Appalachian State Baseball (41-16) vs. #15 Virginia (39-18-1)

Appalachian jumped out to a six run lead after two innings and held on to beat Virginia 6-5, and advance to the regional championship against the winner of Oklahoma and Virginia, who will battle in an elimination game. Seth Grant battled for six innings, giving up six hits and five runs while striking out four batters. Ryne Frankoff came on for the seventh and eighth innings, giving up three harmless hits. Nathan Hyatt worked the ninth for his sixteenth save of the season while walking one batter and striking out another.

The offensive attack was led by a three hit effort from Trey Holmes. Preston Troutman also recorded two hits and scored a run. All six Mountaineer runs were scored by different players. The Mountaineers capitalized by throwing errors on Virginia in the second inning. Appalachian commited four errors themselves, but were able to play through the mistakes. Tyler Zupcic did not play with a strained knee ligament, and Preston Troutman played centerfield with Brandon Burris playing in left. Appalachian is now one win away from advancing to its first ever super regional. Appalachin will have two chances to win one against either Virginia or Oklahoma.

Ryan Arrowood Senior Season Starts

Opponent IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HBP IBB AB BF FO GO NP ERA W/L/ND
AKR 4.0 3 6 13  17  65 4.50 ND
LSU 7.0 2 10 22  23  107 1.64 W, 1-0
Rider 5.2 5 7 21  24  105 2.16 W, 2-0
Davidson 5.1 9 7 24  29  103 3.27 W, 3-0
Citadel 7.0 7 4 27  29  114 4.03 W, 4-0
Elon 4.1 7 4 4 0 20  23  92 4.59 ND
Oakland 4.1 8 6 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 20 21 0 0 78 5.50 ND
Charleston 7.0 4 4 7 0 25 27 6 7 99 4.63 W, 5-0
GSU 7.0 7 24  29  106 4.18 W, 6-0
Furman 7.0 5 27  28  99 3.99 W, 7-0
Wofford 7.0  23  29  122 3.84 W, 8-0
UNCG 6.0 24  28  108 3.77 W, 9-0
Samford 7.0  29  34  11  114 3.66 ND
WCU 6.0  22  26  85  3.93 ND
Furman 7.0  31  33  121  4.03 W, 10-0
Oklahoma 7.2  24  31  137  3.81 W, 11-0

Notes:
Akron – Arrowood was on a pitch count

Elon, Oakland, Western Carolina – Rain Shortened starts

The Colorado Rockies picked Ryan Arrowood in the 28th round (No. 858 overall) of this year’s 40-round MLB Draft. Arrowood was named Southern Conference Pitcher of the Year in 2012, while finishing with a 28-8 career record. Arrowood holds single season (93) and career (252) strikeout records at Appalachian.