VMI baseball falls to Wofford, 8-7

The Wofford Terriers scored the game’s last six runs, including the go-ahead tally on a wild throw that hit a runner attempting to steal, and went on to defeat the VMI Keydets, 8-7, in Southern Conference baseball action Saturday in Spartanburg, S.C.

VMI (4-10, 0-2 SoCon) jumped out to leads of 5-0 and 7-2, but Wofford (20-5, 2-0) scored once in the fifth, twice in the sixth and twice more in the seventh to tie the game, 7-7. Matt Pelt drew a two-out walk in the eighth against reliever Matt Eagle (0-1). Pelt then stole second and was hit by Matt Winn’s throw, which was wide to the first base side.

Pelt’s momentum helped propel the ball into shallow left-center field, and the Wofford outfielder immediately sprinted toward third and was waved home. He would score easily, and although the Keydets got the tying run aboard in the ninth, Tyler Tharp grounded into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.