LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI baseball team will close out the 2023 regular season with a three-game non-conference series at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Thursday and Friday.

Game Schedule & Links (Subject to Change)
Game 1 – Thursday 7 p.m. – Watch - Live Stats
Game 2 – Friday 5 p.m. (DH) – Watch - Live Stats
Game 3 – Friday TBD (DH) – Watch - Live Stats

Last Time:
*VMI split a Southern Conference doubleheader Sunday with visiting ETSU, taking the first contest 7-6 but dropping the second 9-6
*The teams' eight seniors were honored prior to the first pitch of the opener in Gray-Minor Stadium
*VMI junior backstop Cole Garrett drilled a home run in each game and finished with five RBI. *The Keydets finished the home portion of their 2023 schedule with a 20-13 record
*Trey Morgan started on the mound in the first game and threw 5 2/3 innings of shutout ball to earn the win, striking out a season-high seven
*Will Riley recorded five outs, four via strikeout, to earn his sixth save. He allowed just one hit and one walk

Morris Heating Up:
Zac Morris had a big series at the plate against ETSU, hitting .556 with a double and two home runs. Morris also drew two walks, stole three bases and had four RBI. He had a .667 on base percentage and a 1.333 slugging mark on the week.

About the Retrievers:
UMBC is 27-24 overall and 16-8 in the America East Conference and will be the #2 seed in the upcoming tournament. The Retrievers swept the University at Albany last weekend in a three-game AEC series but fell 9-8 vs. the University of Delaware.
Tony Krueger leads the team with a .360 batting average and 14 doubles. Leewood Molessa had a team-best 16 home runs and 62 RBI to go with a .611 slugging percentage. UMBC is 12-10 at home this season.