NORFOLK, Va. – VMI Baseball put the pedal to the metal in its road outing against Norfolk State, scoring 26 runs in a dominating victory on Wednesday at Marty L. Miller Field.
 
For the second-straight game, the Keydets (19-11, 3-3 SoCon) slugged their way to another run-rule triumph, this time a 26-6 final over the Spartans in seven innings. VMI's 26 runs and 17 hits are the most this season, with 26 runs being the most in a single game since 2002. This marks the ninth time the Keydets have run-ruled their opponent in 2025. During its three-game winning streak, VMI has outscored its opponents, 51-18, and has collected 43 hits.
 
 
Key Stats
- VMI put up 26 runs off 17 hits with 22 RBIs, which are all season highs.
- The Keydets drew 11 walks and stole nine bases.
- Six different Keydets had multiple hits.
- Owen Prince went four for five, including two doubles, with six RBIs and four runs, setting new career highs in all categories, to extend his hitting streak to eight games.
- Prince also stole three bases to get to an even 40 steals on the year.
- Kazuya Jordan was a perfect four for four with five RBIs, setting a new career high in both statistics and extending his hitting streak to seven games.
- Cole Raile smashed his 10th homer of the season with four runs while Ayden Schnarrs recorded his first long ball of his career with three runs.
- Boston Torres posted a pair of hits, including a homer, with three RBIs and three runs.
- Torres has now homered in five straight games and gotten on base in all 30 contests.
- Bradley Garner got on base all four times by drawing three walks and getting hit by a pitch.
- Max Perry returned to the lineup and put up a pair of hits and four runs.
- Getting his second win of the season was Hunter Sipe after going 2.2 innings with three strikeouts.
- Also getting work in on the bump was Justin Spiegel, who tossed four strikeouts, and Nolan Williamson, who punched out two.
- Every Keydet that came to the plate got on base at least once, while all but one Keydet earned one run or one RBI.
- Grayson Fitzwater extends his on-base streak to 25 games.
 
Scoring Summary
- VMI came out firing early, posting nine first-inning runs.
- Torres walked in one run right before three Keydets were hit by pitches, leading to three more runs to cross the plate.
- Jordan recorded a sacrifice hit to score VMI's fifth run right before Prince cleared the bases with a two-RBI double to extend the lead to seven.
- Continuing the surge was Garner, who was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded right before Torres reached on an error to score the Keydets' final run of the inning.
- In the second inning, VMI scored nine more runs.
- Kicking off the frame was a Jordan triple, followed by a Prince single who would later score after trickery on the base path.
- Fitzwater doubled in another run before a Torres sacrifice fly and a two-run shot by Schnarrs, leading up to another RBI base hit by Jordan to make it 18-0 by the end of the half inning.
- The Spartans got one run in the bottom of the second.
- Prince picked up the scoring in the fourth inning after a sacrifice fly.
- In the fifth, Torres launched a dead-center home run to eclipse 20 runs for the Keydets.
- Norfolk State answered with a pair of runs in the fifth to make it 20-3.
- More action followed in the next frame as Prince doubled and Raile homered to add three more runs.
- However, the Spartans would tally three runs in the same inning.
- The Keydets capped off the day with a trio of runs in the seventh.
- Brycen Hamilton earned an RBI before back-to-back singles by Jordan and Prince added onto the large Keydet lead, 26-6.
 
Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets return to Southern Conference play this weekend against Mercer. VMI will begin the three-game bout with the Bears on Friday at 6 p.m. and then carry into Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.
 
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