LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball (12-14, 0-3 SoCon) comes back to Gray-Minor Stadium to face Southern Conference foe, Wofford College (16-6, 3-0 SoCon), for a three-game series starting Thursday and ending Saturday.
 
The Keydets had a tough start to conference play last week but look to turn things around against the Terriers with home-field advantage. VMI is 8-4 at home while Wofford is 1-5 when playing on the road.

Series Information:
Location: Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium
Live Stats: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3
Broadcast: Game 1 | Game 2
 
Series Schedule and Probables:
Game 1 | Thursday at 6 p.m.
- LHP Trey Morgan (1-3, 6.03 ERA) vs. RHP Zac Cowan (4-0, 3.67 ERA)
Game 2 | Friday at 2 p.m.
- RHP Will Riley (3-1, 4.74 ERA) vs. RHP Mike Eggert (4-1, 2.74 ERA)
Game 3 | Saturday at 1 p.m.
- RHP Nathan Hawley (1-0, 3.70 ERA) vs. RHP Braden Hofmeyer (4-1, 1.57 ERA)

Last Time Out:
- VMI fell to George Mason on the road on Tuesday
- Five different Keydets earned a hit
- VMI drew nine walks
- Kazuya Jordan tallied two RBI
- Trey Morgan, Justin Starke, and Owen Prince each recorded two walks
- Derrell Fletcher-Knight added a career-high four strikeouts
 
Tracking the Keydets:
- Keydets lead the nation in stolen bases (81) and stolen bases per game (3.11)
- As a team, VMI ranks in the top 25 in NCAA D-I in BB/9 (3.40), sacrifice flies (15), K/BB ratio (2.79), and sacrifice bunts (22) in the country
- Owen Prince ranks in the top 10 in sacrifice bunts and sacrifice bunts per game
- Justin Starke leads the team at the plate, slashing .384/.697/.508
- Six Keydets have started and played in all 26 contests
- Grayson Fitzwater has driven in a team-leading 25 runs
- Justin Starke has had a great eye at the plate, drawing 20 walks
- Trey Morgan has been a dual threat for VMI with one of the nation's top K/BB ratio and BB/9 numbers while sitting in the top 10 in sacrifice flies
- Ty Swaim has been quick on the base path, recording 14 stolen bases to rank in the top 25 in the country
- Marcus Van Alstine has been key to shutting down hitters late, earning six saves
- Will Riley has started on the mound six times prior to this series
- When leading off an inning, Keydets are batting .441
- VMI is batting .771 when a runner is on third and there are less than two outs in the inning
- Keydets pitching staff allows less than four walks per game
- VMI is 6-1 when their opponent scores four runs or less

Scouting the Terriers:
- Wofford is 16-6 overall and has a 3-0 conference record after sweeping The Citadel last weekend
- RPI Ranking places Wofford at 67th in the nation
- Terriers were picked to finish third in the SoCon, receiving one first-place vote
- Three different Terriers were named to the Preseason All-SoCon Second Team: Zac Cowan (P), Brice Martinez (2B), and Jack Renwick (SS)
- Wofford is coming off a midweek loss to Winthrop (16-6) and has just a 1-5 record in road games
- This is the Terriers' second series on the road and first road conference match in 2024
- Terriers have found the key to hitting, ranking number one in the country with a .364 batting average
- Wofford also leads the nation in on-base percentage (.478), scoring (11.3), and triples per game (0.59)
- Terriers rank in the top 10 in multiple categories: triples (13), stolen bases (68), stolen bases per game (3.09), sacrifice bunts (22), and runs (250)
- Pitching has been solid for Wofford as well, leading the league in K/BB ratio (2.60), BB/9 (3.47), and WHIP (1.38)
- Terriers have a staff ERA of 5.19 with the projected series starters averaging a 2.66 ERA and a combined 92 strikeouts

Series History:
- Terriers lead the all-time series, 27-16, dating back to 1997
- Wofford has won eight of the last 10 meetings
- Last season, VMI nabbed a 9-6 road victory over Wofford in 11 innings
- These two teams have battled 26 times since 2015 and eight times prior to 2000
- 354 runs have been scored in Wofford, VMI matchups