Virginia Baseball Uses Six-Run Sixth Inning to Beat William & Mary 6-2

The next two batters got on board and then Ethan Anderson sent a ball down the left field line for a two-run double, giving Virginia a 3-2 lead. Jacob Ference was then hit by a pitch, prompting a pitching change by William & Mary, but things didn't get better for the Tribe. Luke Hanson drove an 0-2 pitch into the gap in right-center field to score both Ference and Anderson. William & Mary committed an error getting the ball back to the infield and Hanson opportunistically capitalized on the chaos, sliding home safe for the Little League inside-the-park home run. 

The Virginia bullpen got the job done from there, though it was not without drama. Jack O'Connor entered the game in the top of the seventh with a runner on second and one out and issued two more walks, but got out of the jam with a pair of strikeouts. Angelo Tonas retired the side in order in the top of the eighth and then Aidan Teel worked around a single and a walk to keep the Tribe off the board and polish off Virginia's 6-2 win. 

It wasn't the cleanest game, both for Virginia's still-developing bullpen, which used seven pitchers in the victory, and the UVA offense, which couldn't score other than in the pivotal sixth inning, but the Cavaliers stacked another game in the win column. Ryan Osinski was credited with his third win of the season after pitching one scoreless frame. 

Up next, Virginia faces an immense ACC challenge as No. 7 Wake Forest comes to Charlottesville for a three-game series this weekend. The series showdown is set to open on Friday at 4pm, with game 2 beginning at 4pm on Saturday, and the series concluding on Sunday at 1pm at the Dish. Game 2 will be air on the ACC Network, while games 1 and 3 will be streamed on ACC Network Extra.