The college baseball season is underway, and it is already off to a thrilling start. Virginia, which is as high as No. 4 in the Baseball America rankings, has amassed an 8-0 record to start 2022. The Hoos are looking to build off of last season’s College World Series performance, and they’re doing it so far with strong pitching, good defense and hot hitting.
Virginia’s hottest hitter is second year infielder Jake Gelof, who has been dominating at the plate. Gelof is leading the NCAA in batting average (.636) and slugging percentage (1.682), is second in runs batted in (23), fifth in total bases (37) and sixth in home runs (5).
Gelof’s older brother, Zack, played for the Cavaliers before being drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round in 2021. Last week, Jake followed in his older brother’s footsteps, hitting a home run to the same spot against the same team on the same calendar day as big bro.
Feb. 23, 2021 ➡️ Feb. 23, 2022@ZackGelof | @JakeGelof
🗓 Same date
🆚 Same opponent
🎯 Same destination#TBT pic.twitter.com/EjEFQMvrZO— Virginia Baseball (@UVABaseball) March 3, 2022
History does repeat itself.