In Saturday’s elimination game against Jacksonville, it was the Virginia bats that shone en route to a 13-8 victory. Sunday afternoon, facing elimination again, the Hoos got outstanding pitching performances from Matt Wyatt and Stephen Schoch to hold of the South Carolina Gamecocks, 3-2. Wyatt, who hadn’t started since March, went a career-high five innings and got a career-high eight strikeouts in front of a ferocious home crowd of over 4,000.
A run in each of the first three innings gave Wyatt a little room to work with, but South Carolina threatened with back-to-back runs in the sixth and seventh innings.