Game 1 Boxscores
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Game 2 Boxscores
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BLACKSBURG, VA (April 26) -- The University of Connecticut baseball
team dropped a pair of games at Virginia Tech on Monday afternoon. The
Huskies fell 11-2 in Game 1 and dropped a 10-0 decision in Game 2 as
the Hokies won their fifth consecutive BIG EAST contest. With the
loss, the Huskies slip to 20-21 on the season, 6-11 in BIG EAST play,
while the Hokies improve to 22-17, 9-9.
The Huskies got on the board first in Game 1. Kyle Messineo (Cedar
Grove, NJ) led off the game with a single up the middle and would
eventually score on Russ D’Argento’s sacrifice fly. However, Tech
responded quickly with a run of its own in the home half of the first
as the Hokies tied it up on Sean O’Brien’s RBI single into left field.
The wheels came off for the Huskies in the fourth inning as the
Hokies plated seven runs in the fourth frame. Remarkably, Tech
recorded six consecutive one out hits in the fourth to size control of
the contest.
Jeff Hourigan struggled on the hill for UConn, going 3.2 inning and
giving up eight runs on 11 hits. Jeff Landing gave up only one earned
run for the Hokies and earned his fourth victory of the year.
Up 4-0, Tech blew the second game open with a six run seventh. The
Hokies managed eight hits in the inning including a lead off triple by
Wyatt Toregas. Andrew Wells and Brett Corey combined for the shutout
for Tech.
Josh MacDonald (Milford, CT) took the loss for UConn. The sophomore
righty was touched for seven runs on 12 hits in 6.1 innings of work.
Dennis Donovan (Center Moriches, NY) went 2-for-3 in the loss.
UConn is back in action on Wednesday April 28 when they take on
Brown University at a site and time yet to be determined.
