“We’ve talked as a team, and we know what we have to do to be better,” said third-year Luke Hanson following the Maryland game on Tuesday. “And that’s really just come together as one and start playing like it.”
Virginia played clean baseball for 26 outs in Tuesday’s 7-6 win over Maryland in Fredericksburg. Leading 6-3 in the 9th, Virginia allowed Maryland to come back and tie the game – with the tying run scoring on a passed ball with two outs.
The only error came after that when Eric Becker’s throw from shortstop pulled Chris Arroyo off the bag. But overall, it was a much better performance in terms of fundamentals from Virginia.
“We’ve been talking about playing more team baseball,” said O’Connor following the win “And turning the double plays, executing bunts, moving runners over, things like that are really important. We’ve got to play complementary baseball. And that’s what we did tonight, other than Becker’s error at the end and the wild pitch. We played good, sound, fundamental baseball, and we need more of that. We’ve been talking a lot about it, and they responded tonight.”
The aforementioned Hanson, who has been scuffling this season, didn’t start the game but appeared late in the game and made his mark at the plate, slugging his first home run of the year and giving Virginia the 6-3 lead that they took into the 9th
“We just said, it’s a bounce-back week,” said Hanson post-game. “I think today was just a step in the right direction.”
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