ARLINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball used a 10-run seventh inning to stroll past George Washington at Tucker Field Tuesday afternoon.
The Keydets (24-14, 4-5 SoCon) avenged their loss in March with a 16-4 road win over the Revolutionaries to split the season series. With the triumph, VMI has now won four straight midweek matchups and is on a three-game winning streak.
Key Stats
- VMI scored 16 runs off eight hits with 12 RBIs.
- The Keydets drew nine walks.
- VMI faced 11 different Revs' pitchers.
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Owen Prince went three for five with a pair of RBIs and runs.
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Bradley Garner smacked a three-run home run.
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Kazuya Jordan tallied a pair of hits with three RBIs and two runs, including a double.
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Ayden Schnarrs scored a team-high three times with two stolen bases.
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Boston Torres and
James Newsome each walked and scored twice.
- In his first collegiate start,
Nolan Williamson went three innings and allowed just one run.
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Evan Parmer gets his third win after tossing four innings in relief, allowing just one run and striking out five.
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Grayson Fitzwater and
Cole Raile recorded an RBI single.
- Torres has reached base safely in all 38 games, while Fitzwater extends his on-base streak to 33 games.
- VMI's staffers have allowed five or fewer earned runs in five straight games.
- The Keydets' 10-run seventh inning is the first time VMI has scored double digits in an inning since 2023.
Scoring Summary
- GW got the first run of the game in the second inning to get ahead, 1-0.
- VMI knotted it up at one apiece after Schnarrs scored on an error.
- The Revs bounced back in the fifth inning to make it a 3-1 game.
- Jordan and Prince kicked off the big seventh inning with back-to-back RBI singles. Schnarrs scored on the next at-bat off another Revs' miscue right before back-to-back RBI singles by Fitzwater and Raile that doubled up GW, 6-3. Torres and Newsome drew bases-loaded walks to add two more runs. Another error and a Jordan two-RBI double capped off the inning to give the Keydets a 13-3 lead.
- VMI scored four runs in the ninth inning with an RBI single by Prince and a three-run blast by Garner.
- Despite GW getting one back in the bottom half, Parmer struck out the final batter to get the win.
Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets return to the friendly confines for a Southern Conference series against Samford starting Thursday and ending on Saturday.
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