin stored the Cavaliers off the board via the primary three innings. 

Then got here the marathon fourth inning that ended up taking almost 16 hours to finish. 

Jake Gelof led off with a single and Chris Newell walked on 4 pitches earlier than Ethan Anderson tripled off the wall in proper discipline to attain each Gelof and Newell. 

Anglin walked two batters to load the bases after which walked in a run as Teel watched 4 pitches miss the zone. A wild pitch from Anglin allowed Max Cotier to attain from third and tie the sport at 4-4. 

With Alex Tappen on the plate and runners in scoring place, a lightning strike pressured the sport to be delayed because the stadium was evacuated. There was hope that the sport might be finally resumed and accomplished on Friday evening, however it was introduced shortly after 9pm that the sport had been suspended. 

Initially scheduled to restart at 11am on Saturday, the sport was delayed once more attributable to rain showers within the space. At round 12:45pm, the fourth inning lastly resumed. Anglin needed to return to the mound to complete the at-bat towards Tappen, which ended with Tappen drawing a stroll to load the bases. 

Clemson inserted righty Jackson Lindley, who walked Jake Gelof to stroll in one other run after which gave up a two-run single to Devin Ortiz to provide Virginia a 7-4 lead. 

UVA turned to Dylan Bowers on the mound, who walked the primary batter he confronted after which gave up a two-run residence run to Max Wagner, Clemson’s third residence run of the sport, to make it 7-6. The rating remained 7-6 via the subsequent two innings because the Cavaliers had been held scoreless by Lindley of their subsequent three at-bats. 

Within the backside of the eighth, the Virginia batters lastly acquired to Lindley once more and loaded the bases with no outs. The Tigers went to PJ Labriola on the mound and Chris Newell drew a stroll to attain a run. Labriola struck out Ethan Anderson for the primary out of the inning after which Casey Saucke hit a 1-1 pitch into the hole in proper heart discipline for a two-run double. Griff O’Ferrall drove in one other run on a sacrifice fly to left discipline to make it 11-6, some much-needed respiratory room for the Cavaliers. 

Matthew Buchanan, Jay Woolfolk, and Brandon Neeck mixed to throw 4.1 innings of scoreless reduction work to maintain the Tigers off the board via their final 4 at-bats. Buchanan earned the win, Woolfolk and Neeck had three strikeouts apiece, and Neeck picked up the save. 

With the rain falling down onerous within the high of the ninth inning, Max Cotier made an unimaginable diving cease of a floor ball up the center earlier than flipping the ball to O’Ferrall at second base for a force-out to finish the sport. 

With the win, Virginia improves to 36-12 and 15-10 in ACC play. The Cavaliers and Tigers will meet for sport 2 of the sequence because the second a part of a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Disharoon Park. 

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