VMI vs UMES baseball at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington, VA February 14, 2025. VMI won 12-2 in game two game. (Randall Wolf / VMI)
Randall K. Wolf
15
Winner VMI VMI 5-0
2
Coppin State CSU 1-2
Winner
VMI VMI
5-0
15
Final
2
Coppin State CSU
1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
VMI VMI 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 5 15 4 1
Coppin State CSU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 3

W: Plummer, Caden (2-0) L: WALLACE,Keith (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Nathanial Barbee, VMI Athletic Communications

Plummer tosses 13 strikeouts, Keydets steal 14 bags in first road win

HANOVER, Md. – VMI Baseball had a good start to its first road trip series, earning a 15-2 victory against Coppin State at Joe Cannon Stadium on Friday.

The Keydets move to a perfect 5-0 record behind a gem outing by Caden Plummer who went six innings and allowed no earned runs off just two hits and struck out 13 Eagles, the most strikeouts in a game since 2019. Plummer had some help from his offense who stole 14 bases and drew 17 walks, both tied for most in a single game in program history. VMI has now posted double-digit run totals in their first five games for the first time in program history.
 


 
Key Stats
- VMI tallied 15 runs off four hits with nine RBIs.
- The Keydets had 15 stolen base attempts, the most attempts in a single game in the team's history.
- Owen Prince matched the single-game record for stolen bases with six and walks with five.
- Prince also posted a team-most four runs.
- Kazuya Jordan recorded four stolen bases, three walks, and three runs.
- Grayson Fitzwater drew three walks and scored three times.
- Bradley Garner had a team-high two hits while Boston Torres drove in a game-high three RBIs.
- Keydet staffers recorded a season-high 17 punchouts.
 

Scoring Summary
- Both sides got one run in the first inning with VMI earning theirs off an error that scored Prince.
- It took until the sixth inning for the Keydets to get the next run, scoring twice off a Torres sacrifice fly and a passed ball.
- VMI had three cross the plate in the seventh inning after Torres hit another sacrifice fly followed by a wild pitch and then an infield single by Garner.
- Ryan Peterson stole home for the Keydets' seventh run of the game in the eighth.
- VMI continued to score off another passed ball and a Cole Raile sacrifice fly, making it 10-1.
- Despite the Eagles getting one back in the eighth, the Keydets were walked seven times, accumulating five runs in the ninth inning.
 
Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets continue the series tomorrow at Joe Cannon Stadium with a new first pitch time of Noon.
 
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