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VCU holds on for 6-4 win over VMI

Chris Graham

VMI AthleticsDespite a three-run home run from sophomore Brett Cook, VCU defeated VMI 6-4 Tuesday evening in non-conference play in Gray-Minor Stadium.

VCU scored a run in the top of the first and the Keydets tied the score in the third after Jed Barrett led off with a triple. Cook later doubled in the inning but was left stranded on base.

The visiting Rams opened a 6-1 lead after notching one run in the sixth, three in the seventh and one in the eighth. Barrett walked to open the bottom of the eighth for VMI and Justin Nase followed with a bunt single. Cook cleared the bases with a longball to left field and cut the lead to 6-4. Trey Morgan doubled with one out but Nolan Wilson worked out of the jam. Wilson struck out the side in the ninth to close out the game.

Cook finished 2-for-4 while Barrett had a hit and a walk. Cole Garrett tripled and Cole Jenkins also had a hit.

Jack Thompson tossed 2.2 innings of relief, allowing just one hit and no runs with two strikeouts. Traylor Duval closed the game out with two scoreless frames with two strikeouts.

Ben Nippolt was 3-5 for VCU (17-14) with a double, two runs and two RBI. Jack Masloff earned the win on the mound, throwing four innings of one-hit relief with five strikeouts.

VMI (10-24) hosts The Citadel later in the week in a Southern Conference series. The games are scheduled for Thursday and Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m.

Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham, the king of "fringe media," a zero-time Virginia Sportswriter of the Year, and a member of zero Halls of Fame, is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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