HOKIES OPEN BASEBALL SEASON WITH 11-6 WIN

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SATURDAY, February 29, 1992                   TAG: 9202290297
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WILMINGTON, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short
HOKIES OPEN BASEBALL SEASON WITH 11-6 WIN
Les Jennette helped Virginia Tech open its 100th season of baseball with a bang on Friday, hitting a pinch-hit grand slam that capped an 11-6 victory over North Carolina-Wilmington.
Jennette's homer put the Hokies up 11-4, and the Seahawks (2-3) added two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for the final margin.
Brad Clontz, a junior right-hander from Patrick County High School, got the victory. He pitched 8 1/3 innings, gave up eight hits and four earned runs, struck out eight and walked five.
Tech broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning when senior first baseman Jay Honse from Cave Spring High School singled in a run. Steve Render followed with an RBI groundout for a two-run lead.
In the eighth inning, freshman catcher Denny Hedgepeth hit a two-out RBI single to put Tech ahead 7-4. The Hokies then loaded the bases, and Jennette followed with his grand slam, the game's only extra-base hit. - Staff report

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