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Post by The Cats on May 14, 2024 20:18:56 GMT -5
Who: VMI Keydets When: Thursday, May 16 thru Saturday, May 18, 2024 Time: Thursday 6:00 pm; Friday 2 pm & Saturday 1:00 pm Where: Gray-Minor Stadium, Lexington, Va. Radio: Catamount Sports NetworkTV/video: ESPN+Live Stats: VMI Live StatsColors: Red, Gold, and White Head Coach: Sam Roberts enters his second season at the helm of the VMI baseball program. The former VMI star and Oakland A's minor leaguer Sam Roberts was promoted to head coach of the VMI baseball program on August 5, 2022 after serving as an assistant coach since 2017. Following the team’s success in his first year, Roberts earned VMI’s Distinguished Coaching Award. VMI finished the season fifth in the nation with a .322 batting average, tied for 44th in hits and tied for 49th in runs. The Keydets ranked 16th in slugging percentage (.529) and 25th in on base percentage (.409). VMI's SoCon winning percentage was the best for the team since 2018 and 26 total wins ties the 2018 squad. VMI tied the school record for the seventh-most wins in a single season in school history. The Series: The Cats own a 70-25 overall record vs. VMI, in a series that started in 1971. The Cats are 25-12 in games played in Lexington, but are on a 2 game slide to the Keydets. The Cats are 6-4 in the last 10 games played. Current record: 25-26 overall, 15-6 home, 9-19 away, 1-1 neutral, 6-12 SoCon This is the finals weekend series for both teams before the conference tournament starts on Wednesday, May 22. The Keydets are coming off a series sweep by ETSU
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Post by wcu32 on May 15, 2024 0:06:38 GMT -5
Only sweep will get us ahead of ETSU and #3 seed. Rather avoid Wofford in 1st rd
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Post by catman72 on May 15, 2024 9:12:14 GMT -5
I agree but not getting my hopes up....VMI plays good at home......I think they have a winning record.....
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Post by wcu32 on May 16, 2024 0:13:20 GMT -5
I agree but not getting my hopes up....VMI plays good at home......I think they have a winning record..... I stand corrected by Mr Hooker. Wofford swept Samford and we swept wed finish 2. I forgot top 4 in dbl elimination other 4 not. So dont care where finish along as top 4
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Post by The Cats on May 16, 2024 5:44:25 GMT -5
⚾Game Day⚾"WCU can finish as high as second in the standings if the Catamounts sweep all three games at VMI this week to get to 14-7 and first-place Samford drops three to Wofford, relegating the Bulldogs to 13-8. UNCG would leap-frog Samford to win the regular season and garner the No. 1 seed. Three Catamount wins at VMI regardless of what happens around the conference and in Birmingham, Ala., would put WCU at 14-7 and would land the squad in third place, overtaking ETSU at 13-8. Essentially, though, with a game lead over Wofford in the standings, WCU must simply mirror or be better than the Terriers to lock itself into the double-elimination portion of next week's tournament." ![](https://catamountsports.com/images/2024/5/13/2024_BASE_GmDay_atVMI_FRONT.png?width=1416&quality=80&format=jpg)
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on May 16, 2024 14:26:38 GMT -5
I want the sweep, but regardless of what happens, Coach Beck has done a great job with these men this year.
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Post by The Cats on May 16, 2024 17:48:32 GMT -5
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Post by The Cats on May 16, 2024 17:51:26 GMT -5
The radio broadcast and ESPN+ are down.... ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNvDGn7W0AET0Mt?format=jpg&name=large)
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Post by The Cats on May 16, 2024 17:58:32 GMT -5
Now 7-1 Cats
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Post by The Cats on May 16, 2024 18:08:31 GMT -5
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