HOKIE GAME2015 NOTES - VIRGINIAWEEKEND NO. 10 TECH BASEBALL Record Home Away Neutral Streak Overall 19-22 10-9 6-10 3-3 L2 ACC 8-12 6-5 2-7 - - - L1 Nonconf. 11-10 4-4 4-3 3-3 L1 17 MLB PLayers • 20 aLL-aMericans • 10 NCAA aPPearances • 86 Draft seLections feBrUARY (5-5) Fri. 13 at Mercer 1-9 L Weekend #11• April 24-26 • Games 42-44 Sat. 14 at Mercer W 11-4 Sun. 15 at Mercer W 5-4 Virginia tech Hokies (19-22, 8-12 acc) vs. Sat. 21 at Campbell# W 6-5 Sun. 22 vs. Rider# 3-4 L Duke Blue Devils (22-18, 5-15 acc) Mon. 23 vs. Rider# 3-4 L (12) at Campbell# 1-3 L Jack Coombs Field - Durham, North Carolina Fri. 27 vs. Toledo% W 9-1 Weekend Slate Hokie Starters Blue Devil Starters Sat. 28 vs. Toledo% W 1-0 (10) vs. Toledo% 0-1 L Friday, 6 p.m. LHP Kit Scheetz RHP Andrew Istler MARCH (11-9) ESPN3, SuperSports 101.7 FM 2-1, 5.79 ERA, 32.2 IP, 8 BB, 20 K 3-3, 3.50 ERA, 61.2 IP, 10 BB, 59 K Sun. 1 vs. Toledo% W 9-3 Wed. 4 COLL. of cHarLESTON 3-8 L Saturday, 1 p.m. TBA RHP Dillon Haviland Sat. 7 at Wake Forest* W 12-7 ESPN3, SuperSports 101.7 FM 1-1, 4.37 ERA, 22.2 IP, 12 BB, 13 K at Wake Forest* 5-14 L Sun. 8 at Wake Forest* 4-12 L Tue. 10 at William & Mary 1-5 L Sunday, 1 p.m. LHP Sean Keselica RHP Bailey Clark Fri. 13 #1 VirGinia* W 2-1 ESPN3, SuperSports 101.7 FM 4-2, 2.77 ERA, 55.1 IP, 16 BB, 44 K 2-3, 3.00 ERA, 42.0 IP, 14 BB, 41 K Sat. 14 #1 VirGinia* W 3-1 Sun. 15 #1 VirGinia* W 6-5 HoKies enter stretcH Run WitH acc Postseason on tHe Line Tue. 17 LiBERTY 5-12 L The weekend series: Tech enters the stretch run after just X Wed. 18 RADFORD W 18-8 completing a gauntlet of six-week period when the team HoKies’ History 3 (10) Fri. 20 CLeMson* 0-4 L faced the last 13 ACC Baseball Championship teams. The vs. Duke Sat. 21 CLeMson* 8-15 L Hokies went 7-10 in that span, the best winning percentage Series Start: 1907 • Overall: 23-31 3 Sun. 22 CLeMson* W 4-3 (12) ever against those six teams in its ACC history Only the 2010 Home: 9-13 • Away: 14-17 • Neutral: 0-1 Tue. 24 NORFOLK STATE W 12-5 squad had as many wins (when playing all six of those teams First Meeting: April 9, 1907 Streak: Wed. 25 EAST tenn. STATE W 8-3 in an ACC season) as they went 7-11, while the 2013 squad in Durham, N.C.; L, 13-0 Lost 3 3 Fri. 27 at #7 Florida State* W 8-3 was 6-9, but did not play Clemson. Of note, both the 2010 Last Meeting: April 20, 2014 Last Five/10: 3 Sat. 28 at #7 Florida State* 9-19 L and 2013 teams made the ACC postseason tournament. in Blacksburg, Va.; L, 2-0 2-3/4-6 3 Sun. 29 at #7 Florida State* 5-6 L Biggest Win: March 6, 2009 Overall runs 3 tue. 31 VMi W 6-5 Perez is the nation’s ironman: Tech’s alex Perez is one of in Durham, N.C.; 19-4 Hokies: 260 aPriL (3-8) four seniors in DI baseball to have started every one of his Worst Defeat: May 13, 1932 Opponent: 309 Fri. 3 GeorGia tecH* 5-11 L team’s games since stepping foot on campus. Entering games in Durham, N.C.; 17-2 Sat. 4 GeorGia tecH* W 9-8 being played this weekend, Perez’ 211 consecutive starts is X Sun. 5 GeorGia tecH* 6-7 L the longest consecutive streak in the nation and the longest ever to start a Tech career. Of his starts, Mon. 6 RADFORD 7-15 L 144 have been at second base, 63 have been at shortstop and four have been on the mound. Fri. 10 at #11 Miami* 1-11 L Sat. 11 at #11 Miami* 4-14 L Hokies winning the close ones: With three weekends left, Tech has almost doubled its one-run wins Sun. 12 at #11 Miami* 1-9 L from a year ago, 9-6 this season opposed to 5-10 during the 2014 season. When it comes to ACC Wed. 15 at East Tenn. State W 6-5 games, they were 3-10 last year and are 4-3 so far in 2015. Another trend for Tech is its success Fri. 17 NORTH CAROLINA* W 8-3 on Friday nights/Game 1s of the ACC series. The Hokies are 4-3 after going 2-8 all of last year. Sat. 18 NORTH CAROLINA* 10-11 L Tue. 21 at Radford 4-7 L another solid start to the acc: Tech has started the past three seasons with a 5-4 record in conference 3 Fri. 24 at Duke* 6:00 p.m. - the best start ever to an ACC season. Twice the Hokies started 4-5 and in those prior four seasons, 3 Sat. 25 at Duke* 1:00 p.m. weekend No. 4 was a precursor to the rest of the year as Florida State and Virginia provided the 3 Sun. 26 at Duke* 1:00 p.m. opponents those weekends. This season, it was Florida State, who took 2-of-3, but the 6-6 mark was Tue. 28 APPaLacHian STATE 5:30 p.m. only bettered by the 2013 Hokies who started 7-5. Below is where each stood at this point. May (0-0) Season Record Week 4 opponent Result After W7 W8 Final Postseason 3 Fri. 1 BOSTON coLLeGe* 5:30 p.m. 2015 5-4 at #7 Florida State lost 2-1 8-12 - - 3 Sat. 2 BOSTON coLLeGe* 2:00 p.m. 2014 5-4 at #1 Virginia lost 3-0 7-14 7-17 9-21 none 3 Sun. 3 BOSTON coLLeGe* 1:00 p.m. 2013 5-4 vs. #4 Florida State won 2-1 9-12 11-13 15-14 ACC/NCAA X Tue. 5 WEST VirGinia 5:30 p.m. 2010 4-5 at #4 Florida State won 2-1 11-10 14-10 16-14 ACC/NCAA 3 Thu. 14 at Pittsburgh* 6:00 p.m. 2007 4-5 at #5 Virginia lost 3-0 4-17 5-19 7-23 none 3 Fri. 15 at Pittsburgh* 6:00 p.m. on tHis Date ... april 24 april 25 april 26 3 Sat. 16 at Pittsburgh* 1:00 p.m. record: 37-21 27-17 22-25 2 T19-S24 ACC Championship@ TBA Last Game: W, 7-3, vs. Davidson (2012) L, 3-22, at North Carolina (2014) L, 6-4, at North Carolina (2014) streak/Last 5/10: W3/3-2/6-4 L2/2-3/4-6 L2/1-4/4-6 Biggest win: 33-6, at Louisville (1993) 42-3, vs. King College (1902) 21-5, vs. Wake Forest (1961) Video Bold - Home games played at English Field 2 = ESPN2 # -- Campbell Invitational Worst defeat: 24-4, at Maryland (1939) 27-5, at St. Albans (1896) 18-1, at Oglethorpe (1923) 3 = ESPN3 % -- Ripken Complex, Myrtle Beach, S.C. runs scored: Virginia Tech: 403 368 270 X = HokiesXtra * -- ACC game Opponent: 318 249 259 @ -- Durham Bulls Athletic Park, Durham, N.C. @VT_BASEBALL • VIRGINIA TECH BASEBALL • HOKIESPORTS.COM HOKIE GAME NOTES - WEEKEND NO. 10 2015 VirGinia tecH QUicK facts General information #22 Patrick Mason School (Nickname) .......................................Virginia Tech (Hokies) City, Zip ...................................................... Blacksburg, Va. 24061 Head coach Founded ............................................................................... 1872 Enrollment ......................................................................... 31,000 second season Colors ......................................... Chicago maroon & burnt orange Affiliation ..............................................................NCAA, Division I On June 27, 2013, Virginia Tech announced the hiring of Patrick Conference ............................................. Atlantic Coast (11th Year) Mason as the baseball program’s newest head coach. He became President ......................................................Dr. Timothy D. Sands the 24th head baseball coach at the school, but just the fifth in the Athletics Director .......................................................Whit Babcock prior 66 years of the program. Mason took over the head coach- Athletics Dept. Phone ...............................................540-231-6796 ing reigns after spending the previous three seasons under former Ticket Office Phone ...................................................540-231-6731 coach Pete Hughes. Mason, who enters his 18th season in the coach- team information ing profession, was promoted to the position of as- PERSONAL Overall Record In 2014 21-31-1 sociate head coach at Tech in the fall of 2012, and Born: August 24, 1975 – Boston, Mass. Home/Away/Neutral .......................................15-15, 4-15-1, 2-1 had served as the pitching game coordinator and Hometown: Franklin, Mass. Conference Record.................................................................. 9-21 recruiting coordinator in his three years prior to Wife: former Leigh Shea his promotion. The former Northeastern catcher Home/Away .................................................................6-9, 3-12 Child: Anna Conference Finish .................... 7th, Coastal Division, T-13th overall (1994-97) spent the previous five seasons before Conference Tournament...........................................................N/A coming to Tech as an assistant at Northeastern Starters Returning .................................Pos. Players: 8, Pitchers: 4 (2005-10). eDUCATION Starters Lost .......................................... Pos. Players: 1, Pitchers: 1 Before his arrival in Blacksburg, Mason was the High School: Franklin (1993) Lettermen Returning/Lost .....................................................16/3 recipient of the 2010 Kevin Burr Award given to College: Northeastern (2007) Newcomers ............................................................................... 10 the top assistant coach in New England as selected by his peers.