No. 16 Baseball Sinks Navy, 11-5

Courtesy: Jim Daves/UVa Media Relations David Adams went 4-for-4 Wednesday against Navy.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – David Adams (Jr., Margate, Fla.) went 4-for-4 to lead a 12-hit attack as the Virginia baseball team knocked off Navy, 11-5, Wednesday at Davenport Field. Adams reached base in all five plate appearances, as he was intentionally walked in his final at bat. He drove in four and scored twice.

Jeremy Farrell (Jr., Westlake, Ohio) added two hits and three RBI, while Dan Grovatt (Fr., Tabernacle, N.J.) hit his first career home run in the first inning. The Virginia running game was in full gear as the Cavaliers stole five bases, led by Greg Miclat (Jr., Concord, N.C.) with two.

On the mound, the Cavalier bullpen stepped up, as Kevin Arico (Fr., Flemington, N.J.), Jeff Lorick (So., Duluth, Ga.) and Robert Morey (Fr., Virginia Beach, Va.) combined to go six innings and allow just an unearned run and two hits while striking out eight. The Cavaliers did not issue a walk in the game.

Arico (2-0) picked up the win, while Morey pitched three perfect innings and struck out four to earn his first save. Kevin Heasley (0-1) took the loss for Navy after allowing three runs, five hits and a walk in 2.2 innings out of the bullpen.

Virginia (13-2) took an early 4-0 lead with a four-run first inning against Navy starter Alec Thomas, highlighted by a two-run double by Adams and a two-run home run to right field by Grovatt.

Navy (6-6) rallied to knot the score with a two-run third inning and two more runs in the fourth inning against Virginia starting pitcher Robert Poutier (Sr., Yorktown, Va.). Poutier went three innings and allowed four runs (three earned) and five hits while striking out two.

Virginia came right back to score three in the bottom of the fourth inning. Tyler Cannon (So., Pigeon Forge, Tenn.) and Adams hit back-to-back run-scoring singles and Farrell ripped a two-out double to score Adams and give UVa a 7-4 lead.

The lead expanded to five in the fifth inning, as David Coleman (Fr., Richmond, Va.) scored on a balk and Adams hit an RBI double.

Navy scored a run in the sixth inning on a Virginia error, but the Cavaliers got the run back in the seventh inning when Farrell stroked a two-run single to push the lead to 11-5.

Thomas Hamilton and Steven Soares led the Midshipmen with two hits apiece.

Virginia returns to ACC play this weekend, traveling to Duke for a three-game series. Game one is at 3 p.m. Friday.