2008 KEYDET BASEBALL

 VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES  Coppin State (2-40) at VMI (20-19) April 22-23 Gray-Minor Stadium

Probable Starting Pitchers CSU Nate Kellar, Fr., LHP (0-2, 9.38 ERA) vs. VMI Adam Kruithof, Fr., RHP (1-1, 9.00 ERA) CSU TBA vs. VMI Ryan Barefoot, Fr., RHP (1-1, 4.00 ERA)

Date Opponent Time/Result VMI enters this week’s two-game set with preserve the win. Feb. 23 Lafayette (DH) W, 7-1; L, 5-7 Coppin State after dropping two of three against At 10-5 in the Big South, the Keydets now Feb. 24 Lafayette L, 9-11 Feb. 29 Binghamton W, 11-7 Liberty last weekend in Lynchburg. sit tied atop the League standings with 10-2 Mar. 1 Binghamton (DH) L, 3-4; W, 9-7 The Keydets claimed their first win at Coastal Carolina. The Chanticleers visit Gray- Mar. 2 Central Connecticut St. W, 7-2 Mar. 4 Virginia Ppd. Worthington Stadium since joining the Big South Minor Stadium this weekend ranked as highly as Mar. 6 at Auburn L, 3-9 Conference on Saturday, dousing the Flames in 15th nationally. Mar. 7 at Auburn L, 4-6 16 innings. Friday night is Corps Night, as the VMI base- Mar. 8 at Auburn L, 1-10 Mar. 9 at Auburn L, 5-6 The marathon was VMI’s second 16-inning ball program welcomes the corps of cadets to Mar. 11 Old Dominion L, 6-7 game in two weeks, having earlier defeated Gray-Minor Stadium. Fans should plan to come Mar. 12 at William & Mary L, 3-12 Mar. 14 Marshall L, 3-4 Radford at Gray-Minor Stadium, 3-2. out early to get your seats, as we expect a full Mar. 15 Marshall L, 1-5 In last weekend’s version, the Keydets tied house for the 7 p.m. start. Mar. 16 Marshall L, 2-7 the game in the bottom of the ninth once again, Saturday’s 6 p.m. contest marks Community Mar. 19 at Norfolk State W, 11-2 Mar. 21 at High Point* W, 5-4 this time with Thane Smith trotting home on Night, as several activities are planned with kids Mar. 22 at High Point* (DH) W, 5-3; W, 3-0 Brian Sandridge’s single into left field. in mind. There will be face-painting, games, Mar. 25 William and Mary W, 9-8 Mar. 26 at James Madison L, 4-8 The Keydets took a 5-4 lead in the 15th, bouncies and other fun stuff throughout the night, Mar. 28 Winthrop* L, 3-11 when Sam Roberts scored on Mike Roberts’ single and Edy’s Ice Cream will be on hand. In addi- Mar. 29 Winthrop* W, 5-4 Mar. 30 Winthrop* L, 0-4 into right field, but that would not be enough for tion, Hess and Company Jewelers will give away a Apr. 1 Richmond W, 9-5 a VMI win. The Flames rallied to tie the game VMI watch valued at over $100 both nights. Apr. 2 at Old Dominion W, 7-3 again in the home 15th, when Garrett Young The Keydets and Eagles meet for the seventh Apr. 5 Radford* W, 4-3 (11) Apr. 6 Radford* W, 9-5 scored on Aaron Grijalva’s two-bagger down the consecutive season this week, with VMI holding a Apr. 7 Radford* W, 3-2 (16) left field-line. Chris Duty was summoned into the 16-0 record in the series. This year, Coppin State Apr. 8 VCU L, 5-3 Apr. 9 at Longwood Cancelled game with the winning run at second base and swept a doubleheader at home against North Apr. 11 at UNC Asheville* L, 5-8 one out, and escaped the jam by making maybe Carolina Central, breaking a 55-game losing Apr. 12 at UNC Asheville* W, 7-4 the play of the game, beating Kenneth Negron to streak for the program. Apr. 13 at UNC Asheville* W, 10-3 Apr. 15 James Madison W, 6-4 first base on a bunt-single attempt to receive the Apr. 16 Norfolk State W, 10-7 throw from Jordan Ballard, ending the inning. Apr. 18 at Liberty* L, 0-8 Apr. 19 at Liberty* W, 6-5 (16) Following an A.J. Yoder single that plated Apr. 20 at Liberty* L, 1-6 Sandridge, Duty retired the Flames in order to Apr. 22 Coppin State 6 p.m. Apr. 23 Coppin State 4 p.m. Apr. 25 Coastal Carolina* 7 p.m. Probable Lineup Apr. 26 Coastal Carolina* 6 p.m. Yr. AVG R 2B 3B HR RBI SLG OBP SB-A Apr. 27 Coastal Carolina* 1 p.m. RF Sam Roberts Fr. .310 19 8 0 0 11 .381 .416 8-9 Apr. 29 at VCU 7 p.m. DH Mike Roberts Jr. .333 17 7 0 5 32 .500 .390 5-5 Apr. 30 Virginia Tech 6 p.m. May 9 Maryland-Eastern Shore 6 p.m. 3B Tanner Biagini So. .342 23 7 0 4 30 .462 .398 2-2 May 10 Maryland-Eastern Shore 6 p.m. LF Brian Sandridge R-So. .351 18 7 0 6 28 .542 .386 2-4 May 11 Maryland-Eastern Shore 1 p.m. 1B Jordan Ballard So. .291 25 9 0 8 20 .537 .389 3-4 May 13 at Virginia 6 p.m. May 14 Longwood 6 p.m. SS A.J. Yoder Jr. .250 19 4 1 2 14. 353 .333 3-4 May 16 Charleston Southern* 7 p.m. CF Justin Hess So. .229 13 5 0 1 8 .297 .316 6-10 May 17 Charleston Southern* 6 p.m. May 18 Charleston Southern* 1 p.m. C Alex Haitsuka Fr. .261 7 6 0 0 3 .348 .350 0-1 May 20-24 at Big South Tournament TBD 2B Shane Geisslinger Sr. .312 31 8 1 0 15 .383 .406 14-16 VMI’s Record in 2008..... VMI Off to Hot Start In Conference ging percentage. Thanks to a pair of sweeps and a road He is currently on a career-best 12-game Overall ...... 20-19 series win over the Big South’s first five week- hitting streak, during which he is 25-for-60 (.417) with four doubles, two home runs, 12 Big South ...... 10-5 ends of play, VMI is in a tie atop the league standings with a 10-5 mark. RBIs and eight runs scored Non-Conference ...... 10-14 The start is the program’s best-ever to a At Home ...... 12-10 conference season, besting the 8-7 mark of the Henderson Racks Up Strikeouts 1988, 1989 and 2003 teams. On the Road ...... 8-9 Junior hurler Chris Henderson, despite post- ing impressive numbers, was never considered a At Home (Big South) ...... 4-2 Bullpen Comes Up Big strikeout pitcher in his first two years at VMI, On the Road (Big South) ...... 6-3 While VMI’s weekend rotation received striking out 79 batters in 111 innings. That belief has been shattered this season, At Home (Non-Conference) ...... 8-8 many of the headlines in the preseason, the team’s bullpen has come up big as of late. as Henderson currently ranks third in the Big On the Road (Non-Conference) ...... 2-6 In the past 16 games, the VMI bullpen has South with 57 strikeouts in 57 innings, thanks in In Extra-Inning Games ...... 3-0 gone 5-0 with four saves in 35 total appear- large part to back-to-back double-digit strikeout ances, posting an ERA of 1.71 with opponents games in conference play. Vs. Top 25 Teams ...... 0-0 hitting only .177. In his first league appearance, Henderson Vs. In-State Teams ...... 10-6 In conference play this season, the bullpen struck out ten against High Point in seven has been impressive as well, going 4-0 with four innings before striking out 11 against Winthrop Playing a Day Game ...... 12-14 saves and a 2.38 ERA in 26 total appearances. in eight innings. He did not walk a batter in Playing a Night Game ...... 8-5 Opponents are hitting only .205 off of Keydet either appearance, and ranks second in the the Big South by issuing only five walks all year. In First Game of a Doubleheader ...... 2-1 relievers, who have struck out 41 batters and walked only 15 in 45.1 innings. The right-hander currently ranks atop the In Second Game of a Doubleheader ...... 2-1 Keydet career recordbook by issuing only 1.71 In Single Games ...... 16-17 Wood Carving of Late walks per nine innings in his career. In his two- plus years with the Keydets, Henderson now has In one-run games ...... 6-4 Redshirt-sophomore reliever Daniel Wood 136 strikeouts and 32 walks in 168 innings. has been quite impressive on the mound of late. In two-run games ...... 3-4 Since coming on in relief and surrendering In five + run games ...... 5-7 two runs, one earned, against Winthrop on March Keydets Top League Pitching Charts Midway through the season, the VMI pitch- When Scoring First ...... 12-6 28, Wood has been fairly dominant in April. He has made six relief appearances and has allowed ing staff currently tops the Big South ledger in When Opponent Scores First ...... 8-13 only seven hits in 14 innings and has not surren- several categories. When Leading Entering 7th Inning . . . . .14-0 dered an earned run during the stretch. The Keydets currently hold both the fewest Wood worked five innings of no-hit ball walks (90) in the Big South, while ranking sec- When Trailing Entering 7th Inning ...... 2-14 against VCU (4/8), then topped his career-best ond with the most strikeouts (315) in the When Tied Entering 7th Inning ...... 4-5 by working six innings against JMU (4/15), allow- League. Additionally, the Keydets lead the Big South When Leading Entering 9th Inning . . . . .16-0 ing three hits and no runs while collecting his first career win. and rank third nationally with only 2.50 walks When Trailing Entering 9th Inning ...... 3-18 Wood has lowered his ERA to 1.71 this sea- per nine innings, while also leading the league When Tied Entering 9th Inning ...... 1-0 son, striking out 22 in 21 innings, walking six with a 3.18 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a 1.31 while opponents are hitting only .178 off of him. WHIP (Walks + Hits per Inning Pitched). When Scoring 5 Runs or Less ...... 6-17 When Scoring 6+ Runs ...... 14-2 Sandridge On A Tear In Conference Sixteen Innings In Sixteen Lines When Allowing 5 Runs or Less ...... 17-5 Redshirt-sophomore Brian Sandridge has In what is believed to be the longest game been on a tear in conference play, as the out- in the modern era of both teams, VMI defeated When Allowing 6+ Runs ...... 3-14 fielder currently tops several Big South charts in Radford 3-2 in 16 innings on Monday, April 7 in When Out-Hitting an Opponent ...... 13-4 conference play. Lexington. VMI left a season-high 21 men on base in When Out-Hit by Opponent ...... 6-12 Sandridge leads the Big South in Conference play with 29 hits, and 45 total the marathon, that was mercifully ended when When Matching Opponent in Hits ...... 1-3 bases. He also ranks third with a .446 batting Justin Topping, the 32nd player to play in the When committing zero errors ...... 4-2 average, 14 RBIs (tied) and four home runs game, plated Brian Sandridge with a sacrifice fly (tied), while coming in fourth with a .692 slug- to center field. When committing one or more errors . . . . .16-17 When hitting a Home Run ...... 12-8 Scouting the Eagles Tale of the Tape Top Hitters AVG 2B HR RBI Vs. Starting LHP ...... 6-8 VMI CSU Harry Williams, 1B .333 16 4 22 .282 Batting Average .226 Vs. Starting RHP ...... 14-11 Patrick Regalado, C .281 8 3 13 .356 On-Base Percentage .322 Wearing White Jerseys ...... 4-3 Oscar Santalo, IF/C .264 5 1 16 .399 Slugging Percentage .313 Jerry Matos, OF .248 7 0 11 68 Doubles 63 Wearing Black Jerseys ...... 5-5 28 Home Runs 9 Wearing Red “KEYDETS” Jerseys ...... 6-5 Top Pitchers ERA W-L IP K 47-63 Stolen Bases-Attempts 31-50 Harry Williams 7.36 0-2 18.1 5 Wearing Red Logo Jerseys ...... 3-3 4.20 Earned Run Average 11.48 Jeremiah Cothiere 8.63 1-7 64.2 55 .269 Opponent Batting Average .382 Wearing Gray Jerseys ...... 2-3 Nate Kellar 9.38 0-2 24.0 13 1.31 Walks + Hits Per IP (WHIP) 2.52 Keydet reliever Travis Smink earned the win by Movin’ Up The Charts no-hitting RU for the final six innings, while the 2008 Team Almanac Longest Win Streak ...... 5 Keydets stranded ten base runners in extras alone. Pitching Longest Losing Streak ...... 9 Brian Sandridge set a school record for at bats Earned Run Average (Min. 140 IP) Most Runs Scored .11, (2x) Last at NSU (3/19) while going 4-for-8, while his three doubles equaled 1. John Pate 2.95 1971-73 Fewest Runs Scored .0, (2x), Last at LU (4/18) a school mark in the four-hour, 32-minute affair. 2. Michael Bowman 3.43 2006-Pres. Most Runs Allowed .12,at William & Mary (3/12) In the VMI annals, a 16-inning game was 3. Vern Beitzel 3.45 1969-72 Fewest Runs Allowed ...... 0, at HPU (3/22) played in 1929, as VMI Hall of Famer Lefty Williams 4. Chris Henderson 3.70 2006-Pres. Average Runs Scored ...... 5.2 took a complete-game, 1-0 loss versus Virginia Tech. 5. Trey Barham 3.85 2005-Pres. Average Runs Allowed ...... 5.5

Opposing Batting Avg. (Min. 140 IP) In-State Standings (Through 4/21) Individual Highs Most Hits ...... 5, Biagini (3/22) 1. Michael Bowman .242 2006-Pres. Virginia 8-0 1.000 William & Mary 11-5 .688 Most At Bats ...... 8, Four Times 2. Trey Barham .260 2005-Pres. VMI 10-6 .625 Most Runs ...... 3, Three Times 3. Jeff DeMara .269 2002-05 Virginia Tech 6-4 .600 Most RBIs ...... 5, Roberts (3/1) 4. Chris Henderson .269 2006-Pres. Richmond 4-3 .571 Most Stolen Bases ...... 4, Geisslinger (4/16) 5. J.J. Hollenbeck .278 2003-06 JMU 10-8 .556 Most IP ...... 9.0, Four Times Kept Since 1995 Season George Mason 6-6 .500 Most Strikeouts ...... Old Dominion 9-10 .474 ...... 11, Henderson (3/30) & Barham (4/5) Strikeouts Per 9 IP (Min. 140 IP) VCU 5-7 .417 Record By Month 1. Ryan Glynn 8.78 1993-95 Liberty 7-10 .412 February ...... 2-2 ...... 500 2. Ian Ostlund 8.78 1998-00 Norfolk State 3-6 .333 March ...... 8-13 ...... 381 3. Trey Barham 8.58 2005-Pres. Longwood 5-11 .313 April ...... 10-4 ...... 714 4. Michael Bowman 8.36 2006-Pres. Radford 2-10 .167 May ...... 0-0 ...... 5. Bryan Augsburger 7.70 1982-85 Roberts Finds His Rhythm Record By Opponent Fewest Walks Per 9 IP (Min. 140 IP) Midway through his first year with the Keydets, Non-Conference . . . . .10-14 ...... 417 1. Chris Henderson 1.71 2006-Pres. freshman Sam Roberts has proven himself to be a Big South ...... 10-5 ...... 667 2. Jimmy Thoms 2.56 2002-05 very valuable player. Record By Day 3. Jeff DeMara 2.71 2002-05 After reaching base safely in 23 of the team’s Sunday ...... 4-5 ...... 444 4. Michael Bowman 2.74 2006-Pres. last 25 games, Roberts leads the team with a .416 Monday ...... 1-0 ...... 1.000 5. John Payne 2.88 1991-94 on-base percentage, 22 walks and ranks second with Tuesday ...... 3-2 ...... 600 eight stolen bases. Wednesday ...... 3-2 ...... 600 Wins He also ranks sixth (tied) in the Big South in Thursday ...... 0-1 ...... 000 1. Trey Barham 20 2005-Pres. walks and eighth (tied) in stolen bases Friday ...... 2-4 ...... 333 2. Ian Ostlund 16 1998-00 Additionally, he saw his career-best ten-game Saturday ...... 7-5 ...... 583 3. Chris Henderson 13 2006-Pres. hitting streak snapped in game one against UNCA. Five Others 13 During the streak, Roberts was 15-for-40 (.375) with Record vs. Conferences five doubles, seven RBIs and a .468 on-base per- America East ...... 2-1 Strikeouts centage. Binghamton ...... 2-1 1. Trey Barham 261 2005-Pres. His work at the plate only tells part of the story, Atlantic Coast ...... 2. Duke Acors 245 2002-05 as he also leads the team with five outfield assists Virginia ...... 3. Phil Hendrix 216 2000-03 while playing right field, throwing out a pair of run- Virginia Tech ...... ners at the plate. 4. W.G. Smith 204 1994-97 Atlantic 10 ...... 1-0 5. J.J. Hollenbeck 198 2003-06 Richmond ...... 1-0 6. Jay Adams 193 1994-95,97-98 Ballard Bashes CAA ...... 3-4 7. Bryan Augsburger 187 1982-85 Over a four-game stretch in mid-March, sopho- James Madison ...... 1-1 8. Jeremy Harper 186 2000-03 more first baseman Jordan Ballard went on a tear, Old Dominion ...... 1-1 9. Michael Bowman 183 2006-Pres. hitting four home runs against High Point, William & VCU ...... 0-1 Mary and James Madison. William & Mary ...... 1-1 Innings Pitched Ballard went 4-for-14 during the stretch, hitting Conference USA ...... 0-3 a three-run shot in the top of the ninth inning of the 1. Duke Acors 319.0 2002-05 Marshall ...... 0-3 first game of a doubleheader at High Point (3/22), to 2. Phil Hendrix 306.2 2000-03 Independent ...... bring the Keydets from behind on their way to a 5-3 3. Trey Barham 273.2 2005-Pres. Longwood ...... win. MEAC ...... 2-0 Ballard hit a solo home run in the second Coppin State ...... Batting inning against William & Mary (3/25) before hitting Stolen Bases Maryland-Eastern Shore ...... solo shots in both the fifth and ninth innings at JMU Norfolk State ...... 2-0 1. David Groseclose 100 1992-95 (3/26). Northeast ...... 1-0 2. Gary Sibayan 92 1986-89 The Troy, Va. native now leads the team with Central Connecticut State ...... 1-0 3. Louie Napoleon 51 1993-96 nine doubles and eight home runs and ranks second Patriot ...... 1-2 4. Shane Geisslinger 43 2005-Pres. with 25 runs scored and a .537 slugging percentage. Lafayette ...... 1-2 SEC ...... 0-4 Auburn ...... 0-4 Biagini Still Rolling Along Big South Standings Sophomore Tanner Biagini’s bat has not 2008 Keydet Honors Through Apr. 21 cooled much from the torrid pace he set to open Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Big South Overall the 2008 season. Award Pre-Season Watch List W-L GB W-L PCT Entering the week, Biagini is tied for seventh Michael Bowman Coastal Carolina 10-2 - 33-7 .825 in the Big South with 54 hits. VMI 10-5 1.5 20-19 .513 He now has hits in 31 of the team’s 39 Baseball America Preseason Liberty 8-4 2 20-19 .513 games this season, and has reached base safely Big South Pitcher of the Year High Point 8-7 3.5 16-23 .410 in 20 of the last 21 games. Michael Bowman Winthrop 6-6 4 16-23 .410 Earlier this season, Biagini had a career-best Charleston South. 4-8 6 15-24 .385 5-for-5 outing in game two against High Point, Baseball America Preseason Radford 3-9 7 16-22 .421 the most hits by a Keydet in a game since Mike UNC Asheville 2-10 8 16-27 .372 Roberts went 5-for-6 against Radford on May 12, Big South Top Prospect-2008 Draft 2007. Michael Bowman Big South Schedule He currently leads the team with 54 hits and 73 total bases, while ranking second with a .342 Baseball America Preseason Tuesday, April 22 batting average. All-Big South Conference Liberty at James Madison, 3:00pm College of Charleston at Coastal Carolina, 6 pm Michael Bowman Coppin State at VMI, 6:00pm Geisslinger Opens With A Bang Trey Barham Radford vs. Virginia Tech, 6:30pm Entering his senior season at VMI, second Gardner-Webb at UNC Asheville, 7:00pm baseman Shane Geisslinger had six career extra- SEBaseball.com Preseason base hits, all doubles, in 112 career contests. All-Big South First Team Wednesday, April 23 This season, Geisslinger has eight doubles Michael Bowman (1st Team) Radford at George Mason, 3:00pm and his first career triple, already surpassing his Trey Barham (1st Team) Wake Forest at Coastal Carolina, 6:00pm previous career total of extra-base hits. A.J. Yoder (2nd Team) High Point at North Carolina, 6:00pm On opening weekend, Geisslinger collected doubles in each of the weekend’s three contests. Liberty at Old Dominion, 6:00pm Ping!Baseball Preseason Coppin State at VMI, 6:00pm Additionally, Geisslinger established a new career- All Ping! Third Team Elon at Winthrop, 6:00pm high with four RBI in the season-opener, besting North Carolina A&T at UNC Asheville, 7:00pm his previous high of three from his freshman sea- Michael Bowman son against Richmond. Thursday, April 24 Geisslinger currently tops the Keydet ledger Johnny Bench Award Watch List High Point at Longwood, 6:00pm with his 31 runs scored, 14 stolen bases (in 15 Mike Roberts attempts) and 15 multiple-hit games. He also Friday, April 25 ranks second in the Big South in stolen bases. Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Candidate Liberty at Winthrop *, 2:00pm Trey Barham UNC Asheville at Radford *, 3:00pm Chris Does His Duty Coastal Carolina at VMI *, 6:00pm Sophomore Chris Duty certainly lived up to Big South Pitcher of the Week his surname in early April, working in relief in six Chris Henderson (3/24) Saturday, April 26 consecutive games over a nine-day span as the UNC Asheville at Radford *, 1:00pm Keydets went 5-1. Liberty at Winthrop *, 4:00pm Big South Player of the Week Duty began the run by throwing an inning in Brian Sandridge (4/7) Coastal Carolina at VMI *, 6:00pm the Sunday game against Winthrop (3/30). He picked up a win while throwing three innings Sunday, April 27 against Richmond (4/1), worked an inning against 2008 Keydet Rankings Coastal Carolina at VMI *, 1:00pm Old Dominion (4/2), then then appeared in all NCBWA Poll UNC Asheville at Radford *, 1:00pm three games against Radford, picking up the win Preseason- Receiving Votes Liberty at Winthrop *, 2:00pm in game one of the series (4/6). As a whole, Duty worked 9.2 innings, allow- intervened at the end of nine, and the game was Big South Preseason Poll ing five hits and two unearned runs over the finished on Sunday afternoon. VMI took a 4-3 1. Coastal Carolina stretch. win when Brian Sandridge hit his first career 2. VMI The right-hander has not allowed an earned walk-off home run, a three-run shot in the bottom 3. Liberty run in his last eight relief appearances, a stretch of the 11th after RU’s Alex Gregory gave the 4. Winthrop of 14.1 innings. Highlanders the lead with his two-run bomb in 5. High Point the top-half. 6. UNC Asheville Keydets Pick Up Second Big South The regularly-scheduled Sunday game was a pedestrian 9-5 VMI win, before the teams played T-7. Charleston Southern Sweep on Monday evening to make up Friday’s postpone- T-7. Radford It took an extra day and nine extra innings, ment. but VMI claimed their second Big South sweep of And play they would. Thirty-two players saw the year by taking care of Radford in a three- action in a 16-inning marathon, believed to be game set at Gray-Minor Stadium in early April. the longest game in the modern era for both pro- After postponing the Friday game, the teams grams. Justin Topping plated Brian Sandridge met in game one on Saturday, when nine innings with the winning run on a sacrifice fly, ending the weren’t enough to wrap things up. Mother nature marathon after four hours and 32 minutes. run in the fifth inning. He also went 2-for-5 with the loss in his CG, a 5-1 loss to Marshall (3/15), The home sweep of a conference opponent the walk-off home run in game one of the series while Henderson shut down Central Connecticut is VMI’s first since sweeping High Point on May against Radford, the first walk-off win for VMI State (3/2), earning the decision in a 7-2 victory. 13-15, 2005. this season. VMI is currently tied for the Big South lead It also marks the first time since joining the On the week, the redshirt-sophomore out- with three complete games. Big South that VMI has swept two conference fielder was 8-for-17 (.471) with three runs teams in the same season, after sweeping High scored, eight RBI, two doubles, one home run Henderson Named Big South Point on the road in mid-March. and two walks, in addition to a .765 slugging percentage and .526 on-base percentage. It Pitcher of the Week Junior right-hander Chris Henderson was Sandridge Named Big South Player marks the first time in his career that Sandridge has earned Big South Player of the Week acco- named Big South Conference New Balance of the Week lades. Pitcher of the Week for the week ending March Rockbridge County product Brian Sandridge 23. had three multiple-hit games last week and hit a Henderson (Fredericksburg, Va./Colonial three-run, walk-off home run in the 11th inning Keydet Hurlers Go The Distance Forge) struck out a career-best ten, including to defeat Radford, 4-3 on Sunday afternoon. For The Keydet weekend rotation, consisting of nine in the first four innings, while pitching his efforts, Sandridge was named Big South Trey Barham, Michael Bowman and Chris seven innings of VMI’s first shutout of the 2008 Conference Choice Hotels Player of the Week for Henderson, have each shown they have the abili- season. Henderson walked only one batter while the period ending April 7. ty to pitch deep into ballgames, as each of the scattering five hits, earning his third win of the Sandridge drove in runs in all four games three have already thrown complete games a season. He also worked a scoreless inning of last week as VMI went 4-0 against four in-state month into the season. relief in an 11-2 mid-week win against Norfolk opponents. He went 3-for-4 with two doubles Of note, each complete game has seen the State, as the Keydets went 4-0 on the road over Keydet hurler allow only one earned run. and two runs scored against Richmond, and had Spring Break. a 3-for-4 game with three RBIs in Sunday’s win Barham’s CG came in the conference opener This marks the second time that Henderson against the Highlanders, driving home the tying against High Point (3/21), as he took the win in has been named Big South Pitcher of the Week. a 5-4, come-from-behind victory. Bowman took He also earned the honor last April 9, when he Keydet Home Runs set down 15 batters in a row while pitching 7.2 No. Player Date Opponent Pitcher On Base Inn Outs Count Score Final innings against #3 Virginia in a 5-3 win. He fol- 1. YODER, A.J. 2/23 Lafayette Reese, K *0 6 0 3-1 1-1 W 7-1 lowed that up four days later, when he faced the 2. BIAGINI, T. 2/23 Lafayette Mostek, B 2 8 0 2-2 2-7 L 5-7 minimum through six innings against High Point 3. SANDRIDGE, B 2/24 Lafayette Hanna, R 2 5 2 0-0 3-11 L 9-11 before leaving in the seventh with a 3-2 lead. 4. BAREFOOT, R. 2/29 Binghamton Yannuzzi 2 2 2 3-0 1-0 W 11-4 5. BALLARD, J. 3/1 Binghamton Smith, Mu. 0 5 0 0-0 5-6 W 9-7 6. BIAGINI, T. 3/2 Central Conn. St. Allen 1 8 0 - 5-2 W 7-2 Pitching Dominates In Conference- 7. ROBERTS, M. 3/6 at Auburn Dayton 0 6 1 1-2 0-7 L 3-9 Opening Sweep 8. BIAGINI, T. 3/9 at Auburn Shuman *0 2 0 2-2 0-0 L 5-6 Against an offense regarded as one of the 9. BALLARD, J. 3/9 at Auburn Shuman 1 2 0 2-0 1-0 L 5-6 top in the Big South, the VMI pitching staff 10. HESS, J. 3/14 Marshall Blain 2 5 2 3-1 0-3 L 3-4 dominated its conference-opening series against 11. BALLARD, J. 3/22 at High Point O’Donnell 2 9 1 2-0 1-3 W 5-3 High Point, leading the Keydets to a sweep. 12. SANDRIDGE, B 3/22 at High Point O’Donnell 0 9 1 1-0 4-3 W 5-3 13. BALLARD, J. 3/25 William & Mary Billbrough *0 2 0 2-1 0-0 W 9-8 VMI got phenomenal starting pitching from 14. SANDRIDGE, B. 3/25 William & Mary Billbrough 3 3 2 2-2 3-0 W 9-8 Trey Barham, Michael Bowman and Chris 15. BIAGINI, T. 3/26 James Madison Kaylid 1 1 12 1-2 0-0 L 4-8 Henderson, with each of the three collecting 16. BALLARD, J. 3/26 James Madison Kaylid 0 5 1 3-2 2-5 L 4-8 quality starts, consisting of six or more innings 17. BALLARD, J. 3/26 James Madison Phelps 0 9 2 0-0 3-8 L 4-8 pitched and less than three earned runs allowed. 18. SMITH, T. 3/28 Winthrop D’Angelo *0 8 0 0-1 2-9 L 3-11 Barham threw an opening day complete game, 19. SANDRIDGE, B. 3/29 Winthrop Bennett 0 6 2 3-0 4-4 W 5-4 allowing one earned run, before Bowman allowed 20. ROBERTS, M. 4/1 Richmond Falasco *0 5 0 0-0 2-3 W 9-5 only three earned runs through seven innings. 21. BALLARD, J. 4/2 Old Dominion Toth *0 9 0 - 6-3 W 7-3 22. SANDRIDGE, B. 4/6 Radford Hammonds 2 11 0 0-0 1-3 W 4-3 23. YODER, A.J. 4/8 VCU Deane *0 5 0 0-1 0-4 L 3-5 VMI Baseball Broadcast 24. ROBERTS, M. 4/13 UNC Asheville Buchanan 1 1 0 1-0 0-0 W 10-3 Schedule 25. SANDRIDGE, B. 4/13 UNC Asheville Buchanan 1 3 1 0-0 3-0 W 10-3 APRIL 26. BALLARD, J. 4/16 Norfolk State Barker 2 4 1 1-0 5-2 W 10-7 Sat., 26 Coastal at VMI 5:50 p.m. EDGE 27. ROBERTS, M. 4/16 Norfolk State Smith 1 6 0 2-1 8-3 W 10-7 Sun., 27 Coastal at VMI 12:50 p.m. EDGE 28. ROBERTS, M. 4/19 Liberty Umberger 2 7 1 0-0 4-0 W 6-5 Tues., 29 VMI at VCU 6:50 p.m. * - Leadoff homerun Wed., 30 Va. Tech at VMI 5:50 p.m. EDGE BOLD- Back-to-Back MAY Tues., 13 VMI at Virginia 5:50 p.m. Keydet Outfield Assists Sat., 17 Char. Sou. at VMI 5:50 p.m. EDGE No. Player (Pos.) Date Opponent Runner Base Inn Final Sun., 18 Char. Sou. at VMI 12:50 p.m. EDGE 20-24 Big South Tournament EDGE 1. ROBERTS, S. (RF) 3/12 William & Mary Jones 2nd 3rd L 3-12 2. HESS, J. (CF) 3/14 Marshall Valle 2nd 6th L 3-4 All games listed will be available online and on 3. ROBERTS, S. (RF) 3/16 Marshall Lape Home 5th L 2-7 Lexington’s WREL 1450 AM unless otherwise noted. 4. ROBERTS, S. (RF) 3/25 William & Mary Williamson Home 9th W 9-8 5. ROBERTS, S. (RF) 4/2 Old Dominion Miles 1st 3rd W 7-3 EDGE- Games will be carried via live video on the Big South Edge at www.BigSouthSports.com. 6. ROBERTS, S. (RF) 4/7 Radford Duarte 2nd 4th W 3-2 7. HESS, J. (CF) 4/13 UNC Asheville Carter 1st 3rd W 10-3 Schedule subject to change - For updates, please visit 8. MILLER, C. (CF) 4/19 Liberty Feeley 2nd 9th W 6-5 www.vmikeydets.com. Henderson followed with perhaps the best per- Roberts Named to Johnny Bench Eight In The Fold For 2009 formance of his career, striking out a career-best Award Watch List Freshman Class ten while throwing seven innings of VMI’s first Junior catcher Mike Roberts, has been The VMI baseball program announced the shutout of the season. named to the watch list for the 2008 Coleman addition of eight early signees to the VMI On the weekend, the Keydet starting pitch- Company-Johnny Bench Award delivered by AT&T Baseball Class of 2012. The class includes ers combined to go 2-0 with a 1.57 ERA, pitch- and Papa John's Pizza, given annually to the top seven players from the state of Virginia, and ing 23 of the weekend’s 27 innings. They struck catcher in the NCAA's Division I. another from North Carolina. out 22 batters while walking only three as the Roberts (Prince George, Va./Prince George) The list includes George Piccirilli Panthers hit .205 against them. currently leads the team with 32 RBIs and ranks (Manassas, Va./Osbourn Park), Jacob Morley In relief, the staff was equally up to the third with a .333 batting average. (Annandale, Va./Woodson), Brooks Martin challenge, as Jason Farley collected a win and a A season ago, Roberts made 53 starts (Richmond, Va./Deep Run), Steele Myers (Chapel save on Saturday while Travis Smink earned his behind the plate for the Keydets and set career- Hill, N.C./Jordan), Collin Flaherty (Vienna, first Big South save. In three appearances, highs with a .277 batting average and 13 dou- Va./James Madison), Adam Lopez Smink and Farley allowed two hits in four bles. He also ranked second in the Big South by (Fredericksburg, Va./Stafford), Andrew Deal innings, striking out four while walking one as throwing out 22 would-be basestealers. (Chesterfield, Va./L.C. Bird), Alan Watts the Panthers hit .143 and failed to score against Roberts becomes the first Keydet to be (Daleville, Va./Lord Botetourt). the duo. included on the Johnny Bench Award Watch List in the recognition's nine-year history. Keydets Win Opening Big South Series For Fourth Straight Season Early Rallies Sink Keydets In In an impressive run, VMI has now opened Losing Skid up each of the past four conference seasons with Earlier this season, the Keydets dropped a series win. nine-straight games for the first time in nearly In 2005, the Keydets took two of three six years. A big problem for the team was the against UNC Asheville at home, before taking inability to get off to good starts. two of three at home against Charleston Over the nine-game streak, VMI was Southern in 2006. Last season, VMI swept CSU outscored 36-9 over the first three innings, on the road before opening up this conference including 14-3 in the first inning, 12-3 in the season with another road sweep, this time of second and 10-3 in the third. High Point. In an interesting note, now that HPU is the last team that VMI has swept a conference series Season Opener at Home a Rarity from on the road, they also hold the distinction When VMI hosted Lafayette to start the of being the last team that VMI swept at home, 2008 campaign, it was no small feat. In fact, it doing so May 13-15 at Patchin Field in 2005. was the first time in 27 years that VMI opened a season on post. Barham Has CLASS In 1981, the Keydets hosted Davis & Elkins to begin the season, and dropped that season- Senior left-handed pitcher Trey Barham has opener. Since that time, VMI did play Mary been listed as one of thirty candidates for the Washington at Washington & Lee to begin the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, presented annually 1988 season, but have not hosted a season to NCAA Division I student-athletes in eight opener on post. sports, the award focuses on the “Four C’s” of The last time the Keydets won a season classroom, character, community and competi- opener on post before this year’s 7-1 victory over tion. the Leopards came on March 20, 1971, when An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and the Keydets knocked off St. Francis (N.Y.) 7-5. Achievement for Staying in School, the award was launched in 2001 to honor the attributes of college basketball seniors who fulfill their entire Keydets Earn Preseason Praise athletic eligibility and pursue their degree. Since Coming off of a school-record 34 wins, the that time, Lowe’s, an official corporate partner of Keydets earned preseason praise from several the NCAA®, has expanded the award to include college baseball media outlets. other NCAA sports including baseball. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Barham is VMI’s career leader in wins and Association (NCBWA) included VMI in their pre- ranks second on VMI’s career strikeouts list. A season national voting, as the Keydets were list- three-year weekend starter for the Keydets, VMI ed in the receiving votes section of the poll. is 27-15 in Barham’s 42 career starts. Additionally, VMI was voted second (by one Barham is one of two candidates listed from point) in the Big South Conference Preseason the Big South Conference, joining Coastal poll, while Baseball America and Rivals.com also Carolina’s Tommy Baldridge, while he is the only tabbed the Keydets second in their preseason player listed from the state of Virginia. prognostications. SEBaseball.com included VMI as the 40th team in their Southeastern 80 roundup and placed the Keydets third in their Big South pre- season poll. Head Coach Marlin Ikenberry When Was The Last Time VMI...... Overall Big South Scored 20 or more runs in a game ...... 21, vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, March 10, 2007 2004 23-32 4-20 Had 20 or more hits in a game ...... 21, at Liberty, April 19, 2008 2005 27-28 11-13 Scored 10 or more runs in an inning ...... 11, at Birmingham-Southern, April 22, 2006 2006 30-25 9-15 Allowed 20 or more runs in a game ...... 21, vs. Hofstra, February 13, 2005 2007 34-21 10-11 Allowed 20 or more hits in a game ...... 22, vs. UNC Asheville, April 28, 2007 2008 20-19 10-5 Was shutout ...... at Liberty (8-0), April 18, 2008 Totals 134-125 44-64 Shutout an opponent ...... at High Point-Game 2 (3-0), March 22, 2008 Pitched back-to-back complete games .vs. Longwood (Thoms & Hollenbeck), April 8 & 9, 2005 Ikenberry on the VMI Coaching List Hit back-to-back home runs . . .at High Point-Game 1, (Ballard & Sandridge), March 22, 2008 By Wins Hit 5 or more home runs in a game ...... 5, vs. Savannah State, April 1, 2007 1. Marlin Ikenberry (2004-current) 134 Allowed an Opponent 3 hits or less ...... 1, vs. Coppin State, April 14, 2007 2. Scott Gines (1995-2000) 104 Allowed an Opponent 1 hit or less ...... 1, vs. Coppin State, April 14, 2007 3. Donny White (1974, 1982-87) 91 Swept a Conference series at home ...... vs. Radford, April 5-7, 2008 4. Charlie McGinnis (1961-65) 55 Swept a Conference series on the road ...... at High Point, March 21-22, 2008 5. Chris Finwood (1992-94) 52 Beat a Ranked Team ...... vs. #3 Virginia (5-2), April 3, 2007 Won a Series Against a Ranked Team ...... vs. #16 Winthrop, May 19-21, 2006 (First Ever) Multiple Hit Games Won a Postseason Game ...... vs. #5 Furman (2-1), May 23, 2003 (SoCon Tournament) 2345+Tot. Was Ranked In A National Poll . . . . .March 19, 2007, #30 by Collegiate Baseball (First-Ever) Shane Geisslinger 13 2 - - 15 Tanner Biagini 5 7 - 1 13 Brian Sandridge 7 4 2 - 13 When Was The Last Time A Keydet...... Jordan Ballard 10 2 - - 12 Had five hits in a game ...... Tanner Biagini, at High Point-Game 1, March 22, 2008 Mike Roberts 9 3 - - 12 Scored five runs in a game ...... Chad Rice, vs. Coppin State, February 17, 2006 Sam Roberts 5 3 - - 8 Had seven RBI in a game ...... Robert Crumpler, vs. Fairfield, March 7, 2005 Justin Hess 7 - - - 7 Hit three doubles in a game ...... Brian Sandridge, vs. Radford, April 7, 2008 A.J. Yoder 4 2 - - 6 Justin Topping 3 - 1 - 4 Hit two triples in a game ...... A.J. Yoder, vs. Savannah State, March 31, 2007 Alex Haitsuka 3 - - - 3 Hit a grand slam ...... Brian Sandridge, vs. William & Mary, March 25, 2008 Thane Smith 3 - - - 3 Hit an inside-the-park home run ...... Mike Roberts, at Auburn, March 6, 2008 Ryan Barefoot 1 - - - 1 Had a pinch-hit home run ...... Klint Reed, vs. UNC Asheville, March 18, 2005 Colin Miller 1 - - - 1 Hit two home runs in a game ...... Jordan Ballard, at James Madison, March 26, 2008 TEAM 71 23 3 1 98 Hit home runs in consecutive at bats . . . . .Robert Crumpler, vs. William & Mary, April 5, 2005 Multiple RBI Games Had a walk-off hit ...... Brian Sandridge (HR), vs. Radford, April 7, 2008 2345+Tot. Hit a walk-off home run ...... Brian Sandridge, vs. Radford, April 7, 2008 Brian Sandridge 3 4 1 - 8 Tanner Biagini 5 1 1 - 7 Hit for the cycle ...... Kelly Sweppenhiser, vs. Coppin State, February 19, 2006 Jordan Ballard 2 3 - - 5 Had two hits in an inning ...... B.T. Good, at Birmingham Southern, April 22, 2006 Mike Roberts 2 - 3 1 6 Stole home ...... Jordan Ballard (Double steal), vs. Lafayette, February 23, 2008 Shane Geisslinger 2 - 1 - 3 Stole five bases in a game ...... Shane Geisslinger, vs. Richmond, April 12, 2006 Justin Hess 1 1 - - 2 Struck out 10 or more batters ...... Trey Barham (11), vs. Radford, April 5, 2008 Thane Smith 2 - - - 2 Sam Roberts 1 - - - 1 Struck out 12 or more batters ...... Trey Barham (12), at James Madison, May 17, 2006 Ryan Barefoot - 1 - - 1 Struck out 15 or more batters . . . .Grayson Craun (15), vs. Appalachian State, April 11, 1998 A.J. Yoder 1 - - - 1 Pitched a complete game (9 inn.) ...... Trey Barham, at High Point, March 21, 2008 TEAM 19 10 6 1 36 Threw a shutout (9 inn.) ...... J.J. Hollenbeck, vs. North Carolina A&T, May 13, 2006 Hitting Streaks Had a hitting streak of at least 15 games . . . .Robert Crumpler, Feb. 23-March 22, 2005 (15) Longest Current Hit .400 in a season (Minimum 150 at bats) ...... Greg Weddle, .446, 1986 Tanner Biagini 13 2 Brian Sandridge 12 12 Jordan Ballard 10 - Getting Started Quality W-L in VMI Record Avg. IP ERA Sam Roberts 10 3 Mike Roberts 10 6 Pitcher Starts Starts Starts In Starts Per Start In Starts Run Support A.J. Yoder 7 - Michael Bowman 9 5 2-4 4-5 6.2 3.94 3.78 Shane Geisslinger 7 2 Trey Barham 9 3 2-4 5-4 6.2 4.50 5.33 Alex Haitsuka 5 4 Chris Henderson 8 4 4-4 4-4 6.1 3.40 4.13 Justin Hess 4 - Jason Farley 5 0 0-2 3-2 3.1 10.69 6.40 Thane Smith 3 2 Adam Kruithof 3 0 1-1 2-1 3.0 9.64 8.33 Justin Topping 3 - Lefty Flora 2 0 0-2 0-2 3.0 19.50 6.50 Graham Sullivan 3 - Ryan Barefoot 2 0 1-1 1-1 4.0 4.50 5.00 Ryan Barefoot 2 - Chris Duty 1 0 1-0 1-0 5.0 1.80 8.00 David Lottman 1 1 Totals 39 12 11-18 20-19 5.1 5.13 5.23 Colin Miller 1 - *- Quality Start consists of at least 6.0 innings pitched and no more than 3 earned runs allowed Matt Edwards 1 - VMI Hitters Notes

# 26 Jordan Ballard, So., R/R (Troy, Va./Monticello) ‘08: .291 AVG, 9 2B, 8 HR, 25 R, 20 RBI, 3 SB 1B - Saw his career-best ten-game hitting streak end in game one at Liberty; Hit 16-for-43 (.372) with 4 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBIs and 8 R during streak - Currently leads VMI with nine doubles, eight home runs and ranks second with 25 runs scored, a .537 slugging percentage and 72 total bases - Is tied for seventh in the Big South with eight home runs - Started all but four games this season at first base - Went 3-for-4 with two doubles against JMU (4/15), then slugged a three-run home run against Norfolk State (4/16) the next night - Became VMI’s first player this season to hit two home runs in a game, going 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs against JMU (3/26) - Hit a three-run home run in the ninth inning of game two at High Point to bring the Keydets from behind for a 5-3 win - Hit his second home run of the season against Auburn, a two-run shot to leftfield to give VMI a 3-0 lead in the second inning of the Sunday game (3/9) - Posted three multiple hit games at Auburn, going 7-for-16 (.438) with a home run and three RBI against the Tigers - Went 1-for-11 (.091 AVG) with his first career home run (3/1) on the weekend against Binghamton and Central Connecticut State - As a freshman, started 13 games at third base while seeing action in 20 games overall - Had a pair of multiple-hit games last season, going 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against both VCU (3/27/07) and Savannah St. (3/31/07), both VMI wins

# 21 Ryan Barefoot, Fr., R/R (Centreville, Va./Centreville) ‘08: .294 AVG, 1 HR, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 SB SS - Has started four games at shortstop this season - Went 1-for-2 with a single, a walk and a run scored in game one against Marshall (3/14) - Made his first appearance on the mound in the opener at Auburn (3/6), allowing one hit and nothing else in one inning of work - Went 2-for-4 with three RBI, a home run and a stolen base in his first collegiate start against Binghamton (2/29) - Hit first collegiate HR on his first swing of the bat, sending a 3-0 pitch off of the netting in front of the Gray-Minor Stadium scoreboard against Binghamton (2/29) - Also slated to see time on the mound as a freshman

# 39 Austin Benda, Fr., R/R (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) ‘08: .000 AVG, 1 R, 8 AB SS - Made his first career start against JMU (3/26), playing leftfield while going 0-for-3 at the plate - Has had pinch-hit opportunities in game one (3/6) and game three (3/8) at Auburn, at William & Mary (3/12) and Norfolk St.(3/19), coming up empty each time - Struck out against Norfolk State but reached on a wild pitch and scored his first collegiate run - Three-year letterwinner as a shortstop under Coach Jimmy Hunt at Princess Anne HS

# 24 Tanner Biagini, So., R/R (Greenville, N.C./D.H. Conley) ‘08: .342 AVG, 7 2B, 4 HR, 23 R, 30 RBI 3B - Has reached base safely in 22 of the past 23 games, gonig 0-for-3 in game one at Liberty (4/18) - Currently leads the team with 54 hits and 73 total bases, and ranks second with a .342 average, 30 RBIs - Has hits in 31 of the team’s 39 games this season, including 13 multiple-hit games - Ranks seventh (tied) in the Big South with 54 hits - Started all but one game this season at third base, while playing in every game - Saw his ten-game hitting streak come to an end with an 0-for-3 outing at Old Dominion (4/2); Hit .349 with six runs scored and eight RBI during the run - Had a career-best five hits in game two against High Point (3/22), going 5-for-5 with five singles - Saw career-best 14-game hitting streak dating back to last season end in game one vs. Marshall (3/14); During streak, was 26-for-52 (.500) with 3 HR and 15 RBI - Had a career-best four RBIs against Old Dominion (3/11), going 3-for-5 with a three-run double - Gave VMI their first lead of the weekend in game four at Auburn (3/9) with a solo HR in the second inning over the 30-foot wall in leftfield while going 3-for-4 - Hit his first career home run in game two against Lafayette (2/23), a three-run shot off of the top of the rightfield wall - Saw action in 32 games at third base, starting 22 as a freshman; Also led VMI with ten sacrifice bunts last season

# 14 Matt Edwards, R-So., R/R (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) ‘08: .111 AVG, 1 3B, 1 R DH - Made his first career start in game two at Auburn (3/7), going 0-for-4 as the designated hitter before entering the game in relief on the mound, allowing one hit and nothing else in a 6-4 loss - Scored after a pinch-hit triple late in the first game at Auburn (3/6) - Pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless relief in game three against Lafayette (2/24), allowing four hits while striking out two in an 11-9 loss - Underwent Tommy John surgery in the fall of 2006 after suffering an elbow injury over the summer of 2006 while pitching for American Legion Post 186 - Appeared in six games as a freshman in 2006, collecting one hit (vs. Coppin State 2/19/06) in three pinch-hit at bats

# 2 Shane Geisslinger, Sr., R/R (Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill) ‘08: .312 AVG, 8 2B, 1 3B, 15 RBI, 31 R, 14 SB 2B - Leads the team with 31 runs scored, 14 stolen bases (in 16 attempts) and 15 multiple-hit games - Over the past ten games, is 18-for-41 (.439) with 12 runs scored and six multiple-hit games - Ranks second in the Big South with 14 stolen bases - Started each game this season at second base - Went 3-for-6 with a double and a run scored in VMI’s 16-inning win over Liberty (4/19) - Stole a season-high four bases while going 1-for-3 with two runs scored against Norfolk State (4/16) - Hit his first career triple to leadoff the game against Norfolk State (3/19); Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, two stolen bases, three runs and two RBI - Saw eight-game hitting streak dating back to last season snapped in game one at Auburn (3/6), going 0-for-4; Went 13-for-34 (.382) with 3 2B, 6 RBI and 11 R - Doubled in each of the three games on opening weekend after entering the year with six career extra-base hits (all doubles) - Went 2-for-5 with a career-best four RBIs and a stolen base in a season-opening win against Lafayette (2/23) - Starter at 2B since stepping on post as a freshman - Set new school record with 5 SB vs. Richmond (4/12/06), also tying Big South Conference record - Ranked second on team in ‘05 with .397 OBP VMI Hitters Notes

# 28 Alex Haitsuka, Fr., R/R (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams) ‘08: .261 AVG, 6 2B, 3 RBI, 7 R C - Has started 18 games behind the plate, including six straight in late March as Mike Roberts was out with injury - Has thrown out 11 of 31 opposing basestealers - Has reached base safely in each of the past ten games he has started, going 11-for-29 (.379) with five doubles - Went 2-for-3 with two doubles and a run scored in game three at Liberty (4/20) - Doubled to left-center field against JMU (3/26), collecting his second career double - In the ninth inning against W&M (3/25), scooped out a throw by RF Sam Roberts to tag out the tying run before throwing out a runner at 2nd to end the game - After an injury to starting catcher Mike Roberts, caught 15 innings of a doubleheader against HPU, as VMI swept the Panthers on opening weekend in League play - Saw his five-game hitting streak snapped in game two at Auburn (3/7) by going 0-for-1 while pinch-hitting; Went 6-for-15 (.400 AVG) with a double and three runs scored during the streak - Made his first collegiate start in game two against Lafayette (2/23), going 2-for-2 with a run scored while throwing out a pair of runners on the basepaths - Named Patriot District Player of the Year after hitting .380 with five home runs and 25 RBI as a senior; Played third base, catcher, outfield and pitcher

# 3 Justin Hess, So., R/R (Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek) ‘08: .229 AVG, 5 2B, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 13 R, 6 SB CF - Has started all but four games in centerfield - Is 0-for-13 with five strikeouts in the last five games - Went 4-for-12 (.333) with three runs scored, two RBIs and a double in the weekend series against UNC Asheville - Was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored against Norfolk State (3/19) - Went 2-for-3 and hit his first HR of the year, a three-run shot to tie the game, and followed it up with his first double of the season in game one against Marshall (3/14) - Saw his playing time increase throughout his freshman season, making 23 starts in centerfield and one at second base - Tied for the team lead with five outfield assists last season and hit a team-best .382 in 34 at bats in Big South Conference play, seeing action in 13 games - In the team’s final series of the regular season, went 6-for-10 against Liberty, including a 3-for-4 night in game two with 3 RBI, a double and his first career HR

# 30 Colin Miller, Fr., R/R (Delaplane, Va./Fauquier) ‘08: .188 AVG, 1 R CF - Went 2-for-5 after entering the game in the seventh inning to play center field in VMI’s 16-inning win at Liberty (4/19) - Collected his first career hit, a single through the right-side of the infield against Norfolk State (4/16), while making his second career start in center field - Entered as a defensive replacement at James Madison (3/26) - Took over in centerfield at William & Mary (3/11), going 0-for-2 - Started game three against Lafayette (2/24) in centerfield - Three-year letterwinner for Coach Paul Koch at Fauquier, patrolling centerfield for the Falcons - As a junior, hit .340 and was not thrown out on the basepaths; Was also credited with two outfield assists at home plate while playing CF in a District game

# 6 Mike Roberts, Jr., R/R (Prince George, Va./Prince George) ‘08: .333 AVG, 7 2B, 5 HR, 32 RBI, 17 R, 5 SB C - Has reached base safely in all but two games that he has played this season - Leads the team with 32 RBIs, ranks second with a .406 on-base percentage and ranks third with a .333 average, .500 slugging percentage and five home runs - Has started 21 games behind the plate, five in leftfield and six at designated hitter - Over the past six games is 10-for-28 (.357) with 12 RBIs, six runs scored and three home runs - Went 2-for-8 and drove home four of VMI’s six runs in the Keydets’ 16-inning, 6-5 win at Liberty (4/19) - Went 3-for-5 with two RBIs against JMU (4/15) then went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and a home run against Norfolk State (4/16) - Saw his career-best 10-game hitting streak snapped in game four at Auburn (3/9), going 0-for-4; Went 17-for-45 (.378) with 5 2B, a HR and 15 RBI during streak - Hit VMI’s first inside-the-park home run in nearly three years in game one at Auburn (3/6), hitting a ball to deep centerfield that rolled up against the wall - Went 3-for-4 with four RBI against Central Conn. State (3/2), scoring two runs while hitting a pair of doubles; drove home the go-ahead run with a two-run single - Drove in a career-high five while going 2-for-5 in the final game against Binghamton (3/1), driving home the winning runs with a three-run double in the eighth - Brother of VMI freshman Sam Roberts - Started 53 of the team’s 55 contests behind the plate as a sophomore while setting career-highs in average, doubles, triples, home runs and on-base percentage - As a freshman, started 39 games behind the plate and 44 in all, while appearing in all but two contests; Also ranked fourth on the team with 38 RBI

# 4 Sam Roberts, Fr., R/R (Prince George, Va./Prince George) ‘08: .310 AVG, 8 2B, 11 RBI, 19 R, 8 SB IF/RHP - Saw his career-best ten-game hitting streak end in game one at UNCA (4/12); During streak went 15-for-40 (.375) with five doubles, seven RBIs and a .468 OBP - Leads the team with a .416 on-base percentage and 22 walks while ranking second with eight stolen bases - Ranks sixth (tied) in the Big South with 22 walks and eighth (tied) with eight stolen bases - Has reached base safely in 23 of the last 26 games, raising his batting average from .190 to .310 - Has thrown out five baserunners from rightfield, including two at the plate - Has started 33 games this season with 31 in rightfield and one each at designated hitter and centerfield - Went 3-for-8 with two runs scored and a double in VMI’s 16-inning, 6-5 win at Liberty (4/19) - Went 3-for-7 with a double, a walk and a stolen base in VMI’s 16-inning, 3-2 win over Radford (4/7) - Threw out the tying run at home plate in the ninth inning after scoring what proved to be the winning run without a hit in the eighth in a 9-8 win over W&M (3/25) - Went 2-for-3 with the game-winning RBI on a sacrifice fly to leftfield in the seventh inning in game one against High Point (2/22) - Collected his first multiple-hit game against Norfolk State (3/19), going 3-for-5 with two runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base - Had hits in each of the first three games at Auburn, including his first career hit, an infield single in game one (3/6), and his first career double in game two (3/7) - Brother of VMI junior Mike Roberts - Earned First Team All-Central District honors at SS & UTIL as a high school senior; Also a Two-time First-Team All-Metro, All-Region and All-Tri Cities selection - Hit .548 with 20 RBI as a senior while going 3-3 with 31 strikeouts and a 1.70 ERA - Had a career 23-5 record on the mound while also hitting above .400 each season at Prince George, where he played for his father, Mickey Roberts VMI Hitters Notes

# 31 Brian Sandridge, R-So., R/R (Brownsburg, Va./Rockbridge Co.) ‘08: .351 AVG, 7 2B, 6 HR, 28 RBI, 18 R OF - Over the past 21 games, is 38-for-93 (.409) with six doubles, five home runs, 22 RBIs and 13 runs scored - Currently on a career-best 12-game hitting streak, during which he is 25-for-60 (.417) with four doubles, two home runs, 12 RBIs and eight runs scored - Leads the Big South in Conference play with 29 H, and 45 TB; also ranks third with a .446 AVG, 14 RBIs (tied) and 4 HR (tied) and fourth with a .692 SLG% - Has started 30 games this season, with 12 in left field, ten coming at designated hitter, and eight in right field - Drove home the tying run in the ninth inning and scored the winning run in the 16th in VMI’s 6-5, 16-inning win at Liberty (4/19) - Earned Big South Player of the Week honors on April 7, posting three multiple-hit games as VMI went 4-0 on the week; Hit .417 with eight RBIs - Posted his second four-hit game in a week by going 4-for-5 with two singles, a double and a home run, driving in three in a game three win over UNCA (4/13) - Set a new school record for at bats by going 4-for-8 in VMI’s 16-inning, 3-2 win over Radford (4/7)...Also matched a school record with three doubles - Hit a three-run, walk-off home run to give VMI a 4-3, 11-inning victory in game one against Radford (4/6) - Went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored in a 9-5 win over Richmond (4/1) - Tied the contest with a single in the fourth inning before giving the Keydets the lead with a solo home run in a 5-4 win against Winthrop (3/29) - Hit his first career grand slam and first for VMI this season in the third inning against William & Mary (3/25) - In the doubleheader against High Point (3/22), went 5-for-8 with two RBI and a home run to raise his average 62 points - Went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in game three against Lafayette (2/24) - A key contributor to the team down the stretch last season, leading all freshmen with a .293 average and 17 RBI while seeing action in 37 contests - Local product that attended Rockbridge County High School; Redshirted the 2006 campaign

# 20 Thane Smith, R-Sr., L/R (Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial) ‘08: .189 AVG, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 16 R LF - Started 25 games this season and has appeared in 30 games - Snapped a four-game skid during which he was 1-for-13 by going 3-for-9 with three RBIs in the first two games against UNCA (4/12) - Hit his first home run of the season in game one against Winthrop (3/28), a solo shot - In game one against High Point (3/22), hit a two-run triple to tie the game before scoring the winning run in the seventh inning of a 5-4 win - Was a 4-for-4 in the ninth inning this season until a pinch-hit appearance in game one against Marshall (3/14), lining out to rightfield (3/14) - Posted hits in three of the four games at Auburn, including a pinch-hit single in the ninth inning of game four (3/9) when he came around to score - Had eight multiple-RBI games and 11 multiple-hit games as a junior - Redshirted the 2006 season - Played in 51 of 55 contests as a sophomore in 2005, hitting .316 with eight doubles and 23 RBI while playing left field and designated hitter - Led the team with 14 steals in 16 attempts as a sophomore, while also collecting 19 multiple-hit games

# 23 Graham Sullivan, Fr., R/R (Manassas, Va./C.D. Hylton) ‘08: .133 AVG, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 3 R IF - Has started four games at first base, three at shortstop, one at third base and one at designated hitter - Started at shortstop in mid-week wins against Richmond (4/1) and Old Dominion (4/2), getting a hit and scoring a run in each game - Entered as a defensive replacement at shortstop in the ninth inning of game three against Winthrop (3/30) - Hit his first career double in game two against Marshall (3/15) - Started game two against Lafayette (2/23) at third base, going 1-for-4 with a single up the middle - Three-year letterwinner under head coach John Colantuni at C.D. Hylton - Played in the middle infield at Hylton and hit .325 with 21 RBI and 10 stolen bases as a junior

# 5 Justin Topping, Fr., R/R (Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River) ‘08: .275 AVG, 3 2B, 4 RBI, 2 R C/OF - Has started 14 games at designated hitter and pinch-hit nine times - Had successful pinch-hit appearances in each of the first two games at Liberty - Ended VMI’s 3-2, 16-inning win over Radford (4/7) with a sacrifice fly to center field that plated Brian Sandridge - Made his first appearance in the field at catcher in the ninth inning against High Point (3/22), a 5-3 Keydet win - Collected multiple hits in back-to-back games at Auburn (3/9), going 2-for-3 with a run scored and at home against Old Dominion (3/11), going 2-for-5 - Went 4-for-5 with two doubles, a run scored and an RBI in game one against Binghamton (2/29) - Started game three against Lafayette (2/24), going 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI - Earned both Eastern Region First Team honors and Southeastern District Player of the Year accolades as a senior catcher - Hit .516 with 27 RBI, posting a school-record 20-game hitting streak while striking out only four times as a senior - As a junior, was named First Team All-District and Second Team All-Tidewater and Eastern Region while hitting .497 with 23 RBI with 11 stolen bases - Also played quarterback at Nansemond River, running up 2,000 career passing yards with 20 passing touchdowns and 10 rushing scores

# 10 A.J. Yoder, Jr., L/R (Belleville, Pa./Indian Valley) ‘08: .250 AVG, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, 19 R, 3 SB SS - Started all but seven games this season at shortstop - In his past 22 games, is 25-for-86 (.291) with hits in 17 of the games, hitting three doubles, a triple, a home run, 12 RBIs and 13 runs scored - Plated the winning run in the 16th inning with a single into center field in VMI’s 16-inning win at Liberty (4/19) - Had a five-game hitting streak come to an end in game three against Winthrop (3/3); Went 10-for-25 (.400) with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored - Reached base in four of his five plate appearances in game one against High Point, going 1-for-1 with a run scored, two walks, a hit by pitch and a sacrifice bunt - Posted his first multiple-hit game of the season by going 3-for-4 in game two against Marshall (3/15), scoring a run - Matched a career-best with three runs scored while going 1-for-2 with a walk, a hit by pitch and a stolen base against Central Conn. State (3/2) - Ranked third on the team with a .296 average, 13 doubles (tied), 83 total bases and six stolen bases as a sophomore - Led the team and ranked in the top five in the Big South with four triples last season while leading the Big South by being hit by 20 pitches - Played in 45 contests as a freshman, starting 40 between 2B, 3B, SS & DH - Ranked as eighth-toughest player to strikeout in the nation as a freshman, doing so once every 18.6 AB Tuesday’s Starter Adam Kruithof Freshman  Right-Handed Pitcher/Infield  5-11  180  R/R Charlottesville, Va.  Western Albemarle KRUITHOF’S CAREER STARTS 2008 IP H R ER BB SO DEC 9 3/1 Binghamton 3.1 86504 - Impressed in relief and has worked his way into a 3/11 ODU 2.0 34320L mid-week starting role. 4/16 Norfolk St. 4.0 72214W 2008: Has made three starts and four relief appear- ances on the season...After impressing in relief against Lafayette (2/24) by throwing four innings of scoreless ball, surrendering only two hits, earned a weekend start against Binghamton (3/1)...In that start, took a no decision after allowing six runs, five earned in 3.1 innings, striking out four while not walking a batter as VMI came back to win,9-7...Took the loss at home against Old Dominion, allowing four runs, three earned, in two-plus innings...Earned his first collegiate win by working four innings while allowing only two runs against Norfolk State (4/16).

High School: Earned Player of the Year honors in the Jefferson District after being named to the All- District First Team as both a pitcher and an outfield- er as a senior...Named Central Virginia Player of the Year as a senior and First Team All-Region as a pitcher in addition to Second Team All-Region in the outfield...Also earned Second Team All-State honors as a pitcher...Went 9-0 with a save while leading the squad with 71 strikeouts in 58 innings, with oppo- nents hitting only .148...Meanwhile at the plate, he paced the Warriors with a .429 batting average, a .683 slugging percentage and a .520 on-base per- centage, along with his seven doubles and three home runs in 21 games...Holds the Western Albemarle career record for wins (26) and innings pitched (211), along with the career mark for dou- bles (23)...As a junior, was named First-Team All- Central Virginia as a pitcher, going 8-2 with a 1.57 ERA and .192 opposing batting average, striking out 70 in 62.1 innings...Also hurled seven complete games, three of them shutouts, as Western Albemarle won the Jefferson District tournament after sharing the regular season title...Also hit .444 with a .683 slugging percentage and .598 on-base percentage, collecting nine doubles and 22 walks on his way to earning Second Team All-District honors as an outfielder.

Personal: Son of Art and Sue Kruithof...Majoring in economics & business.

KRUITHOF’S CAREER HIGHS IP, Starter 4.0 vs. Norfolk State, 4/16/08 IP, Relief 4.0 vs. Lafayette, 2/24/08 K 4 (2x), Last vs. Norfolk State, 4/16/08 BB 2 (2x) Last vs. W&M, 3/25/08 H 8 vs. Binghamton, 3/1/08 R 6 vs. Binghamton, 3/1/08 ER 5 vs. Binghamton, 3/1/08

Kruithof’s Career Stats Year ERA W-L G/GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO HR B/Avg WP HBP 2008 9.00 1-1 7/3 000016.0 27 18 16 7 13 3 .391 3 1 TOTAL 9.00 1-1 7/3 0 0 0 0 16.0 27 18 16 7 13 3 .391 3 1 Wednesday’s Starter Ryan Barefoot Freshman  Shortstop/Right-Handed Pitcher  6-4  185  R/R Centreville, Va.  Centreville BAREFOOT’S CAREER STARTS 2008 IP H R ER BB SO DEC 21 4/2at ODU4.011130W Begins the season as the backup at shortstop, and 4/8VCU4.084323L will also be expected to see time on the mound out of the bullpen. 2008: Is 1-1 in his two mid-week starts, while not recording a decision in his four relief appear- ances...Also has started four games at shortstop...Impressed in his first collegiate start, earning the win while working a predetermined four innings, allowing only one hit and one run at Old Dominion (4/2)...Took the loss against VCU, allowing four runs, three earned, on eight hits in four innings...Worked a career-best four innings in relief in his second career appearance, allowing one run and four hits ag home against Old Dominion.

High School: Excelled as a two-way player at Centreville, playing as a shortstop while also serving as the team’s closer...Hit .386 with 12 doubles, three home runs while going a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts....Struck out six times...On the mound, went 1-0 with three saves...Opponents hit .194...Posted an ERA of 3.30 and 15 strikeouts in 12 innings...Hit .355 as a junior and led Centreville in batting average, RBI and total hits.

Personal: Son of Joel and Linda Barefoot...Played for the VBC Hillcats during the summer and fall of 2006...Majoring is economics & business.

BAREFOOT’S CAREER HIGHS IP, Start 4.0 (2x), Last vs. VCU, 4/8/08 IP, Relief 4.0 Old Dominion, 3/11/08 K 3 vs. VCU, 4/8/08 BB 3 at Old Dominion, 4/2/08 H 8 vs. VCU, 4/8/08 R 4 vs. VCU, 4/8/08 ER 3 vs. VCU, 4/8/08

Barefoot’s Career Stats Year ERA W-L G/GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO HR B/Avg WP HBP 2008 4.00 1-1 7/2 000018.0 20 10 8 7 10 2 .274 3 0 TOTAL 4.00 1-1 7/2 0 0 0 0 18.0 20 10 8 7 10 2 .274 3 0 Barefoot’s Career Big South Stats Year ERA W-L G/GS CG SHO CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO HR B/Avg WP HBP 2008 6.00 0-0 2/0 00003.0322140.273 2 0 TOTAL 6.00 0-0 2/0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 4 0 .273 2 0 VMI Bullpen Notes

# 21 Ryan Barefoot, Fr., R/R (Centreville, Va./Centreville) ‘08: 1-1, 4.00 ERA, 18.0 IP, 10 K, 7 BB RHP - Worked a scoreless inning of relief against Liberty (4/20), striking out two after a lead off walk in his first action in two weeks - Took the loss while allowing four runs, three earned, on eight hits against VCU (4/8) - Made his first career pitching start at Old Dominion (4/2), earned the win by allowing one run on one hit through four innings - Pitched four innings at Old Dominion (3/11), allowing only one run on four hits, striking out a pair...Set down six in a row and nine of the ten batters at one point - Made his first collegiate appearance on the mound in game one at Auburn (3/6), allowing one hit in a 9-3 loss - Excelled as a two-way player at Centreville, playing as a shortstop while also serving as the team’s closer - Went 1-0 with three saves with opponents hitting .194, posting an ERA of 3.30 and 15 strikeouts in 12 innings as a senior

# 22 Chris Duty, So., R/R (Richmond, Va./Monacan) ‘08: 4-0, 1 SV, 2.28 ERA, 23.2 IP, 18 K, 6 BB RHP - Has not allowed an earned run in his last eight relief appearances, a stretch of 14.1 innings - Earned the win in VMI’s 16-inning victory at Liberty (4/19), entering with the winning run at second and one out in the 15th and retired all five batters he faced - Appeared in six consecutive games for VMI in early April, working 9.2 innings, allowing five hits and two unearned runs, going 2-0 - Won his third game of the season in a 4-3, come-from-behind victory in 11 innings against Radford (4/6), working one inning - Picked up a win in relief against Richmond (4/1), allowing two unearned runs on two hits - Earned his first win in his first start of the season, pitching five innings against William & Mary (3/25), allowing one run on three hits while striking out four, - Threw three scoreless innings against Norfolk State (3/19), allowing only two hits while striking out one - Pitched 2.2 innings in relief in game four at Auburn (3/9), allowing two runs on four hits while striking out three in a 6-5 loss - Made his first apperance of the season against Binghamton (3/1), earning his first career save by working a perfect ninth with a strikeout - Struck out 60 while walking only 21 in 59.2 innings as a freshman, making ten starts and five relief appearances - Ranked eighth in the Big South with a .265 opponents batting average - Went 3-0 in his first four collegiate starts, winning against Nigara, Rider and Charleston Southern

# 14 Matt Edwards, R-So., R/R (Midlothian, Va./Midlothian) ‘08: 1-0, 0.77 ERA, 11.2 IP, 8 K, 3 BB RHP - Earned his first collegiate win against Norfolk State (3/19), entering the sixth inning with the go-ahead run at third base and worked 1.1 scoreless innings - Made a pair of appearances against Marshall, pitching three innings and allowing no runs on three hits striking out two in game one (3/14), while allowing one run on two hits in one inning of work in game three (3/16) - Pitched the final final two innings against Old Dominion (3/11), allowing a pair of hits but no runs - Pitched 2.1 innings of scoreless relief in game three against Lafayette (2/24), allowing four hits while striking out two in an 11-9 loss - Underwent Tommy John surgery in the fall of 2006 after suffering an elbow injury over the summer of 2006 while pitching for American Legion Post 186 - Made three relief appearances as a freshman in 2006

# 11 Jason Farley, Fr., L/L (Vienna, Va./James Madison) ‘08: 2-2, 2 SV, 7.14 ERA, 29.0 IP, 24 K, 12 BB LHP - Is 2-0 with two saves in his eight relief appearances, holding an ERA of 2.77 in 13.0 innings, striking out 12 while walking only four and allowing nine hits - Picked up a win and a save in a doubleheader sweep of High Point (3/22); Allowed two baserunners over three innings, striking out four in the two appearances - Allowed two runs on one hit in a start against Norfolk State (3/19), pitching two innings while striking out a pair - In his first collegiate start, escaped a rough first inning at Auburn (3/6) and pitched four innings, allowing seven runs, five earned, on six hits while taking the loss - Allowed only one hit, a solo home run, while facing 18 batters in his first two collegiate appearances - Collected his first collegiate win in relief in the final game against Binghamton (3/1), allowing only one hit in 2.1 innings - Earned his first collegiate save in his first apperance, setting down the first eight batters he faced before an error broke the string against Binghamton (2/29); Worked 3.0 innings while striking out three and allowing only one baserunner - As a senior at James Madison, earned Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year honors, going 8-2 with a save, striking out 59 batters while walking only nine, posting an ERA of 1.23 in 58.2 innings for the Liberty District Champions, while also hitting .371 with 11 RBI - Twice named both Liberty District and Northern Region Pitcher of the Year; Also named AAA First Team All-State as a senior - Before his senior season, was the only player in the state of Virginia named to the Louisville Slugger Preseason High School All-America First Team

# 12 Lefty Flora, Fr., L/L (Roanoke, Va./Northside) ‘08: 0-2, 9.88 ERA, 13.2 IP, 13 K, 11 BB LHP - Took the loss while making his second start of the season, lasting 3.1 innings at JMU (3/26), allowing five runs on eight hits, including three home runs - Pitched four innings in relief in game three at Auburn (3/8), striking out five while scattering five hits, allowing two runs - Worked in relief in the final game against Binghamton (3/1), scattering five hits in 2.1 innings, allowing no runs while striking out a pair - Started game three against Lafayette (2/24), allowing nine runs, eight earned, in 2.2 innings, striking out two while walking four - Went 9-1 as a senior, leading Northside to the Virginia AA State Semifinals for the second-straight season and a Blue Ridge District Regular Season title - As a senior, had an ERA of 1.16 with 96 strikeouts, walking 24 in 72.2 innings with nine complete games - Went 29-6 in his career at Northside, notching 297 strikeouts in 228 innings while posting an ERA of 1.71 - Two-time First-Team All-District and All-Region selection that also earned Honorable Mention All-State honors

# 9 Adam Kruithof, Fr., R/R (Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle) ‘08: 1-1, 9.00 ERA, 16.0 IP, 13 K, 7BB RHP - Earned his first career win by working four innings while allowing two runs on seven hits against Norfolk State (4/16) - Allowed four runs, three earned, in his second career start, pitching two innings against Old Dominion (3/11) and taking the loss - Made his first collegiate start in game three against Binghamton (3/1), allowing six runs, five earned, and eight hits while striking out four in 3.1 innings (ND) - Worked the final four innings in relief in game three against Lafayette (2/24), scattering two hits while striking out three - Earned Player of the Year honors in the Jefferson District after being named to the All-District First Team as both a pitcher and an outfielder as a senior - Named Central Virginia Player of the Year as a senior and First Team All-Region as a pitcher in addition to Second Team All-Region in the outfield - Went 9-0 with a save while leading the squad with 71 strikeouts in 58 innings, with opponents hitting only .148 as a senior - Holds the Western Albemarle career record for wins (26) and innings pitched (211) VMI Bullpen Notes

# 27 Josh McPherson, So., R/R (Yorktown, Va./Tabb) ‘08: 0-0, 13.12 ERA, 2.2 IP, 1 K, 1 BB RHP - Retired both batters that he faced against Liberty (4/18) - Worked one inning against Winthrop (3/28), allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits - Came on in relief in game three against Lafayette (2/24), failing to retire any of the three batters he faced, being charged with two runs - Saw action in nine games out of the bullpen as a freshman, including four Big South contests - Posted his most impressive outing of the season at Virginia Tech (3/4/07), allowing only one hit in 2.2 innings, striking out three while walking one - As a senior at Tabb, went 7-3 with a 1.25 ERA, striking out 53 while walking four in 56 IP - Named All-State Honorable Mention as a junior, while also being twice named First-Team All-Region and First-Team All-District

# 25 Matt Murrer, R-Sr., L/L (Richmond, Va./Benedictine) ‘08: 0-0, 4.70 ERA, 7.2 IP, 8 K, 4 BB LHP - Worked a career-long 2.1 innings against Liberty (4/18) in game one, retiring seven of the first eight batters he faced...Allowed one run on one hit - Threw 1.2 innings against Norfolk State (4/16), allowing two runs on two hits - Allowed one run in one inning of work at Old Dominion (4/2), striking out one and allowing a pair of hits - Made his collegiate debut on the mound in game one at Auburn (3/6), striking out a pair while walking one - Was a four-year letterwinner on the VMI Basketball team, scoring 1,200 points, ranking him 18th in VMI career scoring - Also in the top five in VMI’s career field goal percentage (.541-3rd) and blocked shots (89-5th) - As a senior, scored a career-high 16.6 points per game, the sixth-most in the Big South Conference, while ranking second in the League with 1.9 blocks per game - Went 7-1 as a starting pitcher his senior year at Benedictine

# 35 Travis Smink, R-So., L/L (Herndon, Pa./Line Mountain) ‘08: 1-0, 6 SV, 2.59 ERA, 31.1 IP, 29 K, 8 BB LHP - Threw a season-long 7.1 innings in relief in VMI’s 16-inning win against Liberty (4/19), allowing one run on five hits, striking out five - Earned saves in back-to-back nights against JMU (4/15) and Norfolk State (4/16), working perfect ninth innings in each while striking out five - Picked up his third Big South save this year by working two innings while allowing one run on three hits at UNCA (4/12) - Earned his first win of the season by no-hitting Radford for the final six innings of a 3-2, 16-inning win (4/7); Struck out six while allowing only a walk - Picked up his third career save and first in Big South play while working a scoreless ninth in game two against High Point (3/22), allowing only one hit - Made his first appearance in over a year by striking out the lone batter he faced in game four at Auburn (3/9) - Saw action in only two contests before undergoing surgery last season, undergoing Tommy John surgery and earning a medical redshirt year - As a freshman in 2006, became only the second Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American in VMI history, joining fellow Herndon, Pa. native Kelly Sweppenhiser - Tied what was then the school record for wins by going 7-4 while ranking second on the team with 73.2 innings, ten starts, two saves and 4.40 ERA - Threw his first career complete game against Coastal Carolina (5/8/06) in a 2-0 loss to fellow freshman Bobby Gagg - Named to the College Baseball Foundation’s National Honor Roll after he picked up two saves and a win by closing out all three games against Lafayette (2/25- 26/06), retiring 17 of the 19 batters he faced

# 13 Daniel Wood, R-So., L/L (Richmond, Va./Hermitage) ‘08: 1-1, 1.71 ERA, 21.0 IP, 22 K, 6 BB LHP - Has not allowed an earned run in 14.2 innings over his last six relief appearances - Earned his first career win by shutting out James Madison (4/15) for six innings, allowing only three hits - No-hit VCU over the final five innings of a 5-3 loss (4/8), allowing an unearned run after setting down the first 14 batters he faced - Struck out a pair in a perfect inning of relief against Old Dominion (4/2) - Hurled two innings of relief against Winthrop (3/28), allowing two runs, one earned, on one hit in his second inning after a perfect seventh with two strikeouts - Took the loss against Binghamton in game two (3/1), as the only batter he faced singled and scored the winning run in a 4-3 loss - Relieved Michael Bowman in game two against Lafayette (2/23), allowing two runs on two hits in two innings, striking out five while walking two - Appeared in seven contests, striking out seven batters while allowing only one hit in 5.2 innings as a redshirt freshman - In three Big South appearances, allowed only one hit in 2.1 innings, striking out two while allowing one run - Enjoyed his best outing in game three against Savannah State (4/1/07), setting down all six batters he faced while striking out three in final two innings - Allowed only one hit in 1.1 innings, striking out a pair of batters in relief in game two against UNC Asheville (4/28/07) - Redshirted the 2006 season Relief Effectiveness

-----Last Relief Appearance----- First Batter Saves Inherit. Run. Pitcher Date Opp. (Result) IP H R/ER BB SO HR DEC Faced Retired SV Opp. IR Scored Barefoot 4/20 Liberty (L) 1.0 0 0/0 1 2 0 - 5 3 0 0 1 0 Barham 4/1 Richmond (W) 1.0 1 0/0 0 2 0 - 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bowman 4/2 at ODU (W) 1.0 1 1/1 1 1 0 - 4 2 0 0 0 0 Duty 4/19 Liberty (W) 1.2 0 0/0 0 2 0 W 11 7 1 1 5 1 Edwards 3/19 at Norfolk St. (W) 1.1 1 0/0 0 0 0 W 7 5 0 0 6 4 Farley 4/18 Liberty (L) 1.1 2 2/2 1 0 0 - 8 5 2 2 7 1 Flora 4/16 Norfolk State (W) 1.1 1 1/0 3 1 0 - 3 2 0 0 0 0 Henderson 3/22 at JMU (L) 1.0 1 0/0 0 1 0 - 4 4 0 2 1 1 Kruithof 3/26 at JMU (L) 0.2 3 2/2 0 0 0 - 4 3 0 0 2 1 McPherson 4/18 Liberty (L) 0.2 0 0/0 0 0 0 - 4 2 0 0 3 2 Murrer 4/18 Liberty (L) 2.1 1 1/1 0 4 1 - 6 3 0 0 4 1 Smink 4/19 Liberty (W) 7.1 5 1/1 2 5 0 - 14 10 6 6 7 2 Wood 4/20 Liberty (L) 0.1 2 1/0 0 1 0 - 11 7 0 0 10 5 TEAM 4/20 Liberty (L) 1.1 2 1/0 1 3 0 - 74 49 9 11 46 18 2008 VMI Baseball Roster Alphabetical Roster No. Name Pos. B/T HT WT CL Hometown/Previous School 26 Jordan Ballard ...... IF 1 David Lottman OF L/L 5-9 160 So. Virginia Beach, Va./Kellam 21 Ryan Barefoot ...... SS/P 2 Shane Geisslinger IF R/R 5-8 160 Sr. Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill 8 Trey Barham ...... LHP 3 Justin Hess IF/OF R/R 5-11 170 So. Chesapeake, Va./Deep Creek 39 Austin Benda ...... SS 4 Sam Roberts IF/P L/R 6-2 175 Fr. Prince George, Va./Prince George 5 Justin Topping C/OF R/R 5-11 185 Fr. Suffolk, Va./Nansemond River 24 Tanner Biagini ...... IF 6 Michael Roberts C R/R 6-2 185 Jr. Prince George, Va./Prince George 17 Michael Bowman . . . . .RHP 7 Chris Henderson RHP R/R 6-0 175 Jr. Fredericksburg, Va./Colonial Forge 29 Tim Brust ...... LHP 8 Trey Barham LHP L/L 6-0 215 Sr. Portsmouth, Va./Greenbrier Christian 22 Chris Duty ...... RHP 9 Adam Kruithof RHP/IF R/R 5-11 180 Fr. Charlottesville, Va./Western Albemarle 14 Matt Edwards ...... RHP 10 A.J. Yoder IF L/R 5-11 190 Jr. Belleville, Pa./Indian Valley 34 Brett Entz ...... SS 11 Jason Farley LHP L/L 6-3 185 Fr. Vienna, Va./James Madison 11 Jason Farley ...... LHP 12 Matthew Flora LHP L/L 5-9 170 Fr. Roanoke, Va./Northside 12 Matthew Flora ...... LHP 13 Daniel Wood LHP L/L 6-3 185 R-So. Richmond, Va./Hermitage 14 Matt Edwards RHP R/R 5-11 195 R-So. Midlothian, Va./Midlothian 2 Shane Geisslinger ...... IF 17 Michael Bowman RHP R/R 6-3 200 Jr. Richmond, Va./Deep Run 33 Kyle Goodale ...... C 20 Thane Smith OF L/R 6-1 200 R-Sr. Virginia Beach, Va./First Colonial 28 Alex Haitsuka ...... C/OF 21 Ryan Barefoot SS/P R/R 6-4 185 Fr. Centreville, Va./Centreville 7 Chris Henderson . . . . .RHP 22 Chris Duty RHP R/R 6-3 205 So. Richmond, Va./Monacan 3 Justin Hess ...... IF/OF 23 Graham Sullivan IF R/R 6-3 195 Fr. Manassas, Va./C.D. Hylton 42 Chase Hutchinson . . .RHP 24 Tanner Biagini IF R/R 6-3 210 So. Greenville, N.C./D.H. Conley 9 Adam Kruithof . . . .RHP/IF 25 Matt Murrer LHP L/L 6-7 220 Sr. Richmond, Va./Benedictine 26 Jordan Ballard IF R/R 6-3 205 So. Troy, Va./Monticello 1 David Lottman ...... OF 27 Josh McPherson RHP R/R 6-4 205 So. Yorktown, Va./Tabb 27 Josh McPherson . . . . .RHP 28 Alex Haitsuka C/OF R/R 6-3 185 Fr. Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams 30 Colin Miller ...... OF 29 Tim Brust LHP L/L 6-4 210 Fr. Charlottesville, Va./Albemarle 25 Matt Murrer ...... LHP 30 Colin Miller OF R/R 5-11 175 Fr. Delaplane, Va./Fauquier 6 Michael Roberts ...... C 31 Brian Sandridge OF R/R 6-0 185 R-So. Brownsburg, Va./Rockbridge County 4 Sam Roberts ...... IF/P 33 Kyle Goodale C R/R 6-5 190 Fr. Philadelphia, Pa./Penncrest 31 Brian Sandridge ...... OF 34 Brett Entz SS R/R 5-11 175 Fr. Richmond, Va./Deep Run 35 Travis Smink ...... LHP 35 Travis Smink LHP L/L 6-3 210 R-So. Herndon, Pa./Line Mountain 39 Austin Benda SS R/R 5-11 170 Fr. Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne 20 Thane Smith ...... OF 42 Chase Hutchinson RHP R/R 6-3 185 Fr. Fishersville, Va./Wilson Memorial 23 Graham Sullivan ...... IF 5 Justin Topping ...... C/OF Head Coach: #19 Marlin Ikenberry (VMI ‘95), Fifth season 13 Daniel Wood ...... LHP Assistant Coaches: 10 A.J. Yoder ...... IF #37 Ryan Mau (College of Charleston ‘00), Third season #38 Barry Shelton (West Virginia State, ‘97), Second season Keydets By Class (Eligibility) #16 Reggie Reynolds (Liberty 98), First Season Seniors (First Classmen)- 4 Barham, Geisslinger, Smith, Murrer Keydets By State/Region Central (9) Pennsylvania- 3 Michael Bowman Richmond Juniors (Second Classmen)- 4 Virginia- 28 Kyle Goodale Philadelphia Chris Duty Richmond Travis Smink Herndon Bowman, Henderson, M. Western (6) Matt Edwards Midlothian A.J. Yoder Belleville Roberts, Yoder Jordan Ballard Troy Brett Entz Richmond Tim Brust Charlottesville Shane Geisslinger Midlothian North Carolina- 1 Sophomores (Third Classmen)- 10 Lefty Flora Roanoke Matt Murrer Richmond Tanner Biagini Greenville Ballard, Biagini, Duty, Edwards, Chase Hutchinson Fishersville Mike Roberts Prince George Hess, Lottman, McPherson, Adam Kruithof Charlottesville Sam Roberts Prince George Pronunciation Guide Sandridge, Smink, Wood Brian Sandridge Brownsburg Daniel Wood Richmond Trey BARHAM- BARE-um Freshmen (Fourth Classmen)- 14 Southeastern (7) Tanner BIAGINI- be-ah-GEE-nee Northern (6) Barefoot, Benda, Brust, Entz, Trey Barham Portsmouth Ryan Barefoot Centreville Shane GEISSLINGER- GICE-ling-er Austin Benda Virginia Beach Farley, Flora, Goodale, Haitsuka, Jason Farley Vienna Justin Hess Chesapeake Alex HAITSUKA- hite-SOO-kah Hutchinson, Kruithof, Miller, S. Alex Haitsuka Alexandria David Lottman Virginia Beach Marlin IKENBERRY- EYE-ken-berry Roberts, Sullivan, Topping Chris Henderson Fredericksburg Josh McPherson Yorktown Colin Miller Delaplane Adam KRUITHOF- CREW-toff Thane Smith Virginia Beach Graham Sullivan Manassas Justin Topping Suffolk Ryan MAU- MAO (As in Maui) Matt MURRER- MYUR-er 2008 VMI Baseball Overall Statistics for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 20-19 Home: 12-10 Away: 8-9 Big South: 10-5

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

SANDRIDGE, Brian.... .351 35-30 131 18 46 7 0 6 28 71 .542 5 3 26 0 .386 1 1 2-4 29 0 3 .906 BIAGINI, Tanner...... 342 39-38 158 23 54 7 0 4 30 73 .462 13 3 30 4 .398 2 0 2-2 17 76 14 .869 ROBERTS, Mike...... 333 34-32 132 17 44 7 0 5 32 66 .500 11 2 23 2 .390 1 3 5-5 153 15 4 .977 GEISSLINGER, Shane.. .312 39-39 141 31 44 8 1 0 15 54 .383 18 5 18 0 .406 1 7 14-16 80 128 8 .963 ROBERTS, Sam...... 310 34-33 113 19 35 8 0 0 11 43 .381 22 0 19 1 .416 2 7 8-9 74 5 2 .975 BALLARD, Jordan...... 291 35-35 134 25 39 9 0 8 20 72 .537 13 9 28 2 .389 1 3 3-4 323 17 5 .986 YODER, A.J...... 250 34-32 116 19 29 4 1 2 14 41 .353 11 5 12 2 .333 3 9 3-4 48 83 10 .929 HESS, Justin...... 229 38-35 118 13 27 5 0 1 8 35 .297 15 0 26 2 .316 0 6 6-10 78 2 0 1.000 SMITH, Thane...... 189 30-25 95 16 18 3 1 1 11 26 .274 9 3 24 0 .280 0 4 3-5 26 0 2 .929 ------BAREFOOT, Ryan...... 294 9-4 17 2 5 0 0 1 4 8 .471 1 0 4 1 .333 0 0 1-1 5 13 4 .818 TOPPING, Justin...... 275 24-14 51 2 14 3 0 0 4 17 .333 4 0 9 0 .316 2 0 0-1 0 0 0 .000 HAITSUKA, Alex...... 261 26-18 69 7 18 6 0 0 3 24 .348 7 3 14 2 .350 1 1 0-1 165 25 7 .964 MILLER, Colin...... 188 8-2 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 .188 1 0 5 0 .235 0 0 0-1 3 1 1 .800 LOTTMAN, David...... 143 18-2 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 2 0 4 0 .333 0 0 0-0 6 0 0 1.000 SULLIVAN, Graham.... .133 20-10 45 3 6 1 0 0 1 7 .156 0 0 13 2 .133 0 1 0-0 46 13 3 .952 EDWARDS, Matt...... 111 5-1 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 .333 0 0 3 0 .111 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 BENDA, Austin...... 000 6-1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 ENTZ, Brett...... 000 5-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 RUCKER, Kyle...... 000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000

Totals...... 282 39-39 1362 204 384 68 4 28 181 544 .399 132 33 262 18 .356 14 42 47-63 1068 433 69 .956 Opponents...... 269 39-39 1371 214 369 67 8 40 180 572 .417 99 34 315 17 .330 15 21 47-70 1061 449 47 .970

LOB - Team (318), Opp (259). DPs turned - Team (27), Opp (32). CI - Team (1), ROBERTS, M. 1. IBB - Team (4), BIAGINI, T. 2, HESS, J. 1, YODER, A.J. 1. Picked off - BALLARD, J. 2, ROBERTS, S. 2, HAITSUKA, A. 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

HENDERSON, Chris.... 3.16 5-4 12 8 1 0/1 0 57.0 59 26 20 7 57 10 2 6 221 .267 2 6 0 3 2 BOWMAN, Michael..... 3.84 2-4 13 9 1 0/0 0 63.1 56 38 27 15 56 11 2 6 234 .239 5 4 0 1 6 BARHAM, Trey...... 4.43 2-4 10 9 1 0/0 0 61.0 63 35 30 12 56 13 0 7 230 .274 4 8 0 2 5 ------EDWARDS, Matt...... 0.77 1-0 7 0 0 0/0 0 11.2 13 1 1 3 8 1 0 0 47 .277 0 0 0 0 0 WOOD, Daniel...... 1.71 1-1 11 0 0 0/0 0 21.0 13 11 4 6 22 3 0 1 73 .178 3 4 3 2 2 DUTY, Chris...... 2.28 4-0 12 1 0 0/0 1 23.2 17 8 6 6 18 5 2 1 81 .210 4 3 0 2 0 SMINK, Travis...... 2.59 1-0 14 0 0 0/0 6 31.1 22 9 9 8 29 5 2 2 108 .204 1 1 0 0 2 BAREFOOT, Ryan...... 4.00 1-1 7 2 0 0/0 0 18.0 20 10 8 7 10 4 0 2 73 .274 3 0 0 1 1 MURRER, Matt...... 4.70 0-0 6 0 0 0/0 0 7.2 8 6 4 4 8 1 0 1 31 .258 0 1 0 0 1 FARLEY, Jason...... 7.14 2-2 13 5 0 0/1 2 29.0 38 29 23 12 24 8 0 7 120 .317 1 3 1 1 1 KRUITHOF, Adam...... 9.00 1-1 7 3 0 0/0 0 16.0 27 18 16 7 13 4 0 3 69 .391 3 1 0 3 1 FLORA, Lefty...... 9.88 0-2 5 2 0 0/0 0 13.2 27 17 15 11 13 1 0 4 68 .397 2 1 1 0 0 McPHERSON, Josh..... 10.12 0-0 4 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 6 6 3 1 1 1 0 0 16 .375 0 2 1 0 0

Totals...... 4.20 20-19 39 39 3 1/1 9 356.0 369 214 166 99 315 67 8 40 1371 .269 28 34 6 15 21 Opponents...... 4.20 19-20 39 39 3 2/2 9 353.2 384 204 165 132 262 68 4 28 1362 .282 35 33 1 14 42

PB - Team (12), HAITSUKA, A. 9, ROBERTS, M. 3, Opp (10). Pickoffs - Team (16), DUTY, C. 5, BARHAM, T. 4, HAITSUKA, A. 2, FLORA, L. 1, ROBERTS, M. 1, BOWMAN, M. 1, HENDERSON, C 1, FARLEY, J. 1, Opp (5). SBA/ATT - ROBERTS, M. (27-37), HAITSUKA, A. (20-31), BOWMAN, M. (7-16), BARHAM, T. (8-10), BAREFOOT, R. (10-10), FARLEY, J. (6-8), McPHERSON, J (4-4), KRUITHOF, A. (2-4), WOOD, D. (3-4), HENDERSON, C (2-4), SMINK, T. (0-4), MURRER, M. (2-2), DUTY, C. (2-2), EDWARDS, M. (0-1), FLORA, L. (1-1). 2008 VMI Baseball Overall Statistics for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

HESS, Justin...... 80 78 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0 BARHAM, Trey...... 11 2 9 0 1.000 0 8 2 .800 0 0 FARLEY, Jason...... 8 2 6 0 1.000 2 6 2 .750 0 0 DUTY, Chris...... 8 1 7 0 1.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 WOOD, Daniel...... 7 1 6 0 1.000 0 3 1 .750 0 0 LOTTMAN, David...... 6 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 KRUITHOF, Adam...... 5 1 4 0 1.000 0 2 2 .500 0 0 SMINK, Travis...... 4 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 4 .000 0 0 McPHERSON, Josh..... 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 4 0 1.000 0 0 BALLARD, Jordan..... 345 323 17 5 .986 24 0 0 --- 0 0 ROBERTS, Mike...... 172 153 15 4 .977 1 27 10 .730 3 1 ROBERTS, Sam...... 81 74 5 2 .975 1 0 0 --- 0 0 HAITSUKA, Alex...... 197 165 25 7 .964 2 20 11 .645 9 0 GEISSLINGER, Shane.. 216 80 128 8 .963 18 0 0 --- 0 0 SULLIVAN, Graham.... 62 46 13 3 .952 3 0 0 --- 0 0 YODER, A.J...... 141 48 83 10 .929 16 0 0 --- 0 0 SMITH, Thane...... 28 26 0 2 .929 0 0 0 --- 0 0 SANDRIDGE, Brian.... 32 29 0 3 .906 0 0 0 --- 0 0 BOWMAN, Michael..... 18 6 10 2 .889 0 7 9 .438 0 0 BIAGINI, Tanner..... 107 17 76 14 .869 3 0 0 --- 0 0 BAREFOOT, Ryan...... 22 5 13 4 .818 1 10 0 1.000 0 0 MILLER, Colin...... 5 3 1 1 .800 0 0 0 --- 0 0 HENDERSON, Chris.... 7 1 4 2 .714 0 2 2 .500 0 0 FLORA, Lefty...... 7 0 5 2 .714 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 MURRER, Matt...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 RUCKER, Kyle...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 EDWARDS, Matt...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 .000 0 0 TOPPING, Justin..... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 BENDA, Austin...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 ENTZ, Brett...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0

Totals...... 1570 1068 433 69 .956 27 47 23 .671 12 1 Opponents...... 1557 1061 449 47 .970 32 47 16 .746 10 0

Hitting minimums - 2.0 AB/Game Pitching minimums - 1.0 IP/Game 2008 VMI Baseball Game Results for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Big South Pitcher of record Attend Time ------/------Feb 23, 2008 LAFAYETTE W 7-1 7 10 1/ 1 6 1 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 HENDERSON, C (W 1-0) 531 2:50 Feb 23, 2008 LAFAYETTE 5-7 L 5 8 1/ 7 8 1 9 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 BOWMAN, M. (L 0-1) 531 2:40 Feb 24, 2008 LAFAYETTE 9-11 L 9 13 3/11 16 1 9 1- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 FLORA, L. (L 0-1) 323 3:08 Feb 29, 2008 BINGHAMTON W 11-4 11 17 2/ 4 5 3 9 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 BARHAM, T. (W 1-0) 119 2:37 Mar 01, 2008 BINGHAMTON 3-4 L 3 8 4/ 4 6 1 7 2- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 WOOD, D. (L 0-1) 113 2:19 Mar 01, 2008 BINGHAMTON W 9-7 9 10 1/ 7 14 2 9 3- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 FARLEY, J. (W 1-0) 383 2:57 Mar 02, 2008 CENTRAL CONN. STATE W 7-2 7 7 2/ 2 9 0 9 4- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 HENDERSON, C (W 2-0) 309 2:15 Mar 06, 2008 at Auburn 3-9 L 3 9 2/ 9 9 0 9 4- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 FARLEY, J. (L 1-1) 2322 2:40 Mar 07, 2008 at Auburn 4-6 L 4 9 0/ 6 9 1 9 4- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 BARHAM, T. (L 1-1) 2623 2:32 Mar 08, 2008 at Auburn 1-10 L 1 8 4/10 12 1 9 4- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 BOWMAN, M. (L 0-2) 2019 2:28 Mar 09, 2008 at Auburn 5-6 L 5 8 3/ 6 10 1 9 4- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 HENDERSON, C (L 2-1) 1974 2:37 Mar 11, 2008 OLD DOMINION 6-7 L 6 13 1/ 7 11 2 9 4- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 KRUITHOF, A. (L 0-1) 309 2:57 Mar 12, 2008 at William and Mary 3-12 L 3 6 1/12 17 1 9 4- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 FARLEY, J. (L 1-2) 231 3:18 Mar 14, 2008 MARSHALL 3-4 L 3 6 2/ 4 13 0 9 4-10- 0 0- 0- 0 BARHAM, T. (L 1-2) 197 2:20 Mar 15, 2008 MARSHALL 1-5 L 1 7 3/ 5 5 0 9 4-11- 0 0- 0- 0 BOWMAN, M. (L 0-3) 307 2:06 Mar 16, 2008 MARSHALL 2-7 L 2 7 0/ 7 14 2 9 4-12- 0 0- 0- 0 HENDERSON, C (L 2-2) 267 3:02 Mar 19, 2008 at Norfolk State W 11-2 11 13 1/ 2 6 3 9 5-12- 0 0- 0- 0 EDWARDS, M. (W 1-0) 128 2:56 *Mar 21, 2008 at High Point W 5-4 5 9 2/ 4 5 2 9 6-12- 0 1- 0- 0 BARHAM, T. (W 2-2) 338 2:40 *Mar 22, 2008 at High Point W 5-3 5 13 1/ 3 8 0 9 7-12- 0 2- 0- 0 FARLEY, J. (W 2-2) - 2:42 *Mar 22, 2008 at High Point W 3-0 3 8 0/ 0 6 1 9 8-12- 0 3- 0- 0 HENDERSON, C (W 3-2) 387 2:44 Mar 25, 2008 WILLIAM AND MARY W 9-8 9 6 3/ 8 13 1 9 9-12- 0 3- 0- 0 DUTY, C. (W 1-0) 253 3:06 Mar 26, 2008 at James Madison 4-8 L 4 12 2/ 8 14 1 9 9-13- 0 3- 0- 0 FLORA, L. (L 0-2) 375 3:04 *Mar 28, 2008 WINTHROP 3-11 L 3 11 4/11 15 1 9 9-14- 0 3- 1- 0 BARHAM, T. (L 2-3) 359 3:08 *Mar 29, 2008 WINTHROP W 5-4 5 9 0/ 4 8 0 9 10-14- 0 4- 1- 0 BOWMAN, M. (W 1-3) 537 2:06 *Mar 30, 2008 WINTHROP 0-4 L 0 8 3/ 4 5 0 9 10-15- 0 4- 2- 0 HENDERSON, C (L 3-3) 383 2:50 Apr 01, 2008 RICHMOND W 9-5 9 11 3/ 5 6 1 9 11-15- 0 4- 2- 0 DUTY, C. (W 2-0) 357 2:52 Apr 02, 2008 at Old Dominion W 7-3 7 5 0/ 3 6 2 9 12-15- 0 4- 2- 0 BAREFOOT, R. (W 1-0) 443 3:08 *Apr 05, 2008 RADFORD W 4-3 4 6 1/ 3 7 1 (11) 13-15- 0 5- 2- 0 DUTY, C. (W 3-0) 537 3:15 *Apr 06, 2008 RADFORD W 9-5 9 15 1/ 5 11 0 9 14-15- 0 6- 2- 0 HENDERSON, C (W 4-3) 537 2:40 *Apr 07, 2008 RADFORD W 3-2 3 15 2/ 2 7 2 (16) 15-15- 0 7- 2- 0 SMINK, T. (W 1-0) 209 4:32 Apr 08, 2008 VCU 3-5 L 3 7 4/ 5 8 1 9 15-16- 0 7- 2- 0 BAREFOOT, R. (L 1-1) 487 2:36 *Apr 11, 2008 at UNC Asheville 5-8 L 5 10 1/ 8 13 6 9 15-17- 0 7- 3- 0 BARHAM, T. (L 2-4) 322 2:37 *Apr 12, 2008 at UNC Asheville W 7-4 7 10 4/ 4 8 2 9 16-17- 0 8- 3- 0 HENDERSON, C (W 5-3) 322 2:38 *Apr 13, 2008 at UNC Asheville W 10-3 10 14 0/ 3 7 1 9 17-17- 0 9- 3- 0 BOWMAN, M. (W 2-3) 162 2:16 Apr 15, 2008 JAMES MADISON W 6-4 6 11 1/ 4 12 0 9 18-17- 0 9- 3- 0 WOOD, D. (W 1-1) 233 3:16 Apr 16, 2008 NORFOLK STATE W 10-7 10 11 2/ 7 11 2 9 19-17- 0 9- 3- 0 KRUITHOF, A. (W 1-1) 233 3:03 *4-18-2008 at LIBERTY 0-8 L 0 6 2/ 8 8 0 9 19-18- 0 9- 4- 0 HENDERSON, C (L 5-4) 2376 2:33 *4-19-2008 at LIBERTY W 6-5 6 21 1/ 5 12 1 (16) 20-18- 0 10- 4- 0 DUTY, C. (W 4-0) 614 4;26 *4-20-2008 at LIBERTY 1-6 L 1 7 1/ 6 9 2 9 20-19- 0 10- 5- 0 BOWMAN, M. (L 2-4) 383 2:30

() extra inning game 2008 VMI Baseball Games Summary for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) (All games)

Inning-by-inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX Total ------VMI 18 26 24 24 22 28 11 27 18 6 204 Opponents 33 33 29 23 26 19 13 24 11 3 214

Win-Loss Record When ------Overall...... 20-19 After 6 leading..... 14-0 Conference...... 10-5 ...... trailing.... 2-14 Non-Conference...... 10-14 ...... tied...... 4-5 Home games...... 12-10 After 7 leading..... 15-0 Away games...... 8-9 ...... trailing.... 3-17 Neutral site...... 0-0 ...... tied...... 2-1 Day games...... 12-13 After 8 leading..... 16-0 Night games...... 8-6 ...... trailing.... 3-18 vs Left starter..... 6-8 ...... tied...... 1-0 vs Right starter.... 14-11 1-Run games...... 6-4 Hit 0 home runs..... 7-11 2-Run games...... 3-4 ... 1 home run...... 9-6 5+Run games...... 5-7 ... 2+ home runs.... 4-2 Extra innings...... 3-0 Shutouts...... 1-2 Opponent 0 home runs 7-6 ...... 1 home run. 10-7 Scoring 0-2 runs.... 0-6 ...... 2+ HRs..... 3-6 ...... 3-5 runs.... 6-11 ...... 6-9 runs.... 10-2 Made 0 errors...... 4-2 ...... 10+ runs.... 4-0 .... 1 error...... 8-5 .... 2+ errors...... 8-12 Opponent 0-2 runs... 5-0 ...... 3-5 runs... 12-5 Opp. made 0 errors.. 5-5 ...... 6-9 runs... 3-10 ...... 1 error... 7-10 ...... 10+ runs... 0-4 ...... 2+ errors. 8-4

Scored in 1st inning 7-5 Out-hit opponent.... 13-4 Opp. scored in 1st.. 6-8 Out-hit by opponent. 6-12 Scores first...... 12-6 Hits are tied...... 1-3 Opp. scores first... 8-13

Record when team scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 0-2 0-3 0-1 2-6 1-2 3-3 2-1 4-0 0-0 4-1 4-0

Record when opponent scores: Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ W-L 1-0 1-0 3-0 4-0 5-3 3-2 0-3 2-3 1-3 0-1 0-4

Record when leading after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 5-2 7-1 10-3 9-3 11-2 14-0 15-0 16-0

Record when trailing after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 5-7 8-12 7-14 8-14 4-13 2-14 3-17 3-18

Record when tied after: Inn. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W-L 10-10 5-6 3-2 3-2 5-4 4-5 2-1 1-0

Current losing streak: 1 Longest winning streak: 5 Longest losing streak: 9

Home attendance : 7514 ( 22 dates avg = 341 ) Away attendance : 15019 ( 16 dates avg = 938 ) Total attendance: 22533 ( 38 dates avg = 592 ) 2008 VMI Baseball Team Game-by-Game for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) Batting (All games)

Date Opponent AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB IBB SB CS HBP SAC SF GDP K PO A E Avg

Feb 23, 2008 Lafayette 34 7 10 6 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 7 27 12 1 .294 Feb 23, 2008 Lafayette 34 5 8 5 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 3 27 6 1 .265 Feb 24, 2008 Lafayette 39 9 13 7 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 3 27 14 3 .290 Feb 29, 2008 Binghamton 40 11 17 10 4 0 1 2 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 3 27 7 2 .327 Mar 01, 2008 Binghamton 28 3 8 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 21 6 4 .320 Mar 01, 2008 Binghamton 32 9 10 8 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 5 27 9 1 .319 Mar 02, 2008 Central Conn. State 31 7 7 7 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 27 14 2 .307 Mar 06, 2008 at Auburn 36 3 9 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 24 7 2 .299 Mar 07, 2008 at Auburn 34 4 9 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 10 24 15 0 .295 Mar 08, 2008 at Auburn 34 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 24 10 4 .289 Mar 09, 2008 at Auburn 34 5 8 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 24 10 3 .285 Mar 11, 2008 Old Dominion 38 6 13 4 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 27 11 1 .290 Mar 12, 2008 at William and Mary 31 3 6 3 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 8 24 12 1 .283 Mar 14, 2008 Marshall 32 3 6 3 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 27 13 2 .277 Mar 15, 2008 Marshall 30 1 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 27 14 3 .274 Mar 16, 2008 Marshall 33 2 7 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 9 27 9 0 .270 Mar 19, 2008 at Norfolk State 37 11 13 8 4 1 0 5 0 5 0 1 2 2 0 5 27 15 1 .276 Mar 21, 2008 at *High Point 31 5 9 4 2 1 0 6 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 7 27 12 2 .276 Mar 22, 2008 at *High Point 37 5 13 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 27 14 1 .281 Mar 22, 2008 at *High Point 29 3 8 3 1 0 0 5 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 3 27 6 0 .280 Mar 25, 2008 William and Mary 26 9 6 7 1 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 8 27 10 3 .279 Mar 26, 2008 at James Madison 38 4 12 4 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11 24 9 2 .280 Mar 28, 2008 *Winthrop 37 3 11 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 27 11 4 .281 Mar 29, 2008 *Winthrop 29 5 9 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 10 27 9 0 .282 Mar 30, 2008 *Winthrop 31 0 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 27 7 3 .281 Apr 01, 2008 Richmond 33 9 11 9 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 27 12 3 .283 Apr 02, 2008 at Old Dominion 31 7 5 6 0 0 1 9 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 12 27 10 0 .279 Apr 05, 2008 *Radford 37 4 6 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 33 14 1 .275 Apr 06, 2008 *Radford 34 9 15 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 27 8 1 .280 Apr 07, 2008 *Radford 55 3 15 3 4 0 0 11 2 2 0 0 3 2 0 7 48 15 2 .280 Apr 08, 2008 VCU 31 3 7 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 10 27 14 4 .278 Apr 11, 2008 at *UNC Asheville 36 5 10 4 2 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 24 8 1 .278 Apr 12, 2008 at *UNC Asheville 37 7 10 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 7 27 12 4 .278 Apr 13, 2008 at *UNC Asheville 38 10 14 10 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 7 27 12 0 .281 Apr 15, 2008 James Madison 34 6 11 6 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 27 14 1 .282 Apr 16, 2008 Norfolk State 33 10 11 9 1 1 2 9 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 2 27 9 2 .284 4-18-2008 at *LIBERTY 31 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 11 24 10 2 .281 4-19-2008 at *LIBERTY 64 6 21 6 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 18 48 27 1 .284 4-20-2008 at *LIBERTY 33 1 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 8 24 6 1 .282

Totals 1362 204 384 181 68 4 28 132 4 47 16 33 42 14 18 262 1068 433 69 .282 2008 VMI Baseball Team Game-by-Game for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) Pitching (All games)

Date Opponent IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR WP BK HBP DP IBB Score W-L SV ERA

Feb 23, 2008 Lafayette 9.0 6 1 1 2 11 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 7-1 1-0 0 1.00 Feb 23, 2008 Lafayette 9.0 8 7 6 3 10 2 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 5-7 1-1 0 3.50 Feb 24, 2008 Lafayette 9.0 16 11 10 6 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9-11 1-2 0 5.67 Feb 29, 2008 Binghamton 9.0 5 4 2 4 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11-4 2-2 1 4.75 Mar 01, 2008 Binghamton 7.0 6 4 1 3 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3-4 2-3 1 4.19 Mar 01, 2008 Binghamton 9.0 14 7 6 1 8 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 9-7 3-3 2 4.50 Mar 02, 2008 Central Conn. State 9.0 9 2 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 7-2 4-3 2 3.98 Mar 06, 2008 at Auburn 8.0 9 9 7 5 7 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3-9 4-4 2 4.43 Mar 07, 2008 at Auburn 8.0 9 6 6 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4-6 4-5 2 4.68 Mar 08, 2008 at Auburn 8.0 12 10 8 3 8 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1-10 4-6 2 5.08 Mar 09, 2008 at Auburn 8.0 10 6 4 3 10 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 5-6 4-7 2 5.03 Mar 11, 2008 Old Dominion 9.0 11 7 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 6-7 4-8 2 4.94 Mar 12, 2008 at William and Mary 8.0 17 12 9 3 9 4 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 3-12 4-9 2 5.32 Mar 14, 2008 Marshall 9.0 13 4 4 0 8 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3-4 4-10 2 5.22 Mar 15, 2008 Marshall 9.0 5 5 1 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1-5 4-11 2 4.92 Mar 16, 2008 Marshall 9.0 14 7 7 2 6 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2-7 4-12 2 5.06 Mar 19, 2008 at Norfolk State 9.0 6 2 2 2 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 11-2 5-12 2 4.87 Mar 21, 2008 at *High Point 9.0 5 4 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 5-4 6-12 2 4.65 Mar 22, 2008 at *High Point 9.0 8 3 3 2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 7-12 3 4.55 Mar 22, 2008 at *High Point 9.0 6 0 0 1 12 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3-0 8-12 4 4.32 Mar 25, 2008 William and Mary 9.0 13 8 7 4 6 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 0 9-8 9-12 5 4.45 Mar 26, 2008 at James Madison 8.0 14 8 8 3 8 2 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 4-8 9-13 5 4.64 Mar 28, 2008 *Winthrop 9.0 15 11 9 0 8 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 3-11 9-14 5 4.84 Mar 29, 2008 *Winthrop 9.0 8 4 3 2 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 10-14 6 4.76 Mar 30, 2008 *Winthrop 9.0 5 4 2 2 13 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0-4 10-15 6 4.65 Apr 01, 2008 Richmond 9.0 6 5 3 1 6 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 9-5 11-15 6 4.58 Apr 02, 2008 at Old Dominion 9.0 6 3 3 5 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7-3 12-15 6 4.52 Apr 05, 2008 *Radford 11.0 7 3 3 4 12 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4-3 13-15 6 4.43 Apr 06, 2008 *Radford 9.0 11 5 5 1 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 9-5 14-15 6 4.45 Apr 07, 2008 *Radford 16.0 7 2 1 5 12 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 3-2 15-15 6 4.22 Apr 08, 2008 VCU 9.0 8 5 3 3 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3-5 15-16 6 4.18 Apr 11, 2008 at *UNC Asheville 8.0 13 8 6 0 7 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 5-8 15-17 6 4.25 Apr 12, 2008 at *UNC Asheville 9.0 8 4 3 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7-4 16-17 7 4.21 Apr 13, 2008 at *UNC Asheville 9.0 7 3 3 1 11 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 10-3 17-17 7 4.18 Apr 15, 2008 James Madison 9.0 12 4 3 2 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 6-4 18-17 8 4.14 Apr 16, 2008 Norfolk State 9.0 11 7 4 6 9 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 10-7 19-17 9 4.14 4-18-2008 at *LIBERTY 8.0 8 8 7 4 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0-8 19-18 9 4.23 4-19-2008 at *LIBERTY 16.0 12 5 5 2 10 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6-5 20-18 9 4.16 4-20-2008 at *LIBERTY 8.0 9 6 5 3 9 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1-6 20-19 9 4.20

Totals 356.0 369 214 166 99 315 67 8 40 28 6 34 27 0 204-214 20-19 9 4.20

* = Big South game 2008 VMI Baseball AB-R-H-RBI Breakdown for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) (All games)

#26 #21 #39 #24 #14 #34 #2 #28 #3 #1 #30 #6 #4 #31 #20 #23 #5 #10 Opponent Date BALLARD, BAREFOOT BENDA,A BIAGINI, EDWARDS, ENTZ,B GEISSLIN HAITSUKA HESS,J LOTTMAN, MILLER,C ROBERTS, ROBERTS, SANDRIDG SMITH,T SULLIVAN TOPPING, YODER,AJ ------LAFAYETT Feb 23 3-3-2-0 ...... 4-1-1-0 ...... 5-1-2-4 ...... 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-0-3-1 3-0-0-0 3-1-1-0 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-1-1-1 LAFAYETT Feb 23 2-1-0-0 ...... 1-1-1-3 1-0-0-0 ...... 5-1-2-0 2-1-2-0 4-0-0-0 ..Def...... 5-0-1-1 ...... 5-0-1-0 3-0-0-1 3-0-1-0 0-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 LAFAYETT Feb 24 4-1-1-0 ...... 5-1-3-2 ...... 4-2-1-0 ...... Def.. ..Def.. 3-0-0-0 4-2-2-1 ...... 5-1-2-3 5-1-1-0 1-0-0-0 3-0-2-1 5-1-1-0 BING Feb 29 4-1-0-0 4-1-2-3 ...... 5-2-3-1 ...... 4-2-1-0 5-1-1-1 5-0-2-2 ...... 4-1-2-0 ...... 4-2-2-2 ..Def...... 5-1-4-1 ...... BING Mar 01 ...... 3-0-1-1 ...... 3-0-2-1 ...... 4-1-3-0 ...... 2-0-0-0 ...... 4-1-1-1 ...... 3-0-1-0 3-1-0-0 2-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 ...... BING Mar 01 3-2-1-1 ...... 4-0-3-1 ...... 5-2-2-1 2-1-1-0 1-1-1-0 0-1-0-0 ...... 5-0-2-5 3-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 2-2-0-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 CCSU Mar 02 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-1-1-2 ...... 4-1-1-0 2-0-1-0 ...... 2-0-0-0 ...... 4-2-3-4 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-1 ...... 2-0-0-0 2-3-1-0 AU Mar 06 4-0-2-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 2-0-1-0 1-1-1-0 ...... 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 2-0-0-0 ...... 4-1-1-1 2-1-1-0 2-0-0-0 2-0-1-1 1-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 AU Mar 07 4-0-2-0 ...... 4-0-1-0 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-1-2-1 1-0-0-0 2-2-1-0 ...... 4-0-1-1 2-1-1-0 1-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 ...... 4-0-0-1 AU Mar 08 4-0-1-0 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 4-0-2-0 ...... 4-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 ...... 3-0-1-0 3-0-1-1 ...... 3-0-0-0 3-1-1-0 ...... 2-0-0-0 AU Mar 09 4-1-2-3 3-0-0-0 ...... 4-2-3-1 ...... Def.. 4-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 ...... 4-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 1-1-1-0 1-0-0-0 3-1-2-0 1-0-0-0 ODU Mar 11 4-0-1-0 ...... 5-1-3-4 ...... 4-2-1-0 1-0-0-0 5-0-2-0 ...... 5-0-1-0 2-1-1-0 ...... 3-2-2-0 1-0-0-0 5-0-2-0 3-0-0-0 W&M Mar 12 1-0-0-1 2-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 3-1-1-0 1-0-0-0 ...... 2-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 2-0-1-1 3-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 3-2-1-0 1-0-0-0 3-0-1-1 1-0-0-0 MARSHALL Mar 14 ...... 2-1-1-0 ...... 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 3-1-2-3 ..Def...... 4-0-2-0 ...... 4-1-1-0 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 ..Def.. MARSHALL Mar 15 ...... 4-0-0-0 2-0-0-0 ...... 2-0-0-0 ...... 3-0-1-0 ...... 4-0-1-0 1-0-1-0 1-0-0-1 3-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 2-0-0-0 4-1-3-0 MARSHALL Mar 16 ...... 5-0-0-0 ...... 4-1-2-0 ...... 3-0-0-0 ..Def.. ..Def.. 5-0-2-0 2-0-1-1 3-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 4-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 3-1-1-0 NSU Mar 19 4-1-2-0 1-0-0-0 1-1-0-0 5-0-1-1 ...... 4-3-2-2 3-0-0-1 4-2-2-0 0-1-0-0 ...... 4-0-1-1 5-2-3-1 ...... 3-0-1-0 3-1-1-2 HPU Mar 21 4-1-0-0 ...... 5-1-1-1 ...... 5-0-2-0 ...... 4-0-1-0 ..Def...... 3-0-1-0 3-0-2-1 ...... 3-2-1-2 ...... 3-0-0-0 1-1-1-0 HPU Mar 22 5-1-1-3 ...... 5-1-5-0 ...... Def.. 4-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 0-1-0-0 ...... 1-1-1-0 3-0-0-0 5-1-3-1 3-0-1-1 ...... Def.. 5-0-0-0 HPU Mar 22 2-1-0-0 ...... 3-0-1-1 ...... 4-1-2-0 4-0-0-0 2-1-1-0 ...... 3-0-0-0 3-0-2-1 3-0-0-0 ...... 5-0-2-1 W&M Mar 25 3-1-1-1 ...... 4-1-1-0 ...... 3-0-0-1 3-0-0-0 3-1-0-0 2-2-1-0 ...... 1-2-0-0 3-1-1-4 ...... 4-1-2-1 JMU Mar 26 4-2-2-2 ..Def.. 3-0-0-0 4-1-1-2 ...... 3-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 4-0-2-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 ...... 5-0-2-0 4-0-1-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 ...... 5-1-3-0 WU Mar 28 4-0-2-1 ...... 4-0-1-0 ...... 4-1-2-1 4-0-1-0 4-0-1-0 ...... 4-1-2-0 3-0-0-0 4-1-1-1 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 WU Mar 29 4-1-1-1 ...... 4-1-1-1 ...... 3-1-1-0 3-0-1-0 2-0-0-0 ...... 3-0-1-0 3-1-2-2 3-0-0-0 ...... 4-1-2-1 WU Mar 30 4-0-0-0 ..Def...... 4-0-1-0 ...... Def.. 3-0-0-0 2-0-1-0 3-0-2-0 ..Def...... 1-0-0-0 4-0-2-0 4-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 ..Def...... 3-0-0-0 RICHMOND Apr 01 3-0-0-1 ...... 5-1-2-2 ...... 3-1-2-1 ...... 2-0-0-0 ...... 5-2-2-1 3-2-1-2 4-2-3-1 4-0-0-0 4-1-1-1 ...... ODU Apr 02 4-1-1-2 ...... 3-1-0-2 ...... 3-2-2-0 ...... 3-0-0-0 ..Def...... 3-0-0-0 2-2-1-0 4-0-0-1 3-0-0-1 5-1-1-0 1-0-0-0 ...... RADFORD Apr 05 3-0-1-0 ...... 4-1-1-0 ...... 0-1-0-0 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-0-0-0 ..Def...... 4-0-0-0 5-1-1-0 5-1-2-3 ...... 1-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 RADFORD Apr 06 4-1-3-0 ...... 4-2-1-1 ...... 3-1-1-1 4-1-2-1 3-1-1-1 ..Def...... 5-1-2-1 3-1-1-0 4-0-3-3 ...... 4-1-1-1 RADFORD Apr 07 6-0-1-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 7-1-3-1 ...... 4-0-1-0 2-0-0-0 6-1-1-0 ..Def...... 4-0-1-0 7-0-3-0 8-1-4-0 2-0-0-0 3-0-0-0 0-0-0-1 5-0-1-1 VCU Apr 08 4-1-1-0 ...... 3-0-1-0 ...... 3-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 ...... 2-0-1-1 4-0-1-0 4-1-1-0 ...... 2-0-0-0 3-1-1-1 UNCA Apr 11 4-1-2-0 ...... 4-0-0-1 ...... 3-1-1-0 ...... 4-1-2-1 ...... 3-0-1-0 4-0-0-1 5-0-1-0 5-1-2-1 ...... 4-1-1-0 UNCA Apr 12 4-1-2-1 ...... 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-2-2-0 ...... 3-1-1-1 ...... 4-0-0-0 4-0-1-1 5-1-2-0 4-1-1-2 ...... 5-1-1-1 UNCA Apr 13 5-1-1-0 ...... 5-1-3-1 ...... 3-0-1-2 ...... 5-1-1-0 ...... 4-2-1-2 4-1-2-1 5-2-4-3 4-1-0-0 ...... 3-1-1-1 JMU Apr 15 4-1-3-0 ...... 2-0-0-1 ...... 3-1-2-0 3-2-1-0 4-0-0-0 ...... 5-1-3-2 4-1-1-1 5-0-1-2 ...... 4-0-0-0 ...... NSU Apr 16 5-1-1-3 ...... 5-1-2-0 ...... 3-2-1-1 3-0-1-0 1-0-0-0 ...... 3-1-1-0 4-2-2-4 2-1-0-0 4-1-2-0 ...... 3-1-1-1 LIBERTY 4-18-200 4-0-0-0 ...... 3-0-0-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 1-0-0-0 ..Def.. 3-0-0-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 3-0-1-0 4-0-1-0 3-0-1-0 3-0-2-0 1-0-0-0 1-0-1-0 3-0-0-0 LIBERTY 4-19-200 5-0-2-0 ...... 6-0-2-0 ...... 6-1-3-0 ...... 3-0-0-0 ...... 5-0-2-0 8-1-2-4 8-2-3-0 8-1-3-1 7-1-1-0 ...... 1-0-1-0 7-0-2-1 LIBERTY 4-20-200 4-0-0-0 ...... 4-0-1-0 ...... 2-0-1-0 3-1-2-0 2-0-0-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 4-0-1-0 4-0-1-1 4-0-1-0 ...... 1-0-0-0 4-0-0-0 2008 VMI Baseball IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO Breakdown for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) (All games)

#21 #8 #17 #22 #14 #11 #12 Opponent Date BAREFOOT,R BARHAM,T BOWMAN,M DUTY,C EDWARDS,M FARLEY,J FLORA,L ------Lafayette Feb 23 ...... 5.1- 3- 1- 1- 2- 4* ...... Lafayette Feb 23 ...... 7.0- 6- 5- 4- 1- 5* ...... Lafayette Feb 24 ...... 2.1- 4- 0- 0- 1- 2 ...... 2.2- 8- 9- 8- 4- 2* Binghamton Feb 29 ...... 6.0- 5- 4- 2- 4- 8* ...... 3.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 3 ...... Binghamton Mar 01 ...... 5.0- 4- 2- 0- 1- 6* ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 2- 1 ...... Binghamton Mar 01 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 1 ...... 2.1- 1- 1- 1- 0- 1 2.1- 5- 0- 0- 1- 2 Central Conn. Stat Mar 02 ...... Auburn Mar 06 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 0 ...... 4.0- 6- 7- 5- 3- 3* ...... Auburn Mar 07 ...... 7.0- 8- 6- 6- 3- 6* ...... 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 1 ...... Auburn Mar 08 ...... 3.0- 7- 8- 6- 2- 2* ...... 4.0- 5- 2- 2- 1- 5 Auburn Mar 09 ...... 2.2- 4- 2- 2- 0- 3 ...... Old Dominion Mar 11 4.0- 4- 1- 1- 1- 2 ...... 2.0- 2- 0- 0- 0- 1 ...... William and Mary Mar 12 ...... 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 1- 2 0.2- 3- 3- 3- 1- 0 ...... 4.0-10- 9- 6- 1- 4* ...... Marshall Mar 14 ...... 6.0-10- 4- 4- 0- 6* ...... 3.0- 3- 0- 0- 0- 2 ...... Marshall Mar 15 ...... 9.0- 5- 5- 1- 1- 7* ...... Marshall Mar 16 ...... 1.0- 2- 1- 1- 0- 0 ...... Norfolk State Mar 19 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 1 3.0- 2- 0- 0- 0- 1 1.1- 1- 0- 0- 0- 1 2.0- 1- 2- 2- 2- 2* ...... High Point Mar 21 ...... 9.0- 5- 4- 1- 1- 7* ...... High Point Mar 22 ...... 7.0- 7- 3- 3- 1- 5* ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 1- 2 ...... High Point Mar 22 ...... 2.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 2 ...... William and Mary Mar 25 2.0- 3- 2- 1- 0- 1 ...... 5.0- 3- 1- 1- 2- 4* ...... James Madison Mar 26 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 1- 2 ...... 3.1- 8- 5- 5- 2- 3* Winthrop Mar 28 2.0- 3- 2- 2- 0- 2 4.0- 8- 5- 5- 0- 3* ...... Winthrop Mar 29 ...... 7.0- 8- 4- 3- 1- 7* ...... Winthrop Mar 30 ...... 0.2- 0- 0- 0- 1- 1 ...... 0.1- 0- 0- 0- 1- 1 ...... Richmond Apr 01 ...... 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 2 ...... 3.0- 2- 2- 0- 0- 1 ...... 4.0- 3- 3- 3- 1- 3* ...... Old Dominion Apr 02 4.0- 1- 1- 1- 3- 0* ...... 1.0- 1- 1- 1- 1- 1 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 1- 1 ...... Radford Apr 05 ...... 9.0- 5- 1- 1- 2-11* ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 1 ...... Radford Apr 06 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0 ...... 1.2- 3- 1- 1- 0- 1 ...... Radford Apr 07 ...... 7.0- 5- 2- 1- 3- 3* 3.0- 2- 0- 0- 1- 3 ...... VCU Apr 08 4.0- 8- 4- 3- 2- 3* ...... UNC Asheville Apr 11 ...... 6.2-11- 6- 6- 0- 6* ...... UNC Asheville Apr 12 ...... UNC Asheville Apr 13 ...... 7.2- 5- 3- 3- 0- 9* ...... 1.1- 2- 0- 0- 1- 2 ...... James Madison Apr 15 ...... 2.0- 9- 4- 3- 1- 0* ...... Norfolk State Apr 16 ...... 1.1- 1- 1- 0- 3- 1 LIBERTY 4-18-200 ...... 1.1- 2- 2- 2- 1- 0 ...... LIBERTY 4-19-200 ...... 7.0- 7- 4- 4- 0- 3* ...... 1.2- 0- 0- 0- 0- 2 ...... LIBERTY 4-20-200 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 1- 2 ...... 6.2- 7- 5- 5- 2- 6* ...... 2008 VMI Baseball IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO Breakdown for VMI (as of Apr 22, 2008) (All games)

#7 #9 #27 #25 #35 #13 Opponent Date HENDERSON,C KRUITHOF,A MCPHERSON,J MURRER,M SMINK,T WOOD,D ------Lafayette Feb 23 3.2- 3- 0- 0- 0- 7 ...... Lafayette Feb 23 ...... 2.0- 2- 2- 2- 2- 5 Lafayette Feb 24 ...... 4.0- 2- 0- 0- 1- 3 0.0- 2- 2- 2- 0- 0 ...... Binghamton Feb 29 ...... Binghamton Mar 01 1.0- 1- 1- 1- 0- 0 ...... 0.0- 1- 1- 0- 0- 0 Binghamton Mar 01 ...... 3.1- 8- 6- 5- 0- 4* ...... Central Conn. Stat Mar 02 9.0- 9- 2- 1- 0- 8* ...... Auburn Mar 06 ...... 2.0- 2- 2- 2- 1- 2 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 1- 2 ...... Auburn Mar 07 ...... Auburn Mar 08 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 1 Auburn Mar 09 5.0- 6- 4- 2- 3- 6* ...... 0.1- 0- 0- 0- 0- 1 ...... Old Dominion Mar 11 ...... 2.0- 3- 4- 3- 2- 0* ...... 1.0- 2- 2- 0- 2- 0 ...... William and Mary Mar 12 ...... 2.1- 3- 0- 0- 0- 3 ...... Marshall Mar 14 ...... Marshall Mar 15 ...... Marshall Mar 16 4.2-10- 4- 4- 0- 2* ...... 3.1- 2- 2- 2- 2- 4 ...... Norfolk State Mar 19 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 0 ...... 0.2- 1- 0- 0- 0- 0 ...... High Point Mar 21 ...... High Point Mar 22 ...... 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 0 ...... High Point Mar 22 7.0- 5- 0- 0- 1-10* ...... William and Mary Mar 25 ...... 0.0- 2- 2- 2- 2- 0 ...... 2.0- 5- 3- 3- 0- 1 ...... James Madison Mar 26 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 1 0.2- 3- 2- 2- 0- 0 ...... 2.0- 2- 1- 1- 0- 2 Winthrop Mar 28 ...... 1.0- 3- 2- 1- 0- 0 ...... 2.0- 1- 2- 1- 0- 3 Winthrop Mar 29 ...... 2.0- 0- 0- 0- 1- 1 ...... Winthrop Mar 30 8.0- 5- 4- 2- 0-11* ...... Richmond Apr 01 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0 ...... Old Dominion Apr 02 ...... 1.0- 2- 1- 1- 0- 1 1.0- 1- 0- 0- 0- 2 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 2 Radford Apr 05 ...... 1.0- 2- 2- 2- 2- 0 ...... Radford Apr 06 6.1- 8- 4- 4- 1- 6* ...... Radford Apr 07 ...... 6.0- 0- 0- 0- 1- 6 ...... VCU Apr 08 ...... 5.0- 0- 1- 0- 1- 2 UNC Asheville Apr 11 ...... 1.1- 2- 2- 0- 0- 1 UNC Asheville Apr 12 7.0- 5- 3- 2- 1- 3* ...... 2.0- 3- 1- 1- 0- 1 ...... UNC Asheville Apr 13 ...... James Madison Apr 15 ...... 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 3 6.0- 3- 0- 0- 1- 5 Norfolk State Apr 16 ...... 4.0- 7- 2- 2- 1- 4* 1.0- 1- 2- 0- 1- 1 1.2- 2- 2- 2- 1- 1 1.0- 0- 0- 0- 0- 2 ...... LIBERTY 4-18-200 3.1- 5- 4- 4- 1- 3* ...... 0.2- 0- 0- 0- 0- 0 2.1- 1- 1- 1- 0- 4 ...... 0.1- 0- 1- 0- 2- 0 LIBERTY 4-19-200 ...... 7.1- 5- 1- 1- 2- 5 ...... LIBERTY 4-20-200 ...... 0.1- 2- 1- 0- 0- 1