Top of the 7th, RHP Ryan Osinski comes on in relief of Tonas. He’s a transfer from Bucknell. McCoy to lead off for Hofstra.
McCoy on the first pitch lines a single into RF. One on, no outs for Sealey.
Sealey on the next pitch dumps a bloop single into RF. Two on, no outs for Lane.
Lane on the next pitch grounds one into LF for a base hit. Bases loaded, no outs for Pelcher.
Pelcher on the next pitch scorches one down the RF line for a double. That scores two, 11-8 HOOS lead. 2nd and 3rd, no outs for Florides.
Mound visit for UVA.
Florides chops one to Ford at 1st who tosses to a covering Osinski for the out. Lane scores from 3rd, 11-9 HOOS. Pelcher moves to 3rd, runner on 3rd and one out for Palmer.
Palmer chops one on the infield. Osinski at 6’6 is able to glove it and make the throw for the out at home. One on, two down for Rosso.
Mound visit for UVA and we’re seeing a change.
LHP Blake Barker comes on in relief of Osinski.
Rosso grounds one to Hanson at 3rd. He gloves it but the throw is off-line, Rosso is safe at 1st. Two on, two outs for Kennedy.
Kennedy hits a chopper to Ford at 1st. He tosses it to a covering Barker who is able to step on the bag just in time for out #3.
First weekend of the season against a lineup filled with a bunch of seniors and grad transfers. It hasn’t been pretty and we’ll go through our fair share of growing pains, but it’s farrrrrr too early for major concern.
Top of the 9th, RHP Aidan Teel on in relief of Barker. Pelcher to lead off for Hofstra.
Pelcher chops one to Hanson at 3rd. He waits for the hop and makes a strong throw to 1st for out #1. Nobody on, one out for PH Tanner Sanderoff.
Sanderoff on a full count chops one to Godbout on the middle of the infield. He charges and makes a throw on the move for out #2. Nobody on, two outs now for Palmer.
Palmer grounds one to GOF at short who makes the throw to end the series.
HOOS win 11-9 to take game 3 and complete the sweep. They start this season out with a 3-0 record.
Next time out will be a home game against ODU this Tuesday at 3PM.
No problem at all, won’t be able to do this for every game but will try to give updates whenever I can. Spring is my favorite time of year for UVA sports.
A look at Ford’s three-run HR from earlier. This kid is one of the more impressive 1st year hitters I’ve seen at UVA, reminds me a bit of Kris Bryant with his stance and size (I know, setting myself up for failure with that high of expectations).
Yes and yes. We lost Teel/Gelof/O’Donnell but also brought back O’Ferrall/Anderson/Saucke/Stephan/Godbout/Didawick/Hanson for our lineup along with bringing in Henry Ford who looks like he’s gonna be a monster hitter and some quality transfers. Our position depth isn’t just good enough on paper to make it to Omaha, it’s good enough to win a national title.
But this team will only go as far as its pitching staff takes it. This first weekend, to put it bluntly, was ugly. Hofstra has a good, experienced lineup but we’ll see that level of hitting plus significantly better pitching just about every weekend in ACC play. Have to find consistency and it all begins with our SP’s, either O’Connor/Blanco/Woolfolk give us quality outings in their next couple of starts or we try to find other guys who can. Will say there was a few guys who looked the part in relief. Aidan Teel, Blake Barker, Bryson Moore, and Angelo Tonas all did solid in their appearances so that at least gives you some sort of basis to go off of.
We’re gonna find out pretty quickly where we are as a team next weekend. Playing two top 25 caliber teams in Iowa and Auburn, along with Wichita State who won’t be a pushover. Going 2-1 should be the goal, anything more is fantastic and anything less is a disappointment.
Yes, we lost Jonny Farmelo who was supposed to be a day-one starter in CF. Was a case that happens with top programs where you recruit a guy and he ends up being too talented, he got drafted in the 1st round so wasn’t a bad decision.
Same thing is gonna happen to this year’s class. Our three highest rated prospects are all very likely to go pro out of HS.