Collegiate Times

The No. 25 Virginia Tech Hokies (21-10) trounced the visiting North Carolina Central Eagles (0-28) by a score of 13-0 in a shortened contest Tuesday evening.

The Hokies’ bats lit up the Eagles’ pitching staff for 16 hits and seven runs in the second inning, where 10 Hokies got a chance at the plate, highlighting the offensive outburst.

Hokies’ Steve Domecus and Michael Seaborn both homered in the second inning. Seaborn started the rally off with his third homer of the year, while Domecus launched a two-run bomb of his own three batters later, his eighth of the year.

Later that inning, right fielder Austin Wates cranked out an RBI single, extending his league-high hit streak to 16 games. Last week, Wates was honored by the Baseball Writers of America as the National Hitter of the Week.

Matt Blow, who came in for first baseman Ronnie Shaban in the fifth, hit a three-run blast, his second of the season in his first at bat to put the game out of reach for the Eagles.

N.C. Central pitcher Glenn Frye picked up the loss for the visiting team, falling to 0-6 on the season after giving up eight runs, seven of which were earned, over 1.2 innings of work.

The pitchers for the maroon and orange, on the other hand, cruised to victory.

Five Hokies pitchers combined for nine strikeouts over seven innings while allowing only two hits for zero runs. Joe Parsons, making his first start of the season, picked up the win after only one inning of work.  

The Eagles first hit of the game didn’t come until the fifth inning when Ross Plummer lined a single to right center.

Virginia Tech has now won seven of their last nine games, including a series win over then No. 4 Florida State over the weekend.

The Hokies return to English Field this Friday at 5:30 pm to start a three-game series against ACC-rival, No. 9 Miami.