Five takeaways from Virginia baseball’s series win over Clemson
Following yet another mid-major midweek loss, the Virginia Cavaliers won their fifth ACC series against Clemson over the weekend. The Wahoos improved to 12-9 in conference play and 28-13 overall in the process. UVA pieced together rallies in the second and sixth innings en route to a fiery 6-4 victory in the series opener.
The bats went quiet in Friday’s game, however, as the Cavaliers were held to just six hits and one walk in a 5-1 loss. The ‘Hoos once again bounced back to take the rubber match on Saturday, surviving a well-played 5-4 affair behind outfielder Harrison Didawick. Here is what we are taking away from the weekend: Chris Pollard displays leadership in Thursday’s sixth inning fiasco In the bottom of the sixth of the series opener, Virginia had a three-run lead with runners on first and second and one out — a real chance to blow the game wide open.
Infielder R. J. Holmes hit a high pop up around home plate on which the Clemson catcher misjudged the path of the ball and let it drop in fair territory, inducing what would have been a bases-loaded situation.
However, after discussion, the umpiring crew retroactively ruled that the infield fly rule should come into effect, which entails that the batter is automatically out. While this was likely the correct call to be made originally, the infield fly rule is subjective and must be decided by an umpire immediately upon contact. Virginia head coach Chris Pollard, a member of the NCAA Baseball Rules Committee, was all over that mistake, and confronted the umpires to defend his case, during which he was ejected.
UVA coach Chris Pollard was just thrown out after the umpire overturned an infield fly call. Pollard was heated. pic.
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