BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. – VMI Baseball (17-18, 2-4 SoCon) fought until the end, making things interesting in the ninth, but Gardner-Webb University (12-19, 2-7 Big South) came out victorious Sunday afternoon at John Henry Moss Stadium.
The Keydets picked up a pair of runs in the ninth inning and had the tying run at second base, but the Runnin' Bulldogs made a big stop defensively that gave them the 5-4 win to take the series.
Key Stats
- VMI's pitching staff combined for 13 strikeouts
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Ty Swaim and
Brett Cook each went 3-for-4 with an RBI
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Trey Morgan doubled twice
- Four Keydets recorded a stolen base
- VMI nabbed its second-straight double-digit hit game and fifth in the last six games
Scoring Summary
- Gardner-Webb took a 2-0 advantage until VMI tied it in the fourth after a successful sacrifice bunt from
Kazuya Jordan that scored Swaim and would later help score Cook
- Bulldogs took a one-run lead in the bottom half of the fourth and then made it a 5-2 game in the sixth inning
- Keydets issued a late comeback in the ninth inning that featured repeating singles from Swaim,
Owen Prince, and Cook to score a pair of runs
Next Up for the Keydets
- Keydets hit the road once more for a single game against Richmond
- First pitch is set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.
- Broadcast will be live on ESPN+
- VMI has faced Richmond 113 times since 1951 and has won the last two contests
