Virginia Tech Baseball Press Box

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Virginia Tech's most recent victory against @d1baseball's No. 1 ranked team:

≫ May 20, 2023, at No. 1 Wake Forest (W, 14-6)

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Ethan Ball (3 HR) has tied Virginia Tech's ACC Baseball Championship record for the most home runs hit during a single tournament (Chad Pinder - 2013).

Ironically, Pinder manages the Charlotte Knights, who call Truist Field - the 2026 ACC tournament site - home.

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Multi-homer games by Virginia Tech players at the ACC Baseball Championship:

2013 - Chad Pinder
2022 - Nick Biddison, Carson Jones
2026 - Ethan Ball

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Virginia Tech has witnessed a true freshman hit a home run at the ACC Baseball Championship during three consecutive tournament weeks:

≫ 2024 - David McCann
≫ 2025 - Mycah Jordan
≫ 2026 - Ethan Ball

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With Virginia's 10-5 loss at Louisville on Saturday, Virginia Tech's seed window at the 2026 ACC Baseball Championship has been reduced to the following lines:

≫ No. 5
≫ No. 6
≫ No. 7

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Including Friday's game against Clemson, Virginia Tech has now held opponents scoreless during the first inning for 14 of the team's last 17 games since April 14.

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Six Virginia Tech starters recorded multi-hit games during Friday's 9-1 win at Cal.

Considering nine-inning games (or shorter), this feat was accomplished for the first time since March 15, 2025, at NC State (W, 20-8 - 7 inn.).

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Henry Cooke (4-for-5) has tied his career high in hits for the third time:

≫ March 7, 2023, vs. UMass Lowell
≫ March 16, 2024, at Louisville
≫ Tonight at Cal

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Virginia Tech's historical trips to The Golden State (quantity of games):

≫ 1989 - Fresno (6)
≫ 1991 - Fresno (6)
≫ 1995 - Fresno (6)
≫ 1998 - Fresno (6)
≫ 2000 - Fullerton (NCAA tournament; 2)
≫ 2026 - Berkeley

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Ethan Gibson is batting .437 (16-for-37) during the 11-game hitting streak he carries into Saturday's game against NC State.

He leads Virginia Tech in season batting average (.320) and ranks second on the team in ACC batting average (.328).

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𝙔𝙤, 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 ...

Through today's fifth inning, Willie Hurt has now reached base during 12 consecutive plate appearances dating back to April 7 against Liberty

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Singling during his first at-bat on Sunday, freshman Willie Hurt now owns a six-game hitting streak and a seven-game on-base streak dating back to Virginia Tech's series at Miami (April 3-5).

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With Pete Daniel batting fourth today, Virginia Tech rolls out its ninth distinct cleanup hitter of the 2026 season.

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𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙥 𝙜𝙪𝙮 ⬇️

≫ @Gatorade

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From the ninth inning of Sunday's game at Boston College to the fourth inning of Friday's game against Pitt, Virginia Tech pitchers held a streak of 35 consecutive batters faced without allowing a hit.

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Prior to Saturday, Brett Renfrow had not allowed a triple through 37 career starts.

Tonight, Miami hit three triples against Renfrow.

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With Nick Locurto's leadoff single on Saturday night, the junior has now hit safely during all but five of his 22 consecutive starts.

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Ethan Ball's first collegiate triple during Friday's series opener at Miami broke a stretch of 17 games without a three-base hit by Virginia Tech.

In 2025, the team's longest such stretch stood at 23 games between March 4 and April 13.

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Pete Daniel bats tonight from Virginia Tech's leadoff spot for the second consecutive game.

Daniel is one of four leadoff batters for head coach John Szefc this season:

≫ Grube - 16 games
≫ Hughes - 9 games
≫ Locurto - 1 game

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Sam Gates enters Friday's series opener at Miami riding Virginia Tech's longest active on-base streak (13 games).

Henry Cooke carries the team's longest active hitting streak (seven games).

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Virginia Tech scored eight runs through the first three innings of play on Tuesday at Radford.

This marks the program's most runs scored through three innings since its March 2025 series at Wake Forest (achieved twice during a three-game span).

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