LEXINGTON, Va. – VMI Baseball opened up its final series of the regular season on Thursday night at Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium, falling to The Citadel 9-2. 

VMI drops to 28-24 (3-16 SoCon) while The Citadel improves to 28-24 (9-10 SoCon).

Key Stats
- Ayden Schnarrs has two hits and a walk
- Owen Prince, Seth Buchanan record one hit and a run apiece
- Cole Raile snaps hit streak, drives in a run
- Justin Spiegel goes 4.1 innings, strikes out six but gives up five
- Jim Douthat (1.1 IP) strikes out two, allows zero runs with six batters faced
- Will Holmes throws 7.0 innings, 10 strikeouts

Scoring Summary
First Inning
-Michael Gibson doubles in TJ Anderson (1-0)
Third Inning
-Jayden Williams smashes a two-run homer (3-0
Fourth Inning
-Hunt scores on a sacrifice fly (4-0)
Fifth Inning
-TJ Anderson singles in Lane Tobin (5-0)
Sixth Inning
-Bulldogs bring two more in after a single to left center (7-0)
Eighth Inning
-Wild pitch and Anderson single makes it 9-0
Ninth Inning
-Bradley Garner singles in Seth Buchanan (9-1)
- Cole Raile drives in Owen Prince (9-2)

Next up for the Keydets
The Keydets and Bulldogs square off again on Friday, with first pitch slated to 6 p.m.

Game 2 | Friday, May 15 at 6 p.m. | Live Stats / ESPN+
- RHP Andrew Buffkin vs. RHP Clark Driscoll

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