Jack O’Connor got touched up, again, this time for six runs, four earned, in three and two-thirds innings, and UMass handed Virginia its first loss of the season, 10-5, on Saturday at Disharoon Park.
O’Connor (0-1, 12.66 ERA), the Opening Day starter for the 13th-ranked ‘Hoos, has not been effective in any of his three starts this season, after a 2023 season in which he was 6-3 with a 3.86 ERA as the midweek starter for Brian O’Connor.
Back to the ol’ drawing board there.
He left with Virginia down 6-0 in the fourth. The Cavaliers did get back to 6-3 with a squeeze-bunt RBI from Anthony Stephan in the fifth and a pair of unearned runs in the sixth, but that was as close as it would get.
Casey Saucke was 3-for-5 at the plate for Virginia.
The rubber game is set for Sunday at 1 p.m., with Jay Woolfolk getting his second start of the season.
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