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Radford RAD 17-19
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Winner Virginia VA 22-16
Radford RAD
17-19
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Final
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Virginia VA
22-16
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Radford RAD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 0
Virginia VA 1 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 X 6 9 1

W: Zach Messinger (2-1) L: Williams, Hunter (0-3) S: Devin Ortiz (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

HIGHLANDERS FALL AT VIRGINIA BY A 6-3 COUNT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

Charlottesville, Va. – The Radford baseball team lost a 6-3 decision against the Virginia Cavaliers, in an intrastate clash on Tuesday evening at Disharoon Park. The Highlanders fell to 17-19 overall and have now lost three straight contests.
 
Highlander starter Hunter Williams fell to 0-3 on the season after allowing three earned runs in 4.1 innings of work. The right-hander yielded four hits and four walks as he faced 21 batters in the outing.
 
Reliever Ryan Bywaters fanned two batters and did not allow a run in 1.1 innings of relief. Brandon Feathers recorded a perfect eighth inning.
 
Catcher Will Harless drilled his third homer of the season with a long drive to left field. Left fielder Adam Whitacre went 2-for-4 (double) and right fielder Andrew Szamski collected a hit and a walk.  Matt Roth made several terrific plays at the hot-corner, including a diving stop in the seventh inning.
 
Radford had a scoring opportunity in the top of the first as second baseman Kyle Butler led off the game with a sharp single to left field. Butler advanced to second on a one-out wild pitch, but Cavalier left-handed starter Billy Price retired the next three Highlanders in order.
 
Virginia (22-16) got on the board in the bottom of the first inning as second baseman Nic Kent reached the left field seats with a solo home run off Williams. 
 
The hosts added another run in the bottom of the second inning. Right fielder Alex Tappen drilled a lead-off double down the left field line and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by catcher Logan Michaels.  Left fielder Cayman Richardson then recorded an RBI groundout to make it 2-0.
 
Radford had a golden opportunity in the top of the third as they loaded the bases with two outs. Center fielder Garrett Matheny reached on an error and first baseman Spencer Horwitz recorded a two-out opposite field single. Following a wild pitch, the Cavaliers elected to intentionally walk Szamski to pitch to designated hitter J.D. Mundy with the bases juiced. Mundy got ahead 3-0 in the count, however, Price battled back and eventually got the powerful lefty to pop up to second, escaping the jam unscathed.
 
The Cavaliers added a run in the bottom of the fifth and were able to chase Williams in the frame. Williams allowed a hit and two walks, one intentionally, before making way for right-handed reliever Cody Boone with one out.  Clean-up hitter Cameron Simmons then lined a bases loaded RBI sacrifice fly to plate the run.
 
The hosts scored thee insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth against Boone.  Michaels, shortstop Tanner Morris and Kent all delivered RBI singles.

Harless hit a one-out two-run home run to left center and pinch hitter Jimmy Goldsmith added an RBI single in the ninth.
 
Price picked up his first victory of the season as he allowed no runs on just two hits while striking out three.
 
Radford will host a three-game series against Big South rival Longwood this Thursday through Saturday.
 
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