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Virginia Eclipses Season-High With 24 Runs in Midweek Win

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia (13-4) scored in all but one turn at the plate in 24-5 victory over UMass Lowell (4-10) on Tuesday afternoon (March 10) at Disharoon Park. The Cavalier offense produced the program's fifth highest run total since 2000 and most in more than a decade.

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia (13-4) scored in all but one turn at the plate in 24-5 victory over UMass Lowell (4-10) on Tuesday afternoon (March 10) at Disharoon Park. The Cavalier offense produced the program’s fifth highest run total since 2000 and most in more than a decade.
 
Virginia compiled 19 hits and four different Cavaliers put together three-hit efforts at the plate. Freshman Max Cotier (New Milford, Conn.) tied a school record with five runs scored, becoming the 11th player in UVA history to accomplish the feat and first since UVA Hall of Famer Tyler Cannon against scored five times against Wake Forest on March 6, 2009.
 
Sophomore Jimmy Sullivan (Wethersfield, Conn.) capped what turned out to be a seven-run first inning for Virginia with his fourth home run of the season. The two-run shot was part of a 10-batter inning that featured a pair of UMass-Lowell fielding errors. Sullivan has homered in three of his last four starts and now has four home runs on the year, tied for second most on the team.

A six-run second inning was highlighted by the second grand slam of the season by Devin Ortiz (Nutley, N.J.). He reached base five times in a 2-for-3, three walk day at the plate. Freshman Chris Newell (Newtown Square, Pa.) hit the third homer of the game for Virginia, a two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth. The first year drove in a game-high five runs, two came on bases loaded walks.

With rallies of seven runs and six runs in the first and second innings respectively, Virginia now has nine single-inning outputs of five or more runs this season. Coming into the game, the Cavaliers were ranked 11th in the NCAA in scoring offense.
 
“Certainly, that’s one of the most productive days offensively than we’ve had in our time here,” head coach Brian O’Connor said. “I thought our guys, especially in the first three, four innings, the offensive approach was really, really good. I’m proud that our guys stayed with it and played the whole 27 outs and did some really good things both offensively and defensively.”
 
On the mound, starting pitcher Matt Wyatt (Timonium, Md.) pitched four, hitless innings and struck out a pair of batters. The freshman was credited with his first collegiate victory and has now yielded an earned run in his last 10.1 innings pitched.
 
In his second outing of the year lefty Billy Price (Morristown, N.J.) pitched two scoreless frames of relief, his first appearance since Feb. 22. The sophomore retired the first five batters allowing only a two-out single. Graduate student Evan Sperling (Poquoson, Va.) was also unscathed in his one inning out of the bullpen.
 
Junior Marc Lebreux (Montreal, Canada) and Drew Hamrock (Roswell, Ga.) rounded out the three-hit performers for UVA. Lebreux scored four times and drove in three runs on a pair of doubles. The three-hit afternoon for Hamrock was a career-high.
 
Virginia will wrap up its 15-game home stand and the two-game midweek series against UMass Lowell on Wednesday (March 11). First pitch at Disharooon Park will be at 11 a.m.
 
Additional Notes
• The Cavaliers drew 14 walks, tied for the second most in a single-game since 2000. Four of the 24 runs came on bases loaded walks.
• It marked the third time under Brian O’Connor that Virginia has scored 20 or more runs twice in the same season (2006, 2010 & 2020).
• Virginia has homered in nine-straight games and has a total of 22 on the season. The Cavaliers hit 28 in all of 2019.
• Virginia is the 12th team in the country to score 24 or more runs in a game this season.
• Freshman Tate Ballestero (Morristown, N.J.) collected his first collegiate hit, a triple to centerfield in the eighth inning.
 

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