Syracuse concedes 1st no-hitter since 2013 to No. 20 Virginia Tech
Gavin Liddell | Staff Photographer
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Gabby Teran went up to bat in the bottom of the seventh inning and Syracuse trailed 8-0. There were two outs and no one on base, but the graduate student’s at bat had a lot on her plate. The Orange were on the verge of conceding a no-hitter.
Teran went down 0-2 on two swinging strikes, and then took two balls with help from the home plate umpire who called Virginia Tech pitcher Keely Rochard’s outside corner pitch to Teran’s liking. Teran then crushed a ball down the left field line mere feet left of the foul pole for Syracuse’s best contact of the game. But a pitch later, Teran was called out on strikes on Rochard’s changeup to secure Virginia Tech’s no-hitter.