Hokies fall to Highlanders 7-4
RADFORD, Va. – Erik Payne hit a pair of home runs, but it wasn’t enough as the Virginia Tech baseball team lost a 7-4 decision to the host Radford Highlanders Tuesday night in nonconference action at RU Baseball Stadium.
Payne drove in all the Hokies runs in the contest, hitting a two-out solo home run in the sixth frame on the first pitch, then connected on a 1-2 pitch in the eighth to hit another two-out home run, but this one was a three-run shot.
He became the first Tech player to hit two home runs in the same game since Chad Pinder hit a pair against Virginia on May 22, 2013 in the first game of the ACC Tournament that season in Durham, N.