LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball led late until George Washington flipped the script and stunned the Keydets at Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium on Wednesday night.

The Keydets (16-9, 2-1 SoCon) allowed five runs to cross the plate in the seventh inning, putting the Revolutionaries out front without looking back for a 10-8 final.
 
 
Key Stats
- VMI put up eight runs off 10 hits with eight RBIs.
- The Keydets had five extra-base hits.
- Grayson Fitzwater smacked his seventh homer of the season, finishing the day with two hits and two RBIs.
- The first six spots in the VMI lineup accounted for nine of its 10 hits, along with six runs.
- Boston Torres drew three walks and had two stolen bases.
- Bradley Garner slapped a double and a triple.
- Keydet staffers combined for 11 strikeouts.
- Torres extended his on-base streak to 25 games while Fitzwater eclipsed 20 games.
- Clark Driscoll, Andrew Jones, and Nathan Hawley each posted three strikeouts.
 
 
Scoring Summary
- GWU got out in front in the opening frame, taking a 2-0 advantage.
- Fitzwater's home run to right field cut the deficit in half, 2-1.
- In the second inning, Kazuya Jordan doubled in one run right before Owen Prince drove in VMI's third run of the game to take the lead.
- The Keydets tallied back-to-back-to-back hits from Cole Raile, Garner, and Torres in the fourth inning to extend their lead, 6-2.
- Representing as one of the nation's best small-ball teams, VMI plated one more in the bottom of the fourth from a sacrifice bunt provided by Ayden Schnarrs.
- The Revs had a short surge in the fifth inning, making it a 7-5 game.
- VMI tallied its eighth run off a Fitzwater RBI single.
- It was the troubling seventh frame that haunted the Keydets as the Revs scored five runs to turn the game around.
 
Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets begin a three-game series against UNC Greensboro on Friday for their first Southern Conference home game of the year.
 
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