April 24, 2010
Hokies-Jackets suspended in middle of the fourth
Game will resume on Sunday at noon

ATLANTA, Ga.Saturday’s ACC baseball game between Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech has been suspended in the middle of the fourth inning due to thunderstorms in the forecast for the rest of the day.

The bottom of the fourth will resume on Sunday at noon with the Hokies up 6-0. Game three of the series will follow immediately after the completion of the suspended game.

The Hokies took a 4-0 lead in the top of the second thanks to a pair of Yellow Jacket errors, a wild pitch and a home run from first baseman Ronnie Shaban. After right fielder Austin Wates led off and reached on a throwing error by Georgia Tech shortstop Derek Dietrich, Shaban rocketed his sixth home run down left-field line to make it 2-0 Hokies. Following a single by shortstop Tim Smalling, second baseman Michael Seaborn sacrificed Smalling to second with a bunt, but reached on a throwing error by Yellow Jacket third baseman Matt Skole. Designated hitter Matt Blow then moved Smalling and Seaborn each up a base with a sacrifice bunt of his own, and Smalling scored on an RBI groundout by third baseman Tony Balisteri. Seaborn later scampered home on a wild pitch by Georgia Tech starter Brandon Cumpton.

The Hokies added two more runs in the top of the fourth. After Shaban singled and stole second base, Smalling was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. Another sacrifice bunt by Seaborn moved the runners into scoring position, and Shaban came home on an RBI groundout to first by Blow. Balisteri promptly brought home Smalling when he poked a base hit through the right side past two diving Yellow Jackets.

Following the third out of the top of the fourth, the skies darkened and the tarp was pulled as a thunderstorm began.

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