Junior reliever Alec Bettinger blew a save and took the loss in Virginia's 5-4 loss to East Carolina on Friday. He made another appearance on Sunday and shut down the Pirates in a 4-2 victory.
The sun having already set behind the mountains that backdrop Davenport Field, Virginia baseball (4-3) entered the ninth inning with a 5-4 lead in Friday’s opener of a three-game series against East Carolina (6-1).