RICHMOND, Va. – In the 114th meeting in program history, VMI Baseball (18-18, 2-4 SoCon) produced 23 runs en route to a 10-run victory over Richmond (13-19) at Pitt Field Tuesday evening.
With the 23-13 win against the Spiders, the Keydets posted the most runs in a game since March 2016. VMI is now 12-0 this season when scoring 10 or more runs.
Key Stats
- Every Keydet that had a plate appearance got on base at least once
- Nine Keydets got at least one hit, two runs, and one walk
- VMI drew 17 walks, the most in program history, and were hit by seven pitches
- Five different Keydets nabbed a home run:
Justin Starke,
Grayson Fitzwater,
Brett Cook,
Kazuya Jordan, and
Cole Raile
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Ty Swaim went a career-best 5-for-6 at the dish with two doubles, two RBI, and three runs
- Cook produced a season-high five RBI
- Jordan
had four walks, three RBI, and three runs
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Jack Thompson was the pitcher of record, earning his first win of the season
- Keydets faced nine different Richmond pitchers
Scoring Summary
- VMI picked up the first six runs of the game in the first three innings
- Cook drove in a run on a sacrifice fly before a
Jed Barrett double and a Raile bomb made it 4-0 Keydets in the second inning
- VMI added on a pair of runs in the third after a walk and hit by pitch with the bases loaded
- Richmond responded with five runs in the third and another five in the fourth inning to take a 10-6 advantage
- Keydets never gave up, putting up a big six-run fifth inning
- Runs started pouring on after Raile walked with the bases loaded then followed by a
Trey Morgan sacrifice fly
- Swaim added two more runs after a single to right field that was followed up by a bases-loaded walk by Jordan
- Despite the Spiders getting one back, Starke answered in the sixth inning with a home run to left field before Jordan walked in a run again, making it 14-11
- Richmond got a couple of runs back in the bottom half of the sixth, but another stellar VMI inning erased the potential comeback
- Keydets posted six runs in the seventh inning, highlighted by back-to-back-to-back home runs from Fitzwater, Cook, and Jordan
- With a 20-13 advantage, VMI continued to pour it on Richmond in the eighth, tacking on three runs in the eighth without even recording a hit
Next Up for the Keydets
- Keydets will wait until the weekend for its next matchup as the VMI-George Mason game on Wednesday was postponed due to inclement weather
- VMI is set to face Mercer for a three-game set starting Friday
