May 13, 1998

DURHAM, N.C.-- The Virginia Cavaliers defeated the Maryland Terrapins, 9-4 in 10 innings, behind the hitting of Javier Lopez and E.J. Anderson to advance past the play-in game of the 1998 ACC Baseball Tournament.

The game was tied at four going into the the tenth inning, but the Cavs put up five unearned runs off of Maryland's losing relief pitcher Mike Ginsberg, in the top half of the inning.

Maryland (26-30-1) was unable to answer in the bottom of the tenth as Virginia's relief man Tim LaVigne, who got the victory, shut them down, not allowing the Terps to get any runs back in the final inning.

The Cavaliers were led offensively by Lopez, who went 3-for-5 with 3 RBI and Anderson, who went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI, respectively. LaVigne, scored 2 runs for Virginia and went 3-for-5 at the plate.

Maryland was powered offensively by Casey Trout, who went 2-for-3 with 3 RBI.

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                                R   H   E
Virginia    000 103 000 5   --  9   14  0
Maryland    010 010 200 0   --  4    7  6