LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball had a tough outing Friday night against Samford at Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium.
The Keydets (25-15, 5-6 SoCon) suffered a 9-2 defeat to the Bulldogs, evening the series ahead of Saturday's matinee. Leading the charge offensively was
Bradley Garner, who tallied three of VMI's six hits, including a home run that produced the lone RBI.
Key Stats
- VMI had two runs off six hits with one RBI.
- Garner hit his sixth home run of the season to move his hitting streak to seven games.
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Grayson Fitzwater,
Cole Raile, and
Kazuya Jordan each recorded hits.
- Fitzwater has reached base safely in 35 games and is on a seven-game hitting streak.
- Four Keydets were hit by pitches.
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Jaxon Lloyd went six innings with seven strikeouts, while
Marcus Van Alstine totaled 2.2 innings with six strikeouts.
- With an early walk,
Boston Torres extended his on-base streak to 40 games, the second-known Keydet to accomplish this feat.
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Owen Prince walked twice.
- VMI's staffers combined for 14 strikeouts, the third most this season.
Scoring Summary
- Samford struck first, scoring a pair of runs in the third inning.
- VMI cut the deficit in half after a Garner solo shot to left center in the bottom half of the third inning.
- However, the Bulldogs answered with two more runs in the sixth.
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James Newsome came around to score after a Samford fielding error, making it 4-2.
- Despite the potential comeback, the Keydets witnessed the Bulldogs plate five unanswered runs in the final three innings.
Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets face the Bulldogs in a rubber match on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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