BLACKSBURG, Va. – For the 12th time this season the William & Mary baseball team scored double-digit runs, defeating ACC rival Virginia Tech 12-8 on Tuesday night at English Field in Blacksburg. With the win, the Tribe improves to 15-12, while the Hokies fall to 10-20.
 
Five Tribe players had multiple hit games as W&M collected 12-hits as a team. Senior Charley Gould and freshman Kyle Wrighte each drove in three runs in the victory.
 
Virginia Tech plated two runs with two outs in the bottom of the second inning. Grant Maiorana and Joe Freiday, Jr. each singled setting up the rally. Back-to-back infield singles from Saige Jenco and Ryan Tufts and an error allowed for both runs to score and gave the Hokies a 2-0 advantage.
 
Senior Josh Smith connected on his fifth homer of the season to get the Tribe on the board. The senior belted a line-drive homer over the left field wall cutting the deficit to 2-1.
 
Freshman Hunter Smith helped manufacture the tying run in the top of the fifth inning. He led off the inning by getting hit by a pitch, moving to second on a stolen base, and third on a flyout. With one out, Wrighte grounded out allowing Hunter Smith to tie the game at 2-2.
 
William & Mary took its first lead of the game with three runs in the top of the sixth inning. Junior Charles Ameer and sophomore Ryan Hall sandwiched walks around an out. Gould followed with a three-run shot over the left field wall, giving the Tribe its first lead at 5-2.
 
VT retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, thanks to four unearned runs.  Nick Anderson led off the inning by reaching on an error. After an out, a single from Sam Fragale put runners on first and second. Following the second out of the inning, three straight singles from Matt Dauby, Freiday, and Jenco gave VT the 8-6 lead.
 
W&M answered right back with three unearned runs of its own in the top of the seventh inning. Back-to-back singles from junior Tim Hoehn and Wrighte started the rally. Josh Smith tried to lay down a sac bunt, but the relay throw to first was thrown away, allowing two runs to score and Josh Smith to reach third. A sacrifice fly from junior Ryder Miconi regained an 8-6 lead for the Tribe
 
The Hokies added a run in the bottom of the seventh. Phil Sciretta led off the inning with a walk moving to second on a single from Anderson. After a sac bunt, a Fragale groundout cut the score to 8-7.
 
For the 21st time, the Green and Gold plated at least four runs in an inning with four in the top of the eighth inning. Gould led off the inning with a double, coming around to score on a wild pitch and an error. A walk to Large continued the rally, before Hunter Smith doubled down the left field line scoring Large all the way from first. A single from Hoehn put runners on the corners, before Wrighte doubled, giving W&M a 12-7 lead.
 
VT added a run in the bottom of the ninth inning, but senior Joseph Gaouette got the final two outs of the inning, including a strikeout ending the ball game.
 
Freshman Kinston Carson made his first career start and was terrific. He tossed 5.2 innings allowing five runs (just one earned) scattering seven hits with strikeouts. He retired 11 batters in a row, allowing the Tribe to gain the lead. Sophomore Charlie Fletcher picked up his second win, going 2.1 innings allowing one run on one hit with three strikeouts.
 
Chris Monaco was saddled with his first loss of the season throwing 1.2 innings allowing four runs (two earned) on three hits. Jenco led the Hokies offense with four hits and three RBI.
 
The College concludes its brief two-game, in-state road trip as it travels to Old Dominion tomorrow, Wednesday, April 6. First pitch is set for 6 p.m.