HIGH POINT, N.C. – The High Point University baseball team took a 10-4 loss on Tuesday evening against Virginia Tech. The Panthers dropped to 1-8 on the season.
Site: Atlantic Union Bank Park (Blacksburg, V.A)
Score: High Point 4, Virginia Tech 10
Records: High Point (1-8, 0-0), Virginia Tech (7-0, 0-0)
Head coach
Joey Hammond: "It was another competitive game for most of the game. I felt like we handled some adversity early on in a really good fashion, and we stacked and won some innings and gave ourselves a really good shot. I felt like our bats were better, all in all I feel like our flight was really good. A few too many walks that we talked about, too many free bases to give a talented team, and it's going to be really tough to overcome in a scenario like that. There's a couple plays that in the future we're going to be able to make and things kind of snowballed from there, but I liked our fight. I felt like our guys came here prepared, the moment wasn't too big for them, and it's a really quality team over there, you can't give them free ones and when you do that's what ends up happening. But a lot of really good fight from our pitchers, I felt our at bats were better as well, and it's something to build off for sure."
Panther Particulars
Virginia Tech struck first with a run in the bottom of the second.
The Panthers were quick to respond with a run of their own in the top of the third with a
Javon Fields single into left field that allowed
Jackson Melton to score.
HPU took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning after
Cole Singsank flew out to right field.
Blake Sutton was able to advance on the play to score the second run of the game.
The Hokies evened the game at two out in the bottom of the fifth inning.
The Panthers took the lead once again in the top of the sixth as Singsank crossed the plate off of a wild pitch by the Hokie pitcher to make the score 3-2.
After Virginia Tech tied up the game at three, the Hokie offense added five runs in the seventh inning to take a 8-3 lead over the Panthers.
Adam Stuart cut the deficit to 8-4 with a solo homerun in the eighth inning, his first of the season.
Virginia Tech was able to add two more runs in the eighth to make it a 10-4 game.
#GoHPU
