CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The 18th ranked UVA Baseball team earned an important conference victory Thursday night over the VA Tech Hokies in the opening game of the final regular season series of the year.  The Cavs got a tremendous start from pitcher Evan Blanco who pitched 7.1 innings and helped Virginia get the quality start they needed before their offensive prowess took over to seal the game.  Details on the recap from virginiasports.com below:

The 7.1 innings was a career long for Blanco and the longest outing by a Cavaliers since Brian Edgington’s complete game in game three of the 2023 Super Regional against Duke. The lefthander needed just two strikeouts and only yielded a pair of unearned runs in the fourth inning. Blanco retired 10 of the last 12 batters he faced and did not allow a runner to reach second in the last 3.1 innings of work.

Virginia never trailed in the contest and scored five of its seven runs on home runs by Eric Becker, Jacob Ference and Harrison Didawick. The solo homer in the fifth inning by Didawick was his 20th long ball of the season. He is the third player in UVA history to hit 20 home runs in a single season (Jake Gelof – 2022 & 2023; Brian Buchanan – 1994).

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Virginia will send righthander Joe Savino (1-1) to the mound for the middle game on Friday (May 17). The contest will start at noon and air on ACCNX and WINA (98.9 FM/1070 AM/WINA.com).  The noon start is to avoid the expected inclement weather on Friday afternoon.