LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball took care of business at Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium, earning the season sweep over George Washington Tuesday evening.
After defeating the Revolutionaries on the road a few weeks ago, the Keydets (24-8, 2-4 SoCon) welcomed them to Lexington and tallied a 10-7 victory. VMI has swept the season series against GW for the first time since 1968.
Key Stats
- VMI posted 10 runs off 11 hits.
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Cole Cook went three-for-four at the dish with four RBIs.
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Cole Raile smashed his ninth home run, ending the night with a pair of hits, two RBIs, and three runs.
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Ayden Schnarrs and
Bradley Garner tallied two hits apiece.
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Eli Tyndall pitched 3.1 innings en route to the win, allowing just three hits and no runs.
- The Keydets drew 10 walks, the ninth game with double-digit walks.
Scoring Summary
First Inning: GW got the ball rolling first, but VMI turned around and tallied two runs in the bottom half with a bases-loaded walk followed by a Cook RBI single.
Second Inning: A sacrifice fly from
Owen Prince scored
Kazuya Jordan to add to the lead, 3-1.
Third Inning: A pair of home runs flipped the script and gave the Revs a 4-3 advantage.
Fourth Inning: GW plated two runs in the fourth to double up the Keydets, 6-3.
Fifth Inning: VMI's offense picked back up in the fifth, starting with a Cook two-RBI double followed by another two-RBI hit from Schnarrs to take a 7-6 lead.
Sixth Inning: Cook walked in the Keydets' eighth run.
Seventh Inning: Raile launched a two-run laser to cap off VMI's scoring surge.
Ninth Inning: GW made it interesting in a final push, scoring on a fielding miscue to put runners on the corners. But
Hunter Sipe nailed down the final outs to shut down the Revs' threat.
Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets return to Southern Conference play this weekend in Birmingham, Alabama, facing Samford in a three-game series.
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