Hokies hammer eight homers during 20-2 blitz of Marist

BLACKSBURG, Va. --Sophomore Henry Cooke and freshman Jake Slade each hit two home runs to help lead the Virginia Tech Hokies past the Marist Red Foxes 20-2 on Tuesday.

Freshman Madden Clement (1-0) got the win out of the bullpen for Virginia Tech (12-3). The southpaw went 2.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits, allowing four walks and striking out two. Freshman Ryan Buckler also pitched well, going two shutout innings while allowing one hit, walking one and striking out one.

Cooke added a double and four RBIs to his two homer day and junior Carson DeMartini supplemented his own two big flies with a walk and four RBI for the Hokies. Slade also helped out for Virginia Tech, putting together two hits in two trips to the plate while adding two home runs and four RBI.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Hokies scored in six different innings on the way to the win. Virginia Tech broke a 0-0 tie and took the lead for good at 2-0 in the first inning The Hokies hit three home runs in the inning on the way to scoring their seven runs.

GAME NOTES
» 3 Virginia Tech hitters left the yard multiple times.
» Virginia Tech got three-hit games from both Cooke and freshman David McCann.
» The Hokies had four players put together games with multiple extra-base hits.
» Three different Virginia Tech hitters drove in four runs.
» Every Virginia Tech starter reached base safely in the win.
» Virginia Tech's highest scoring inning was the third, when it pushed seven runs across.
» Virginia Tech grabbed a 2-0 lead in the bottom half of the first and didn't surrender that lead for the remainder of the game.
» Six Hokies had multiple hits in the ballgame.
» Virginia Tech hitters hit eight homers in the ballgame.
» The Hokies had a total of 19 hits.
» The Hokies out-hit the Red Foxes at a 19-8 clip.
» Virginia Tech went 7-for-18 (.389) with runners in scoring position.
» Virginia Tech pitchers limited Marist to just 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
» Virginia Tech pitchers faced 41 Marist hitters in the game, allowing six ground balls and eight fly balls while striking out nine.
» The Hokies drew eight walks from Marist pitching.
» Cooke led the Hokies at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a double, two home runs and four RBI.
» Marist was led offensively by freshman L Rodriguez, who went 1-for-5 with a home run and an RBI.

 

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