kaz jordan vs. binghamton
Randall K. Wolf
3
Binghamton BINGHAMT 4-9
5
Winner VMI VMI 8-9
Binghamton BINGHAMT
4-9
3
Final
5
VMI VMI
8-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Binghamton BINGHAMT 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 0
VMI VMI 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 X 5 9 3

W: Wilkerson, Holden (2-2) L: Berkwich (1-2) S: Van Alstine, Marcus (5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

VMI takes Binghamton series with 5-3 win Sunday

LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI baseball team earned a series-winning 5-3 victory over Binghamton on a cold and windy Sunday afternoon at Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium.
 
With the win, VMI improves to 8-9 on the season while the Bearcats fall to 4-9 overall for the year.
 
Scoring Summary
*Binghamton opened the scoring with one run in the third inning off a Logan Haskell single to right to score Eric Madenberg
*VMI pulled ahead 2-1 in the fourth inning after Jimmy Koza brought in Ty Swaim and Grayson Fitzwater doubled to right center to score Trey Morgan
*VMI's Justin Starke added a run in the fifth off a solo home run to left center field, and Fitzwater kept the bats alive in the six by homering to right center to make the score 4-1 for VMI
*The Keydets earned their final run of the day in the seventh inning when Swaim hit a triple to center field that brought Owen Prince around the bases
*The Bearcats would go on to score two runs in the eighth inning. Mike Gunning hit an RBI double to score Tommy Reifler, and Mike Stellrecht later singled to right field to bring in Gunning to cut the deficit to 5-3 for the final score
 
Inside the Box Score
*Fitzwater finished the game with two RBI for VMI on two hits in four at-bats
*Swaim and Starke ended the day with two hits apiece and were also credited with one RBI and one run apiece
*VMI's Holden Wilkerson earned the win on the mount after fanning 10 Binghamton batters for the day and allowing just five hits and one earned run in six innings of work
*Marcus Van Alstine earned his fifth save of the season in 1.1 innings pitched as he allowed just one hit while striking out two batters
*Binghamton's Nelson Berkwich picked up the loss in five innings of work as he allowed six hits and three earned runs to go with three walks facing 19 VMI batters
*Both teams ended up with nine hits apiece
 
Up Next
VMI will take on Norfolk State at home Tuesday afternoon. The first pitch is set for a 3 p.m. start at Gray-Minor Stadium.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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