LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI baseball team rallied from a 5-2 deficit to force extra innings Tuesday, but fell 6-5 to visiting William & Mary in 11 frames in a non-conference game in Gray-Minor Stadium.

The Tribe led 5-2 entering the bottom of the seventh, but a two-run home run from Zac Morris and a solo shot from Trey Morgan knotted the game at five. W&M's Tank Yaghoubi tripled and scored on a throwing error with two outs in the 11^th for the go-ahead run. VMI loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning with two outs, but a fly out ended the game.

Highlights:
*Morris was 2-3 with a walk, while Morgan and Cole Garrett each also had two hits
*Justin Starke belted his team-leading 12^th home run in the first inning
*Garrett and Cole Jenkins doubled
*Morgan tossed two scoreless innings of relief
*Andrew Jones and Hunter Sipe each threw 1 1/3 innings of hitless relief out of the bullpen
*Marcus Van Alstine worked a scoreless frame
*Cole Ragone was 2-3 for W&M (28-18) with a double, a home run and two walks

Next Time:
VMI (23-22) has a three-game Southern Conference series at The Citadel set for this weekend.