Highlanders Bested by No. 11 Virginia Tech

Tuesday, February 28

Blacksburg, VA

1:00 PM

Radford University

2-6

Virginia Tech

6-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Radford	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	1
Virginia Tech	3	1	0	9	0	0	0	4	X	17	17	0

2/28/2023 4:23:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BLACKSBURG, Va. — The Radford baseball team dropped their first of two midweek games this week, falling to No. 11 Virginia Tech 17-2 on Tuesday afternoon at Atlantic Union Bank Park.

The Highlanders (2-6) saw contributions from Sully Tibbs, who went 1-for-2 with a two-run double in the seventh inning that helped Radford avoid a shutout. Also highlighting the stat sheet was third baseman Zack Whitacre, who went 2-for-5.

In total, 20 Highlanders saw action in the game, including seven pitchers. Lefthander Ty Burton delivered a scoreless 1.2 innings out of the bullpen, striking out three batters, while Landon Higgerson also added two scoreless frames.

Virginia Tech (6-2) was buoyed offensively by Chris Cannizzaro, who went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Christian Worley was the winning pitcher for the Hokies.

UP NEXT
Radford will have a quick turnaround as they travel another ACC foe in NC State on Wednesday. First pitch is slated for at 3 p.m. and the game can be streamed on ACCNX.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: C. Worley (1-0)

L: Seitz, Foster (0-2)

Radford

Batting:

2B: Tibbs, Sully 1 ; Mallia, Zack 1 ; LeVere, Miles 1

RBI: Tibbs, Sully 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Moore, Paul 1 ; LeVere, Miles 1

Virginia Tech

Batting:

2B: C. Grady 1 ; Cannizzaro 1 ; C. DeMartini 1 ; C. Sparber 1

HR: D. Bryant 1 ; C. Newman 1 ; C. Jones 1

RBI: D. Bryant 2 ; Cannizzaro 2 ; W. Holzemer 1 ; C. DeMartini 2 ; E. Eisert 1 ; C. Newman 3 ; C. Jones 4 ; Malinowski 2

SF: E. Eisert 1

Base Running:

RUNS: D. Bryant 3 ; C. Grady 1 ; Cannizzaro 1 ; W. Holzemer 1 ; C. DeMartini 2 ; L. Donlon 1 ; E. Eisert 2 ; J. Hurley 1 ; C. Newman 1 ; C. Jones 1 ; Malinowski 1 ; G. Michel 1 ; B. Donay 1