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Duke (21-18)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0
Virginia Tech (13-26)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	7	1
EF at Union Park - 422 Box Score

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Duke (22-18)	4	6	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	19	19	1
Virginia Tech (13-27)	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	9	19	1
EF at Union Park - 862 Box Score

BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech pitcher Kit Scheetz hurled the first complete game of his Tech career and struck out a season-high eight batters as the Hokies won the first game of an ACC doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at English Field at Union Park over Duke, 3-2, in walk-off fashion.

However, both teams registered 19 hits in the second game of the day and the Blue Devils were able to avoid the sweep and won the second game, 19-9.

With a 2-0 lead in the ninth of the first game, Scheetz made his only mistake of the afternoon on a 2-2 pitch to Justin Bellinger, who tied the game with a two-run home run. Scheetz finished off the ninth and Tech won the game in the home half when Andrew Mogg doubled home Sam Fragale with the game winner.

Scheetz improved to 4-4 with the Game 1 win, while Jack Labosky took the loss (0-4). In the second game, Bailey Clark tossed the final five innings out of the bullpen for Duke to also improve his record to 4-4, while the Hokies used six pitchers in the contest with Nic Enright suffering the loss (0-2).

How the runs were scored

• Tech (13-27, 4-16 ACC) was held in check until the bottom of the seventh when the team put runners on the corners with one out – Nick Anderson double, Fragale sacrifice bunt, Ryan Tufts hit-by-pitch. Pinch hitter Garrett Hudson plated Anderson with a sacrifice fly to center that was followed by a Matt Dauby hit-by-pitch and a Rahiem Cooper RBI single.
• Duke (22-18, 8-12 ACC) was held scoreless through eight frames, scattering four hits, but earned its only free pass of Game 1 – a hit-by-pitch – that set up Bellinger’s tie-game blast.
• The Hokies quickly ended the game with Fragale drawing a leadoff walk and moving to second on a Tufts sacrifice bunt. Mogg then connected on the first pitch to give Tech the 3-2 win.
• In Game 2, Tech trailed 4-0 after the top half of the first, but tied the game as both Phil Sciretta and Fragale hit two-run home runs in the bottom of the frame.
• Duke, who scored in each of the first seven innings, made it 12-4 after its at-bats in the third and 19-6 after the Blue Devils batted in the seventh.
• Cooper had an RBI single in the third, Fragale hit a sacrifice fly in the fourth and Tufts hit an RBI single in the seventh.
• Mac Caples also hit a two-run home run, in the ninth that provided the game’s final runs.

Inside the Boxes

• Saige Jenco: reached base in the first inning in both games; 20 times this season (35 starts), 11 of last 13 games.
• Tufts: double, ninth of the season, 16th of his career; career-high tying 3 hits, ninth multi-hit game of the season, 20th of his career; second game with 3 hits.
• Sciretta: home run, third of the season and career; 3 hits, 17th multi-hit game of the season, 35th of his career; sixth game this season with at least 3 hits, seventh of career; 2 RBIs, seventh multi-RBI game of the season, 12th of his career; 2 runs, fourth multi-run scoring game of season, seventh of his career.
• Anderson: three doubles, nine for the season and his career (2 in Game 2); 3 hits, 10th multi-hit game of the season and his career; fourth game of season and career with at least three hits.
• Fragale: game-winning run, first of his career; home run, team-leading fourth of the season, fifth of his career; double, ninth of the season, 11th of his career; 2 hits, eighth multi-hit game of the season, 12th of his career; 3 RBIs, sixth multi-RBI game of the season, eighth of his career; fourth game this season with at least 3 RBIs, fifth of career; 2 runs, fifth multi-run scoring game of season, seventh of his career.
• Mogg: game-winning RBI, first of the season, fourth of his career; double, fourth this season, 15th of his career; 2 hits, fifth multi-hit game of the season, 17th of his career.
• Hudson: 2 hits, first collegiate multi-hit contest; 2 runs, first collegiate multi-run scoring game.
• Caples: home run, second of the season, fourth of his career; 2 hits, third multi-hit game of season, ninth of his career; 2 RBIs, second multi-hit game of season, fourth of his career.
• Cooper: 2 hits, third multi-hit game of season, 10th of his career.
• Scheetz: complete game, first of his career (previous high was 8.1 innings vs. Pittsburgh, April 15, 2016); quality start; team-high sixth of the season, 14th of his career; season-high 8 strikeouts (career-high is 9, at VCU, April 8, 2014), fifth straight game with at least five, seventh game this season with at least five and 12th game of his career; 0 walks, first time this season and fifth time in career did not walk a batter in an outing of six innings or longer (also did not walk a batter in that VCU game).
• Joe Freiday, Jr.: threw out base stealer; a team-high eight this season.

Additional Notes

• Tech’s fourth walk-off win of 2016 and 12th under head coach Patrick Mason.
• This was the first time Tech has played a home baseball game the same day as the Spring Football Game since April 19, 2008.
• Today’s doubleheader was just the Hokies second of the season, both at home.

Up next

The two teams will conclude the ACC series on Sunday at English Field at Union Park with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.

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