Bobby Whalen's bouncing ground ball scored Harrison Didawick from third to give UVA baseball a thrilling 5-4 victory over Mississippi State on Saturday night at Disharoon Park.
In each of their first two NCAA Tournament games, the Cavaliers have fallen well short of their usual offensive production, but have found ways to win and are now in the driver's seat of the Charlottesville Regional.
Virginia's 2-0 lead was short-lived, as Blanco gave up back-to-back singles and then Hunter Hines blasted a three-run home run over the wall in right-center to put Mississippi State in front 3-2. A non-pitching miscue from Blanco resulted in another run scoring as his pickoff attempt sailed over Godbout's head at second base and into center field, allowing the speedy Bryce Chance to score from second to make it 4-2.
Matt Augustin replaced Evan Blanco in the seventh and worked around some trouble in the next two innings to keep things tied, picking up a big strikeout to strand runners on second and third in the eighth. Augustin struck out two more batters to start the ninth, but then issued a walk and single to put the go-ahead run 90 feet from home plate for Mississippi State.
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