BLACKSBURG, VA. - Brett Renfrow pitched 7.1 strong innings to lead Virginia Tech to a 5-1 victory over Clemson at English Field on Thursday night. The Hokies, who took a 1-0 lead in the series and snapped Clemson’s six-game winning streak at English Field, improved to 28-22 overall and 14-14 in the ACC. The Tigers dropped to 30-24 overall and 9-19 in ACC play.
Renfrow (5-4) earned the win by allowing six hits, one run and one walk with five strikeouts. Tiger starter Dane Moehler (0-3) suffered the loss.
Henry Cooke ripped a run-scoring single in the first inning, the third of four hits in the frame. In the sixth inning, Pete Daniel laced a run-scoring triple for the Hokies’ fifth hit of the game. Pinch-hitter Hudson Lutterman followed with a run-scoring double, then Owen Petrich belted a two-run homer to cap the four-run frame.
The Tigers dented the scoreboard with a run in the seventh inning on Tyler Lichtenberger’s two-out single.
