LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball (26-27, 6-13 SoCon) began its final home series of 2024 Thursday evening against Western Carolina (27-23, 12-7 SoCon) at Gray-Minor Stadium.
The Keydets had a tough outing against the Catamounts, falling 8-4 despite bringing the game-tying run to bat in the ninth inning. VMI will look to end the season on a high note in tomorrow's Senior Day doubleheader.
Key Stats
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Trey Morgan put on a show at the plate, going a perfect 3-for-3 with three RBI, a double, and a homer to extend his on-base streak to 39 games
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Brett Cook went 3-for-4 with three singles
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Grayson Fitzwater scored a pair of runs after being walked twice
- In a relief role,
Jaxon Lloyd produced in a big way, tossing 2.2 innings with three strikeouts and allowing just one hit
Scoring Summary
- WCU put up four runs in the opening inning
- VMI got one run back off a Morgan RBI single
- Catamounts nabbed three more runs in the fourth before the Keydets added one run of their own to make it 7-2
- Despite WCU extending the lead to six, Morgan blasted his fifth homer of the season to cut the deficit in half, 8-4
Next Up for the Keydets
- Keydets close out the series tomorrow in a doubleheader
- Game one will be at 10 a.m. with game two following
- Tomorrow will be Senior Day with festivities between games one and two
- Broadcast will be live on ESPN+ for both games
