at Duke (19-10, 6-6 ACC)
BLACKSBURG – Coming off its top-five series victory during the Commonwealth Clash presented by Smithfield, the Virginia Tech baseball team (17-10, 4-8 ACC) will attempt to keep creeping up the ACC Coastal Division standings this weekend when it travels to Duke (19-10, 6-6 ACC) for a three-game series at Jack Coombs Field in Durham, North Carolina (April 7-9).
Due to weather forecast for the Durham area, Friday’s first pitch has been moved up to 3 p.m. (previously 8 p.m.).
Saturday’s game between the Hokies and the Blue Devils will air live on ACC Network with coverage beginning at 7 p.m.; Friday and Sunday’s games will air live on ACC Network Extra with coverage starting at 3 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively. Fans may also listen to all three games as called by the voice of Tech baseball, Evan Hughes, on the Virginia Tech Sports Network.
PROBABLE STARTERS
• Friday: Drue Hackenberg (1-4, 6.51 ERA) vs. Jason White (2-1, 3.74 ERA)
• Saturday: Griffin Green (1-1, 7.18 ERA) vs. Alex Gow (2-2, 4.50 ERA)
• Sunday: Anthony Arguelles (0-1, 6.33 ERA) vs. Ryan Higgins (2-0, 3.79 ERA)
HAMMERIN’ HEADLINES
- Virginia Tech combined to swing seven home runs during its series win against then-No. 5 Virginia, elevating its season count to 57 – the eighth most among NCAA Division I programs. The Hokies enter their weekend in Durham leading the ACC while ranking sixth nationally in home runs per game (2.11).
- Contrastingly, Duke has allowed the fewest cumulative home runs (21) among ACC programs.
- The Hokies are equipped with the nation’s third best defense (.986 fielding percentage), having committed a tie for the fourth fewest errors in the country – five more than the rest of the ACC, beginning with No. 7 Virginia (19 errors).
- Tech continues to live up to its “Hammerin’ Hokies” moniker as it boasts the nation’s sixth best team slugging percentage (.579). The Hokies are led in slugging by junior outfielder Jack Hurley (.774) and rookie Garrett Michel (.707), who rank second and eighth, respectively, among ACC players. Michel also ranks 10th nationally among freshmen in slugging percentage.
- Sophomore third baseman Carson DeMartini has walked more times (28) than he has struck out (24) this season. Including March 25, when he tied the Virginia Tech single-game record for walks (five), DeMartini has walked 14 times during his last six games (14 walks…
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