Box Score STARKVILLE, Miss. – The VMI baseball team held a 3-0 lead early on Sunday but Mississippi State University rallied for a 9-3 win from Dudy Noble Field in non-conference play.
The Keydets had come back from nine runs down on Saturday to overcome the 2021 NCAA Champion Bulldogs 14-13 on Saturday.
How it happened:
*VMI went ahead 1-0 in the first after
Ty Swaim led off the game with a double and came around on a
Zac Morris single
*The Keydets scored two in the third as a
Brett Cook single plated
Justin Starke and Cook came around to score later in the inning on a
Cole Jenkins fielder's choice
*The Bulldogs scored two in the third and one in the fourth to tie the game and took the lead with a run in the sixth. Miss. State broke the game open with five in the eighth.
Highlights:
*Freshman
Grayson Fitzwater went 2-3 with a walk
*Swaim finished 2-5 while
Cole Garrett also had two hits
*
Trey Morgan drew two walks
*
Jack Thompson threw a scoreless inning of relief and
Caden Plummer and
Hunter Sipe each tossed 2/3 of an inning without allowing a run
*Kellum Clark homered twice for MSU
Next Time:
VMI travels to Old Dominion University Tuesday for a non-conference game at 3 p.m.
