LEXINGTON, Va. – Following a series win, the VMI Baseball team returns to action this week with a road contest at James Madison on Tuesday before another in-state battle with Radford on Wednesday.
 
Game Details:
Tuesday at James Madison:
-First Pitch: 3:00 p.m.
-Location: Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Va.
-Probables: LHP Jaxon Lloyd (1-1, 13.50 ERA) vs. LHP Donovan Burke (0-0, 2.57 ERA)
-Links: Watch (ESPN+) | Live Stats
 
Wednesday at Radford:
-First Pitch: 4:00 p.m.
-Location: Sherman Carter Memorial Stadium in Radford, Va.
-Probables: TBD vs TBD
-Links: Live Stats
 
 Last Time Out:
-VMI won three-of-four matchups at home this past weekend against NJIT to win its first weekend series of the season
-Close contests defined the series, with VMI winning the first three games 6-5,10-8, and 8-7 before falling in the finale 11-7
-Both Trey Morgan and Will Riley had seven inning starts with two earned runs allowed and zero walks
-Marcus Van Alstine recorded a win out of the bullpen Friday before saving both games of the Saturday doubleheader
-VMI hit .333 as a team this weekend to raise the team average to .280 on the season
-The pitching staff struck out 45 batters and walked just six in the four-game series
-Owen Prince delivered a walk-off single and went 4-5 in game one of the series
-Brett Cook went 6-10 with four runs scored and a home run in his first three starts of the season
-Justin Starke went 7-14 at the plate in the series and hit two home runs in Sunday's series finale
 
Tracking the Keydets:
-VMI pitching has a 2.90 strikeout-to-walk ratio (119 K / 41 BB), which ranks 29^th in the country
-VMI is allowing 3.29 walks per nine innings, which ranks 31^st in the country
-Individually, Trey Morgan is tied for 1^st in the country in both K/BB ratio and walks per nine (7 K / 0 BB in 17 IP)
-The Keydets are now slashing .280/.398/.427 as a team at the plate
-VMI is tied for 5^th in the country in with 35 stolen bases
-VMI has also been caught stealing 16 times, which leads the country
-Van Alstine is pacing the pitching staff with a 1.69 ERA, six appearances, three saves, and an opponent batting average of .184
-Riley leads the team in innings pitched (18.0) and strikeouts (23)
-Jenkins (.362) and Starke (.356) lead the way for the Keydet offense
-Ty Swaim leads the team with eight steals
 
Scouting the Dukes:
-JMU is off to a hot 8-3 start with wins over #3 Arkansas and Virginia Tech
-The Dukes swept Cornell over the weekend to improve to 7-0 at home
-7-0 is the best home start for JMU since 2003
-JMU is slashing .304/.390/.507 at the plate and averaging 6.73 runs per game
-The pitching staff has a 5.48 ERA and an opponent BA of .292
-Burke delt 6 innings of two-run ball against VT in his last start on Feb. 21
-Coleman Calabrese is hitting .488 with five home runs and 13 RBI's
-Former VMI Head Coach Marlin Ikenberry '95 is in his 9^th season leading JMU
-Ikenberry was a four-year starting catcher for VMI and led VMI as head coach for 11 seasons
 
Scouting the Highlanders:
-Radford comes into the matchup with a 5-5 record after sweeping LIU at home over the weekend
-Radford's offense scored 37 runs over the three-game series
-The Highlanders are 5-2 at home this season
-Radford is averaging 9.1 runs per game and has hit 11 home runs
-The Highlanders have a 7.57 staff ERA
-Zach Whitacre is hitting .486 with four home runs in 10 games played
-Five Highlander hitters have an OPS over 1.000
 
Series History:
-VMI is 25-37-1 all-time against Radford dating back to 1987
-Radford took two-of-three games against VMI last year
-VMI is 16-59 all-time against JMU dating back to 1972
-JMU took both of the team's two matchups last season