Virginia Tech steamrolled their competition in NCAA Regionals by an aggregate score of 46-15 over the course of three games. If you were looking for the drama that is normally associated with baseball postseasons, it wasn’t to be found in Blacksburg. The Hokies were the best team in their regional by a wide margin, and they should go into next weekend’s Super Regionals with plenty of confidence.

Columbia and Wright State brought teams to Blacksburg that could hit, but both lacked pitching depth. Gonzaga brought in a team with a lot of good arms (that underperformed) but that doesn’t hit the ball all that well. Outside of Gonzaga getting knocked out early, everything played out as expected. The Hokies had the most well-rounded team in the regional by a wide margin, and they advanced without much difficulty at all.

I was a little bit worried about Saturday’s game against Columbia, as the Lions had played great against Gonzaga the day before, holding the Zags to just two runs. Then they ran into the buzzsaw that is the Virginia Tech lineup and the Hokies won a 24-4 squeaker. I had absolutely no worries at all going into Sunday night’s game. I went to English Field at Atlantic Union Bank Park yesterday with the complete expectation that I was going to celebrate the Hokies advancing, and that’s what we got. Tech only scored seven runs yesterday, but that was plenty.

Early this weekend, a Major League scout told an employee at a Blacksburg business that Virginia Tech has one of, if not the best, collection of college bats that he has ever seen. At Sunday’s regional-clinching win against Columbia, a scout – perhaps the same one – doubled down on that take in a conversation with a Hokie fan in the crowd.

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