I posted earlier in the year that baseball is a long game. I think that
Szefc protected Stieg early in the season and Renfrow to a lesser extent. Eisenreich started early, had down time, then came back as a reliever until recently reclaiming the third starter role. Renfrow and Stieg are flourishing, at their best the past few weeks. Eisenreich was really good today. Freshman Ethan Grim was forced into seven weekend starts and struggled. He was very good in relief today. Crowl regained some of his past form and Swift emerged as a lock down closer. Several guys have pitched well situationally, too. Ethan Ball has matured and is on a tear. Cook came out of a monumental slump and has been very hot. Szefc has settled on our best hitting line up and things are good. And the most important point of all is that we played a brutal early schedule early that still has us with a good RPI. The late season schedule is a much more manageable slate. Lastly, winning, just like losing, is contagious.
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Don't follow baseball much. Could someone explain the reasons for
-- ancient alien 2018
May 02, 2026 at 10:05 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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05/02/26 10:05 PM ET
Got better + Scheduled eased
-- Hokie Chris
May 05, 2026 at 07:58 AM ET
Hokie Chris
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05/05/26 07:58 AM ET
We scheduled three SEC teams instead of a MEAC school
-- HokiesACC2004
May 03, 2026 at 12:58 AM ET
HokiesACC2004
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05/03/26 12:58 AM ET
Yes it did but we had some really bad head scratchers & were creating
-- hokiepro
May 03, 2026 at 09:48 AM ET
hokiepro
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05/03/26 09:48 AM ET
I know. Talking about SOS.**
-- HokiesACC2004
May 04, 2026 at 06:50 AM ET
HokiesACC2004
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05/04/26 06:50 AM ET
I posted earlier in the year that baseball is a long game. I think that
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-- VT One
May 02, 2026 at 11:28 PM ET
VT One
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05/02/26 11:28 PM ET
Yes! All of this! I was thankful for that early tough schedule. Smart!**
-- HokieHeartNSoul
May 03, 2026 at 06:44 AM ET
HokieHeartNSoul
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05/03/26 06:44 AM ET
Thanks so much!!!!**
-- ancient alien 2018
May 02, 2026 at 11:42 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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05/02/26 11:42 PM ET
I think lots of young pitchers has something to do with it.**
-- HokieHeartNSoul
May 02, 2026 at 10:43 PM ET
HokieHeartNSoul
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05/02/26 10:43 PM ET
And our best pitcher has been great the past month after struggling**
-- vtfin91
May 03, 2026 at 10:15 AM ET
vtfin91
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05/03/26 10:15 AM ET
Thanks!!**
-- ancient alien 2018
May 02, 2026 at 10:44 PM ET
ancient alien 2018
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05/02/26 10:44 PM ET