
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1992                   TAG: 9203040058
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

HOKIES IMPROVE TO 5-0

Brad Clontz pitched seven shutout innings and Virginia Tech banged out 18 hits for the second straight day on the way to a 14-2 college baseball victory over Western Carolina on Tuesday at English Field.

Clontz hurled five perfect innings before Western Carolina's Branan Hooven led off the sixth inning with a single. The junior right-hander from Patrick Springs gave up four hits in winning for the second time in as many decisions. He struck out 10 and walked one.

The Hokies (5-0) also got 18 hits in a rout of VMI on Monday.

Western Carolina 000 000 002- 2 7 3\ Virginia Tech 302 052 11x- 14 18 2\ Myers, Manning (4), Sellers (5), Allen (7) and Hooven. Clontz, Preston (8) and Hedspeth, Cassell (8). W - Clontz (2-0). L - Myers (0-1).\ - Staff report

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