SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Redshirt-junior Sam Fragale had a career afternoon, belting three home runs in a 5-for-5 effort, while also driving in seven total runs to lead Virginia Tech baseball to a season-opening victory at Harley Park Friday. Fragale was one of three Hokies to hit a home run in the game as Tech opened the 2017 season with an 11-3 win over the USC Upstate Spartans.
In the first, with a 1-0 lead, Fragale blasted a two-out, two-run home run to center, then gave Tech a 5-0 advantage with a solo shot in the third, before hitting another two-run homer off the scoreboard in left in the fifth to make in 8-0.