RADFORD BASEBALL TO HOST VIRGINIA TECH WEDNESDAY NIGHT

After taking two of three games from VMI to open RU Baseball Stadium, the Highlanders continue their eight-game homestand by hosting Virginia Tech on Wednesday night at 6 p.m.

The Highlanders (18-13) and Hokies (17-17) will meet for the second time in their home-and-home series – on March 29, Radford scored four runs with two outs, and Robert Lamas gave the Highlanders a lead they didn't give up with his two-run double in the fifth inning en route to a 7-5 win at English Field.

The win was the first for the Highlanders in the series since April 20, 2004 and the first victory at English Field since March 9, 2000.

Lamas went 2-for-4, Matt Mack was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs and Jeff Kemp was 1-for-3, scoring twice with two stolen bases. Tech was led by Andrew Rash's 2-for-4 game and a fourth inning leadoff homer to bring the Hokies within a run, at 3-2. Righty Patrick Scoggin, who gets the ball for Tech on Tuesday, took the loss (1-1), unable to escape the fifth after allowing the two-out, two-run double to Lamas.

Radford freshman righty Michael Costello will make his second career start – he earned a win in his first collegiate start as part of a staff effort in the second game of a doubleheader at ETSU on March 22.

MIDWEEK NOTEBOOK:
• The series marked the first home set at RU Baseball Stadium – Radford drew a school-record on-campus crowd of 1,085 at the Grand Opening ceremonies on Friday night
• RU Baseball Stadium's official listed capacity is 700
• The Big South series win was the second straight for the Highlanders
• Radford got a series-high seven RBIs from Cory Turner, who knocked in three runs in the first and third games
• Turner, who saw his average dip to a season-low .330 at the start of the series, is back up to .343, third on the club
• Nine different Highlanders delivered multi-hit efforts in the series
• Radford had 36 hits against the Keydets
• Matt Mack's .388 average leads the team and ranks third in the Big South conference
• Matt Hillsinger stole his 20th base in the series finale, becoming the eighth player in program history to reach that mark in a single season
• Hillsinger is tied for the conference lead in steals and is fifth in the league with a .384 average
• Abram Williams needs one more save to match Jason Patten's single-season school record of nine, set in 2009
• Williams is the Big South's saves leader
• Senior righty Cassidy McDaniel had the pitching line of the week for the Highlanders with 8 2/3 scoreless innings in two outings (at Virginia, Tuesday; VMI-2, Sunday) – McDaniel went four in the series finale on Sunday to earn his first career save
• The Radford pitching staff's 4.32 ERA is second in the Big South, while a .971 team fielding percentage continues to pace the circuit

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