LEXINGTON, Va. – With two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, VMI Baseball (23-20, 6-6 SoCon) prevailed with a walk-off RBI single to defeat The Citadel (17-21, 1-11 SoCon) at Gray-Minor Stadium Sunday afternoon.

The Keydets won its third-straight home series over the Bulldogs and have been victorious in five of their last six games. With the 6-5 extra-inning victory, VMI moves up to a tie for fourth in the Southern Conference standings after winning three straight league series.
 
Key Stats
- Four Keydets hit a home run, all being solo shots
- Will Riley was one out shy of a complete game, going 8.2 innings with six strikeouts
- Grayson Fitzwater nabbed the game-winning RBI, the second walk-off hit for VMI this season
- Trey Morgan extended his on-base streak to 29 games after hitting a dead-center bomb in the third
- Jed Barrett produced big numbers, going 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, and two runs
- Cole Jenkins earned his 15th two-hit game with a single and a homer
- Nathan Hawley picked up his third win after pitching 1.1 innings in relief
 

Scoring Summary
- Citadel got on the board first in the third inning, 1-0
- VMI answered big in the third after a pair of home runs from Jenkins and Morgan along with an RBI single from Justin Starke to make it 3-1
- Bulldogs returned fire in the next half inning to cut the deficit to just one
- Keydets extended their lead with a pair of long balls from Brett Cook and Barrett to take a 5-2 lead after five innings
- However, Citadel was able to knot it up at five apiece after scoring the game-tying run with two outs in the ninth inning
- In the bottom of the 10th with two outs, Fitzwater stroked a single into right-center field to score Starke and win the game

Next Up for the Keydets
- Keydets hit the road on Tuesday to face William & Mary
- First pitch is set for 6 p.m. in Williamsburg, Virginia