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UVA Baseball | Hodges Shines as Cavaliers Secure Series Win Over No. 24 Georgia Tech

UVA Baseball | Hodges Shines as Cavaliers Secure Series Win Over No. 24 Georgia Tech

ATLANTA, Ga. – Behind a career effort from Bradley Hodges, the Virginia baseball team (24-15, 11-9 ACC) defeated No. 24 Georgia Tech (29-14, 14-9) 6-5 at Russ Chandler Stadium on Saturday afternoon (April 26).

 

In the first ACC start of his career, Hodges surrendered one run on two hits over a career-best seven innings pitched. The junior also struck out seven Yellow Jackets to tie a career-high.

 

At the plate, Henry Godbout paced the Cavalier offense with a 3-for-4 day. The Virginia trio of Eric Becker, Harrison Didawick and Henry Ford each had a home run on Saturday to propel the Cavaliers to a series win.

  • Becker opened the scoring on Saturday when he deposited the game’s fourth pitch over the wall in right-center for a solo home run. The homer was the sixth of the season and put UVA up 1-0.
  • Georgia Tech evened the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the frame with a leadoff double that later came around to score on an RBI groundout.
  • Following the leadoff double, Hodges retired the next seven Yellow Jackets he faced until the junior surrendered a one-out walk in the third inning.
  • Hodges concluded his masterful performance on Saturday by only allowing one baserunner over his 3.1 innings pitched.
  • Ford put the Cavaliers out front for good with a solo blast of his own in the top of the sixth. The home run was Ford’s sixth blast of the season, putting Virginia up 2-1.
  • More insurance runs came an inning later when Becker made it a 4-1 contest by singling home Luke Hanson and James Nunnallee with the bases loaded.
  • The final two UVA runs of the game came in the top of the eighth when Didawick extended the Cavalier advantage with a two-run blast to right field. The home run was Didawick’s fourth of the season and his third…

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