BLACKSBURG, VA.- Tyler Solomon hit a pair of solo home runs, but it was not enough to overcome at 10-run third inning from Virginia Tech as the Tribe saw its four-game winning streak snapped in Blacksburg Tuesday afternoon. The loss drops the Green and Gold to 8-9 on the season.
Tech would take a 1-0 lead manufacturing a run in the second. Hunter singled, stole second, and advanced to third on a ground out. A weakly-hit infield single would plate the Hokie to open the scoring. The lead wouldn't last long as
Tyler Solomon led off the third blasting a homer over the left-field wall to tie the game at one.
However, Virginia Tech would bust the ballgame open in the bottom half of the third scoring 10 runs on nine hits capped off by a two-run homer from Kevin Madden. After a scoreless fourth,
Tyler Solomon would send a 3-2 pitch over the fence in left-center for this second solo jack of the day.
The Tribe would manufacture runs in the sixth and the seventh but it would not be enough to overcome the large deficit. William & Mary will look to start a new winning streak Friday evening as the team welcomes UMASS-Lowell in for a weekend tilt. The Tribe is 8-2 at Plumeri Park this season.
NOTES
Tyler Solomon's third-inning homer was his second on the season. The dinger was from the right-handed batter's box. He has now homered from each side of the plate this season.
Solomon would homer again in the fifth, becoming the first Tribe player to homer multiple times in the same ballgame this season.
Hunter Smith homered twice in three games last season.
Brandon Raquet's sixth-inning double extended his hitting streak to five straight games. It was also his team-leading 11th extra-base hit of the season.
Hunter Hart's RBI double in the sixth inning was his team-leading 17th run batted in on the year. The sophomore has knocked in a run in 10 of his 12 games played this year and nine of his 10 starts.
Hart's double also extended his hitting streak to seven straight ballgames. He has hit safely in 10 of his 12 games. Hart has at least two hits in three of his last five games.
Ben Williamson knocked a run with an RBI single in the seventh extending his hitting streak to a season-long four games. The Freshman has knocked in a run in four of his last five games.
With a single in the third,
Matt McDermott has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games. He would single again in the seventh making it his seventh multi-hit game of the season and his fourth in the last six.
