On the strength of senior Tom Hagan's bat and freshman Andrew Carraway's arm, the No. 17 Cavaliers (32-9) routed the visiting VMI Keydets 5-0 last night at Davenport Field.
The Virginia offense came out firing on all cylinders in the early going, notching five hits, five walks and all five of the game's runs in the first three innings of play.
The Cavalier scoring began in the bottom of the first, when two early walks were followed up by an RBI single by Brandon Guyer and a two-RBI double down the right-field line from Hagan. Two innings later, Virginia added two more runs and effectively put the game out of reach.
The bigger story from last night's matchup, however, was the phenomenal play of Carraway, the freshman pitcher out of Marietta, Ga. In the first start of his collegiate career, the young right-hander recorded nine strikeouts, gave up just five hits and allowed no walks in six innings of shutout baseball.
"My arm felt really good all day," Carraway said. "With [catcher] Beau [Seabury] playing so well, all I really had to do was hit my spots."
The performance of Carraway, who had previously pitched 15 innings of relief, came as no surprise to Virginia coach Brian O'Connor.
"Andrew has good ability and a great command of the strike zone," O'Connor said. "He's going to be a key guy for us down the stretch
Read More
Volleyball holds off Boston College in tight five-set win
By Lauren Halak | 22 hours agoSenior outside hitter Elayna Duprey led the team throughout the match with 22 points and 18 kills.
Virginia annihilated 41-14 in a must-win contest versus North Carolina
By Peter Kriebel | 2 days agoJust about everything that could have gone wrong for Virginia football went wrong.
No. 24 women’s soccer not to be denied in late win over Clemson
By Sam Chun | 2 days agoThe Cavaliers topped Clemson 1-0 in front of a packed out Klöckner Stadium.
