UVA Baseball: ‘Hoos travel to #4 NC State for ACC weekend series

UVA Baseball (13-10, 5-4 ACC) will be on the road for a three-game ACC series against #4 NC State (25-1, 8-1 ACC). The series opener is scheduled for Friday (March 29) at 6:30 p.m.

Game Coverage

All three games of the series will air live on ACC Network Extra, available to authenticated subscribers of WatchESPN and the ESPN App. Audio broadcasts will also be available for all three games. Friday and Sunday’s games can be heard live locally in Charlottesville on WINA 1070 AM/98.9 FM and anywhere on WINA.com. An audio stream of Saturday’s game will be available exclusively on VirginiaSports.com. Links to all broadcasts and in-game live stats are also available on VirginiaSports.com. Fans can also receive in-game updates on the team’s official twitter page (@UVABaseball).

Probable Pitching Matchups

Friday – 6:30 p.m.

• Virginia – RHP Griff McGarry (2-3, 3.94 ERA, 29.2 IP, 28 BB, 34 SO)
• NC State – RHP Jason Parker (3-0, 1.19 ERA, 30.1 IP, 8 BB, 28 SO)

Saturday – 6:30 p.m.

• Virginia – RHP Noah Murdock (1-1, 4.46 ERA, 34.1 IP, 12 BB, 33 SO)
• NC State – RHP Reid Johnston (3-0, 2.93 ERA, 27.2 IP, 10 BB, 30 SO)

Sunday – 1 p.m.

• Virginia – RHP Mike Vasil (1-3, 4.66 ERA, 29.0 IP, 10 BB, 19 SO)
• NC State – TBA

Leading Off

• Virginia and NC State both come into the weekend with six-game win streaks, the longest current streaks in the ACC. Only 10 teams in DI college baseball have win current win streaks of six games or more.
• NC State will be the fourth nationally ranked opponent the Cavaliers have faced this season and the first since opening weekend at the MLB4 Collegiate Baseball Tournament.
• Virginia is 0-3 against ranked opponents in 2019 and went 2-6 last season. The last Virginia win over a ranked opponent came against NC State last season in the ACC Tournament.
• Virginia and NC State are the top two teams in the ACC in terms of average, both batting .297 as a team going into the weekend.
• NC State owns a 119-78-1 all-time record against Virginia in a series that was first played in 1903. Saturday’s game will be the 200^thmeeting between the two programs. North Carolina is the only other school Virginia has played 200 times.
• Head Coach Brian O’Connor has a winning record against all but two ACC schools – NC State (18-24) & North Carolina (25-26).

Midweek Recap

• Virginia matched a season-high, 17 hits in a 13-4 win over Longwood on Tuesday (March 26). The Cavaliers scored 12 of their 13 runs in the three middle innings, including a six-run rally in the fourth.
• Eight of the nine Cavaliers recorded a hit in the contest, including three-hit efforts from Nate Eikhoff and Zack Gelof.
• Against Longwood on Wednesday, Virginia completed a perfect, six-game home stand with a 5-1 victory. Six pitchers combined limited the Lancers to one run on five hits. Grant Donahue earned his first win of the season after three scoreless frames.