ATHENS, Ohio – VMI Baseball dropped game one in its series to Ohio Friday night at Bob Wren Stadium.
The Keydets (21-14, 4-5 SoCon) inched towards a comeback but could not catch up to the Bobcats in an 8-5 defeat.
Key Stats
- VMI scored five runs off eight hits with five RBIs.
- The Keydets drew seven walks.
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James Newsome and
Boston Torres combined for all five runs.
- Newsome sparked VMI's offense with a home run and a double, finishing the day with a pair of RBIs and runs.
- Torres went two for three with three runs and two walks to extend his on-base streak to a perfect 35 games and his hitting streak to 12.
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Ryan Peterson smacked a two-RBI single.
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Justin Spiegel did stellar work out of the bullpen, limiting Ohio to a pair of runs while striking out five in five innings.
- After earning a hit and a walk,
Grayson Fitzwater has now reached base safely in 30 straight games.
Scoring Summary
- Ohio went up, 5-0, after the third inning.
- Newsome's towering shot to right field in the fourth inning cut the deficit to just three.
- However, the Bobcats answered with two runs, one in the fourth and another in the fifth, to make it 7-2.
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Kazuya Jordan earned an RBI after scoring Torres on a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
- Despite Ohio getting one run back, VMI was able to push the pace and plate two in the eighth frame off Peterson's single.
Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets face the Bobcats in round two of the series tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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