14-CONSECUTIVE NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES VIRGINIA BASEBALL SUPER REGIONALS (6) - ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15 www.virginiasports.com | @UVABaseball | facebook.com/UVABaseball COLLEGE WORLD SERIES (4) - 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015 Baseball Contact: Scott Fitzgerald | [email protected] | O: (434) 924-9878 | C: (908) 246-6818 2015 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS MAY 22 & 24 | GAMES 53-54 DURHAM, N.C. DURHAM BULLS ATHLETIC PARK 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME INFORMATION Overall: 28-24 | ACC: 12-18 | Home: 21-12 | Away: 5-12 | Neutral: 2-0 | Streak: L-1 Date/Time ...........................................................May 22 & 24 - 3 p.m. FEBRUARY (6-3) Television ...................................................... RSN/ ACC Network Extra Fri. 16 at UCF L, 3-6 1 Radio ..........................................WINA 1070/98.9 FM | Sirius/XM 371. Head Coach ................................................................ Brian O’Connor Sat. 17 vs Samford W, 10-4 1 Year at School ................................................................15th Season Sun. 18 vs Rice W, 3-0 Live Audio/Stat Links ...........................................VirginiaSports.com Tues. 20 VMI ACCNE L, 4-9 NATIONAL RANKINGS Career Record .........................................................667-263-2 (.717) Fri. 23 EASTERN KENTUCKY ACCNE L, 6-7 Record at School .......................................................................Same Sat. 24 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 12-3 As of 5/20 UVA FSU NCST Career Record in ACCT ...............................................................26-20 Sun. 25 EASTERN KENTUCKY ACCNE W, 13-1 RPI 86 10 15 2018 Record .........................................................28-24 (11-16 ACC) Tues. 27 VMI ACCNE W, 10-9 Baseball America -- 14 7 Wed. 28 WILLIAM & MARY ACCNE W, 4-3 (11) D1Baseball -- 11 4 NCBWA -- 11 4 All-Time vs. FSU/NCST ............................................. 29-54/77-119-1 MARCH (9-9) USA Today/ESPN -- 12 4 All-Time vs. FSU/NCST in ACCT .............................................8-8/9-16 Sat. 3 YALE ACCNE W, 5-4 Collegiate Baseball -- 22 7 ACC Championships ................................................1996, 2009, 2011 Sat. 3 YALE ACCNE L, 4-11 Sun. 4 YALE W, 7-6 PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Tues. 6 DAVIDSON ACCNE W, 12-1 Fri. 9 at Duke* ACCNE L, 3-6 Day Teams Pitcher 2018 Stats (W-L, ERA, IP, BB, SO) Sat. 10 at Duke* ACCNE W, 3-0 Tuesday Virginia LHP Daniel Lynch 4-4, 4.08 ERA, 81.2 IP, 20 BB, 98 SO Sat. 10 at Duke* ACCNE L, 2-3 (11) Wed. 14 JAMES MADISON ACCNE W, 3-2 Florida State RHP CJ Van Eyk 6-0, 2.88 ERA, 50.0 IP, 24 BB, 61 SO Fri. 16 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNE L, 2-6 Thursday NC State RHP Reid Johnston 7-0, 2.97 ERA, 57.2 IP, 10 BB, 45 SO Sat. 17 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNE W, 7-3 Virginia RHP Derek Casey 6-4, 3.58 ERA, 88.0 IP, 24 BB, 97 SO Sun. 18 BOSTON COLLEGE* ACCNE W, 10-9 (10) Tues. 20 TOWSON Ccd. LEADING OFF Wed. 21 TOWSON ACCNE Ccd. Fri. 23 at Miami* ACCNE L, 2-3 (11) • Virginia has been part of every ACC Tournament since its inception in 1973 and will make its 45th overall appearance. Sat. 24 at Miami* ACCNE L, 0-1 • The Cavaliers own a 51-74 overall record in the ACC postseason and have captured tournament crowns in 1996, 2009 and 2011. Sun. 25 at Miami* ACCNE L, 1-8 • Under head coach Brian O’Connor, the Cavaliers have a record of 26-20 overall mark in the ACC Tournament. Tues. 27 LONGWOOD ACCNE W, 6-0 Wed. 28 at VCU L, 3-11 • NC State and Florida State are two of the three ACC teams Virginia did not play in 2018. The Cavaliers took two out of three against the Fri. 30 at Pittsburgh* ACCNE W, 10-7 Seminoles in Tallahassee in 2017 and the Cavaliers haven’t squared off against the Wolfpack since 2016. Sat. 31 at Pittsburgh* ACCNE L, 5-7 SEASON AT A GLANCE APRIL (9-8) • Pitching has been the backbone of the 2018 club, highlighted by starting pitchers Derek Casey and Daniel Lynch. Back end relievers Sun. 1 at Pittsburgh* ACCNE L, 1-4 Andrew Abbott and Bennett Sousa have combined for 11 saves and eight total wins. Tues. 3 OLD DOMINION ACCNE W, 4-0 • As a staff, the Cavaliers rank second in the country in strikeouts per nine innings (10.5). Casey (97) and Lynch (98) are both closing in on a Fri. 6 VIRGINIA TECH* ACCNE W, 9-0 Fri. 6 VIRGINIA TECH* ACCNE L, 4-5 hundred strikeouts and would be the first Virginia duo to accomplish the feat since Danny Hultzen and Tyler Wilson in 2011. Sun. 8 VIRGINIA TECH* ACCNE W, 6-5 • Six pitchers combined for a bizarre, 11-inning no-hitter in a 4-3 win against William & Mary on Feb. 28. The Cavaliers committed four Wed. 11 RADFORD ACCNE W, 12-4 Fri. 13 #22 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNE W, 4-0 errors and were down 3-2 with two outs in the bottom of the 11th. The Tribe made a throwing error that allowed two runs to score and Sat. 14 #22 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNE L, 6-8 Virginia to walk-off with the program’s 6th no-hitter Sat. 14 #22 NORTH CAROLINA* ACCNE L, 6-12 • A total of 37 percent of Virginia’s games have been decided by one run, the third highest percentage of any team in the country. The Tues. 17 GEORGE WASHINGTON ACCNE W, 3-2 (12) Wed. 18 LIBERTY ACCNE W, 14-3 Cavaliers played six-straight one-run games from April 20-29, including three one-run losses at home to Clemson. Virginia is 10-9 in one- Fri. 20 at Louisville* ACCNE L, 4-5 run games in 2018. Sat. 21 at Louisville* ACCNE W, 5-4 • In a knack for exciting baseball, Virginia has staged 12 come-from-behind wins in 2018, including six in walk-off fashion. Of the 12 total Sun. 22 at Louisville* ACCNE W, 2-1 Tues. 24 at Old Dominion Ccd. weekend series 10 were decided by the final game. Fri. 27 #10 CLEMSON* ACCNE L, 2-3 • The Cavaliers have been victims of the injury bug with All-American outfielder Jake McCarthy missing 37 games and 2017 All-ACC per- Sat. 28 #10 CLEMSON* ACCNE L, 4-5 Sun. 29 #10 CLEMSON* ACCNE L, 8-9 former Cameron Simmons out for the year. Starting pitchers Noah Murdock, an ACC All-Freshman selection a year ago, and Sunday starter Evan Sperling have missed significant portions of the season. Senior catcher Caleb Knight, a Johnny Bench Award nominee, has missed 12 MAY (4-4) games and primarily seen action as a designated hitter since late March. Tues. 1 VCU W, 2-0 Fri. 11 GEORGIA TECH* ACCNE W, 8-6 ON THE OFFENSIVE Sat. 12 GEORGIA TECH* ACCNE L, 1-5 • In the final ACC series of the season, Virginia had its best offensive stretch of the year, scoring 30 runs and accumulating 41 hits in three Mon. 14 GEORGIA TECH* ESPNU W, 8-4 games at Wake Forest. As a team, the Cavaliers batted .345 and hit 11 doubles and six home runs. Tues. 15 RICHMOND ACCNE L, 3-11 Thu. 17 at Wake Forest* ACCNE L, 3-7 • In Friday’s middle game, Virginia scored nine runs in the ninth inning en route to a season-high 15 runs. On Saturday, the Cavaliers out-hit Fri. 18 at Wake Forest* ACCNE W, 15-3 the Demon Deacons 17-16 despite a 18-12 loss. Sat. 19 at Wake Forest* ACCNE L, 12-18 Tue. 22 Florida State 2 RSN/ACCNE 3 p.m. 2 PROBABLE STARTERS BY POSITION (Lineup Subject to Change) Thur. 24 NC State RSN/ACCNE 3 p.m. Sat. 26 ACC Semifinal 2 RSN/ACCNE 1 p.m. | 5 p.m. Sun. 27 ACC Championship 2 ESPN2 Pos. No. Name, Class AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB-SBA Notes C 55 Cameron Comer, Jr. .271 43-39 133 28 36 8 0 4 15 1-2 Has started 29-straight gms at C; 5-for-10 in WF series JUNE 1B 32 Nate Eikhoff, Jr. .287 52-52 188 27 54 8 1 3 35 4-7 Multi-hit performance in 4 of last 6 gms Fri.-Mon. 1-4 NCAA Regionals 3 (ESPN Networks) 2B 19 Andy Weber, Jr. .342 52-52 202 41 69 18 3 5 48 4-4 5th in the league in batting, 12 of 18 2B vs ACC cohorts Fri.-Mon. 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals 3 (ESPN Networks) SS 10 Tanner Morris, Fr. .305 49-48 190 38 58 9 0 2 20 1-2 Led off and played SS in 26-straight gms as true freshman Fri.-Tue. 16-27 College World Series 4 (ESPN/ESPN2) 3B 18 Justin Novak, Sr. .281 43-42 146 23 41 4 0 0 13 3-6 Team’s best hitter over last 10 gms, 12-for-30 (.400) LF 22 Cayman Richardson, So. .248 45-39 149 22 37 4 0 0 17 7-7 Played 33 games in OF (3 in LF, 30 in CF) Home games in BOLD ; *denotes ACC games; all times Eastern: CF 31 Jake McCarthy, Jr. .342 18-18 73 17 25 7 0 0 11 8-8 9-for-22 (.409), 3 R, 6 RBI since return; 4 hits in finale at WF 1Orlando, Fla.,2Durham, N.C.; 3Sites TBA; 4TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, Neb. RF 13 Alex Tappen, Fr. .267 52-52 202 24 54 12 1 4 36 3-5 Nine-game hit streak; multi-hits in 4 of last 5 gms DH 5 Caleb Knight, Sr. .231 40-37 130 25 30 7 0 3 18 0-1 3-for-7, 2 2B, 3 R, 2 RBI in final two gms at WF 8 Brendan Rivoli, Fr.