LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball opens up a four-game weekend series on Friday against the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) at Lamore Field in Lexington.
Weekend Details
-Location: Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington, Va.
-Live Stats: Game One | Game Two | Game Three | Game Four
Series Schedule and Pitching Probables
UPDATE ** Game One: Friday is now scheduled for 1 p.m. (originally 3 p.m.)
-LHP Trey Morgan (1-0, 5.40 ERA) vs. LHP Aidan Kidd (0-0, 9.82 ERA)
Game Two: Saturday at 1 p.m.
-RHP Will Riley (1-1, 4.09 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Peterson (0-1, 12.27 ERA)
Game Three: Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
-TBD vs. TBD
Game Four: Sunday at 1 p.m.
-TBD vs. TBD
Last Time Out
-The Keydets (3-6) took on No. 13 Virginia on Wednesday night after weather postponed the originally scheduled Tuesday matchup
- UVA took the matchup 16-4 after taking a 9-0 lead through four innings
-VMI's bats continued to fight, scoring three runs in the eighth and sending eight hitters to the plate
-Justin Starke led VMI's offense with two hits, two runs scored and a solo home run
Tracking the Keydets
-Cole Jenkins leads VMI's offense in batting average (.400), OPS (1.233), hits (12), triples (1), slugging percentage (.733), and is tied for the lead in home runs (2) and RBI's (10)
-Owen Prince, VMI's leadoff hitter, has hit safely in eight of VMI's first nine games and leads the team in walks (9)
-Cole Raile has had a hot start to his VMI career, hitting 6-20 (.300) with two home runs in eight games
-Starke is 5-9 at the plate with a home run and three RBI in his last two games
-Marcus Van Alstine has a 2.00 ERA through 9 IP of work to lead all qualified VMI pitchers
-VMI has stolen 23 bases, which is tied for 9th in the country
-VMI is 2-1 when holding an opponent under 10 hits and 1-5 when allowing 10 or more
Scouting the Highlanders
-NJIT (1-5) lost two-of-three games last weekend to Elon after being swept by Miami (FL) on opening weekend
-The Highlanders picked up their lone win of the season last Friday with a 5-4 win in 10 innings
-NJIT pitching has allowed 75 earned runs in 50.1 IP (13.41 ERA)
-The Highlanders are scoring 4.83 runs per game and slashing .210/.326/.288
-Liam Reiner leads the team in ERA (1.42) in three bullpen appearances
-Ray Ortiz is 8-24 at the plate and leads the team in OPS (.802)
Series History
-The two sides met back in 2021, with VMI taking two of the three matchups
