VMI baseball has swept three straight series to start 2025 after defeating Norfolk State at Lamore Field at Gray-Minor Stadium March 2, 2025.
The Keydets earned their 10th victory after a dominating 19-8 outing against the Spartans. VMI has had six games decided by the run rule and has scored double digits in all 10 wins.
Key Stats
- VMI had 19 runs off 16 hits with 17 RBIs.
- All nine Keydets reached base safely, while eight of the nine earned at least one hit.
- James Newsome ’25 went four for five with three RBIs, three runs, and two stolen bases.
- Cole Raile ’27 launched a pair of home runs while going three for four with four RBIs and two steals.
- VMI had six stolen bases and drew nine walks.
- Ryan Peterson ’25 was a perfect three for three at the dish with three RBIs.
- Kazuya Jordan ’26 hit his second home run of the series.
- Earning his sixth multi-hit game was Boston Torres ’28, who had a pair of singles, two RBIs, and two runs.
- Bradley Garner ’28 scored and walked four times.
- Max Perry ’28 drove in three runs.
- Marcus Van Alstine ’25 got his first win on the bump after going 3.2 innings in relief and tallying five strikeouts.
- Jaxon Lloyd ’25 started the game and had five strikeouts.
- Closing out the day was Justin Spiegel ’27, who recorded three strikeouts in just one inning.
Scoring Summary
- The Spartans came out slugging again, scoring the first run of the game in the first inning.
- VMI was not fazed, scoring four runs off three singles and a fielder’s choice.
- Norfolk State tied the game in the third, 4-4.
- The Keydets rallied in the bottom half of the inning after a Spartans’ error, and a single by Perry made it 7-4.
- In the fourth inning, Norfolk State knotted it up again, 7-7.
- Despite the rally, VMI went full force, starting with a solo shot by Raile, then a two-RBI single by Peterson to put the Keydets up, 10-7.
- VMI came back with a six spot in the fifth inning, kicking off the inning with a Jordan solo homer to center field before Raile clobbered his second home run of the day, this one with two on base.
- The Keydets continued with another RBI single by Peterson and a sacrifice bunt by Perry to run the score up to 16-7.
- Another Torres RBI and Newsome single to the alley gave VMI its season-high 19th run of the game.
Editor’s Note: This article was first published on vmikeydets.com.
