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VMI Baseball: Keydets improve to 7-0 in 2025 with 16-0 win at Coppin State

Chris Graham
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VMI Baseball, which plays at #2 UVA on Tuesday, is now a quiet 7-0 on the season, after completing a weekend sweep of Coppin State on Sunday with a 16-0 win.

It’s not even March yet, but the winning streak has the Keydets at #49 in the D1 RPI ratings, and note that VMI is averaging a nation-best 14.0 runs per game, with a team slash line of .356/.551/.552.

Redshirt junior Jaxon Lloyd (2-0, 0.92 ERA) got the win on Sunday, going six innings and allowing just one hit, no runs, and no walks with nine strikeouts.

Sophomore DH Cole Raile (.350 BA, 1.409 OPS, 3 HRs, 13 RBIs) homered and drove in four in Sunday’s win.

Junior second baseman Kazuya Jordan (.353 BA, 1.144 OPS, 12 RBIs) was 2-for-4 with five RBIs.

The Keydets stole (gulp!) 13 bases on Sunday, and have 67 steals through seven games this season, which, yes, leads the nation.

The UVA-VMI game has a scheduled 3 p.m. ET Tuesday first pitch.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham 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, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to Substack or his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].