No. 3 Hokies defeat Duke, overtake Miami in ACC Coastal race

Score By Periods

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Duke DU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1
Virginia Tech VT	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	X	6	7	0

W: Drue Hackenberg (10-1)
L: Santucci,Jonathan (2-3)
S: Kiernan Higgins (5)

BLACKSBURG – Behind freshman right-hander Drue Hackenberg’s seven shutout innings on Friday night, the No. 3 Virginia Tech baseball team tipped a pitchers’ duel in its favor as the Hokies toppled Duke, 6-1, at English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park.
 
With the victory – and with No. 9 Miami’s 5-0 loss against No. 14 Notre Dame on Friday – Virginia Tech (39-11, 18-9 ACC) overtook the Hurricanes for first place in the ACC Coastal Division. The Hokies will enter Saturday’s regular season finale in control of their own destiny to clinch the program’s first division title as a league member and lock up the No. 1 seed in the 2022 ACC Baseball Championship.
 
Stay tuned for the compelte game recap.

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