CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Georgia Tech baseball supplied 13 runs of support behind a stellar start from RHP Aeden Finateri to run-rule No. 10 Virginia, 13-2, on Friday night at Disharoon Park.
The Yellow Jackets (23-13, 8-8 ACC) got a career-long 6.2 innings out of Finateri (5-1) as he scattered 12 hits for just one earned run against one of the top offenses in the country, while striking out eight and walking none. He’s just the third pitcher this season to record a quality start against Virginia, joining Wake Forest’s Chase Burns (March 16) and Wichita State’s Caden Favors (Feb. 23).
Behind him, RHP Ben King got a crucial out in the seventh and RHP Carson Ballard pitched the final eighth inning without allowing a hit to hold UVA to its lowest run total of the season.
At the plate, Tech scored in a variety of ways, stringing together timely hitting and sacrifice bunts to score six runs in the third inning before a Ryan Jaros RBI double kickstarted a six-run eighth inning that Cam Jones added the exclamation point with a grand slam.
Overall, Jones led with two hits and the four RBI, while Trey Yunger and Jaros also turned in multi-hit days. John Giesler, Matthew Ellis, Carson Kerce and Vahn Lackey all recorded RBI hits on the day with Giesler having a bases-clearing double in the third.
The 10th-ranked Cavaliers (29-10, 11-8 ACC) were led by Ethan Anderson, who went 2-for-4 with a double. LHP Evan Blanco (4-2) took just his second loss of the season, allowing six runs on seven hits in 5.0 innings.
Georgia Tech will continue its series on Saturday, April 20. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. and will be broadcast live on ACC Network Extra.
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POSTGAME 🔊: @C_Lacy16 caught up with @aeden_finateri after his terrific night. #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/GV5CUZAWjX
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Around Social Media
✅ @aeden_finateri pitches a gem as Georgia Tech run-rules No. 10 Virginia in Game 1#WreckHavoc x #StingEm pic.twitter.com/oDlQZdDT4O
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Another 👀 at @c_jones30 mammoth grand slam 💪#WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/3OoNU5c2r0
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CAM JONES DESTROYS A BALL FOR A GRAND SLAM!!!
GT 13 | UVA 2@c_jones30 | #WreckHavoc pic.twitter.com/gCcjZx6BLP
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T8 | LACKEY!! @LackeyVahn pokes one to right field to add another!
GT 9 | UVA 2 pic.twitter.com/8nfDVAaDPz
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T8 | JAROS!! @rjaros9 blasts an RBI double down the left field line to get a run back!
GT 8 | UVA 2 pic.twitter.com/6y05Tq5oAl
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B7 | @bwking46 comes in and gets out of the jam with limited damage
GT 7 | UVA 2 pic.twitter.com/LwuMR0mVCp
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) April 20, 2024
WHAT A PLAY BY @Drew_burress08!!
He gets another runner trying to take home on a base hit!! pic.twitter.com/ciCse0pDqc
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) April 19, 2024
T6 | @treyyunger capitalizes on an infield error and takes home!
GT 7 | UVA 0 pic.twitter.com/7L8aJatnZP
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B4 | Another zero for @aeden_finateri
K Count: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
GT 6 | UVA pic.twitter.com/LMrquSQTAu
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B3 | Another zero for @aeden_finateri 💪
K Count: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
GT 6 | UVA 0 pic.twitter.com/eK4qhuDwxg
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T3 | Anyway possible! @CarsonKerce lays down the squeeze bunt to score @john_giesler to add another!
GT 6 | UVA 0 pic.twitter.com/CzIOGjnjgJ
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T3 | GOOSE!! @john_giesler clears the bases with a double to left center!
GT 5 | UVA 0 pic.twitter.com/fMZz0qYLRo
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T3 | @drew_burress08 and @Matthew_ellis35 beat the shift in back-to-back at-bats to add on
GT 2 | UVA 0 pic.twitter.com/ZS1KD80ooh
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) April 19, 2024
T3 | Jackets on the board!@treyyunger laces one to right field to bring home @rjaros9! pic.twitter.com/z4C6NvPNBU
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B2 | Don't. Run. On. @LackeyVahn !
A caught stealing and a strikeout puts up another zero for Tech
GT 0 | UVA 0 pic.twitter.com/jyBKcSpbr1
— Georgia Tech Baseball (@GTBaseball) April 19, 2024
Good start for @aeden_finateri
Three strikeouts in the opening frame 😤 pic.twitter.com/HLouNqjyFc
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