Richardson’s Clutch Hit Keys Virginia to 8-7 Victory
Junior Cayman Richardson singled up the middle to plate the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning in an 8-7 Virginia victory over VCU on Tuesday night at Disharoon Park.
Junior Cayman Richardson singled up the middle to plate the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning in an 8-7 Virginia victory over VCU on Tuesday night at Disharoon Park.
Virginia scored 11 runs in its first two trips to the plate en route to a 12-6 series-clinching victory over No. 5 Louisville at Disharoon Park on Saturday.
Virginia bounced back strong and earned a split with the No. 5-ranked Cardinals, taking a 10-2 victory. The two teams will square off in the rubber match Saturday at Disharoon Park.
Due to inclement weather in the forecast, the three-game series between Virginia and Louisville, the final ACC home series of the season, will now begin with a doubleheader on Friday at 3 p.m.
Virginia (26-20) will conclude a four-game road stretch at VCU (30-14) on Tuesday night. The game will be played at The Diamond in Richmond with a first pitch scheduled for 7 p.m.
North Carolina evened the series against Virginia with a 5-4, walk-off victory in the bottom of the ninth inning on Saturday at Boshamer Stadium.
Virginia (25-18, 9-12 ACC) won its fourth-straight game with a 12-5 victory over No. 15 North Carolina (31-12, 13-9 ACC) on Friday night at Boshamer Stadium. The Cavaliers scored 11 of the game’s final 12 runs.
Florida State (24-14, 12-9 ACC) clinched the three-game series with a 5-3 victory in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader and Virginia (23-18, 9-12 ACC) was able to salvage the series with a 13-3 onslaught in the nightcap.
Virginia broke a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the eighth by plating three runs en route to a 7-5 series-clinching victory over Pittsburgh Saturday at Disharoon Park.
UVA (9-10, 2-4 ACC) scored four runs in its final two turns at the plate but ultimately had its comeback fall short in a 6-5 loss to Georgia Tech (13-7, 3-3 ACC) on Sunday afternoon at Russ Chandler Stadium.
Duke held on in Sunday’s nightcap, 8-6, to clinch the opening Atlantic Coast Conference series of 2019 for Virginia.
Virginia’s baseball alumni is on a mission to help the late Sammy Beale’s family with medical expenses.
The Virginia baseball team won its fourth straight game and completed the series sweep Sunday against Villanova with a 10-2 victory at Disharoon Park.
Brian O’Connor didn’t sleep during the overnight red-eye flight back from Arizona late Sunday.
No. 24 Cal State Fullerton erased a 5-3, ninth-inning deficit by scoring three runs in their final turn at the plate in a 6-5 victory over Virginia in the finale of the MLB4 Collegiate Baseball Tournament at Salt River Fields.
Second-ranked Vanderbilt scored eight runs in the top of the fourth inning to help deliver a 15-9, season-opening victory over Virginia as part of the MLB4 Collegiate Baseball Tournament.
Virginia will embark on its 131st season of baseball on Friday when it participates in the inaugural MLB4 Collegiate Baseball Tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz.
In a poll of the 14 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball coaches, Virginia was picked to finish second in the Coastal Division, accumulating 64 points and one first-place vote.
Baseball probably isn’t on your radar in late January as temperatures plummet, but Brian O’Connor anticipates this time of year as if it were Christmas all over again.
The last thing one might expect a Hall of Fame pitcher like John Smoltz to talk about is failure.