What can you say but, well, it’s a family web site, so we can’t even say what baseball players would say. So, we’ll just register a huge sigh of frustration. The Hokies had this one in the bag. By the top of the 8th inning, Tech lead the game 5 to 2 (still a save situation, but a good lead in baseball). Luke Horanski had nabbed his first home run, a two run shot in the 4th, as a Hokie. Nick Menken would add a solo shot in the top of the 7th.
| Team/Inning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team/Inning | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Virginia Tech (1-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 2 |
| Kansas State (1-3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Tech was sitting in a great position with normally reliable Andrew McDonald on the mound in relief of starting pitcher Ian Seymour’s opening 103 pitch 1 earned run 5 and 2/3’s inning outing.