Tigers hold off Hokies
Reed Rohlman hit a homer and two doubles in No. 4 Clemson’s 6-3 victory against Virginia Tech at Doug Kingsmore Stadium on Saturday.
Virginia Tech (17-16, 6-8 ACC) scored two runs in the first inning, then Clemson (27-5 12-2) came back with three runs in the fourth, highlighted by Rohlman’s leadoff home run, his third long ball of the season.
Sam Fragale lined a leadoff homer in the top of the sixth inning to tie the score, but the Tigers answered with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning on Drew Wharton’s single that scored Logan Davidson.
Seth Beer led off the seventh inning with a home run, his ninth of the year, then the Tigers added another run in the frame on a double steal.
Tiger starter Alex Eubanks (5-2) earned the win, as he allowed six hits, three runs (two earned) and one walk with seven strikeouts in 7 innings. Ryley Gilliam pitched the ninth inning to record his third save. Hokie reliever Packy Naughton (2-5) suffered the loss.
The series will conclude on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Virginia Tech | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Owens 2b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tufts ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stoffel rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Fragale 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Mundy dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Caples lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Hudson 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Freiday c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Cooper cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
TOTALS | 33 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Clemson | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Pinder cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rohlman lf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Jackson lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Beer dh | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Williams c | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Davidson ss | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Cox 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wharton rf | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Greene 2b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Byrd 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 32 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Virginia Tech | 200 | 001 | 000 | — | 3 |
Clemson | 000 | 301 | 20x | — | 6 |
E — Freiday; Cox; Byrd. LOB — Va. Tech 7, Clemson 10. 2B — Fragale; Rohlman 2; Williams. HR — Fragale; Rohlman; Beer. HBP — Freiday; Beer. SH — Tufts; Pinder; Cox. SF — Davidson. SB — Davidson; Wharton.
Virginia Tech | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Scheetz | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Naughton L, 2-5 | 2 2/3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Sullivan | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Clemson | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Eubanks W, 5-2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gilliam S, 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
WP — Naughton. HBP — by Scheetz (Beer); by Eubanks (Freiday). PB — Freiday. Umpires — HP: Jeff Gosney 1B: Tim Carey 2B: George Deitz 3B: A.J. Lostaglio. T — 2:36. A — 6,104
This story was originally published April 8, 2017 at 9:03 PM with the headline "Tigers hold off Hokies."