2011 KEYDET BASEBALL VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI (20-19-1, 9-9 Big South) vs. James Madison (27-14, 12-9 CAA) April 26, Gray-Minor Stadium Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 18 at #10 Florida State L, 0-12 Probable Starting Pitchers Feb. 19 at #10 Florida State L, 2-9 Feb. 20 at #10 Florida State L, 0-15 VMI RHP John Garrett (3-2, 4.81) vs. JMU LHP Alex Valadja (4-3, 8.37) Feb. 22 William & Mary W, 4-1 Feb. 23 at #10 Virginia L, 3-4 For the second time this season, season series from JMU Tuesday, after Feb. 25 Binghamton W, 5-3 Feb. 26 Binghamton (DH) L, 1-7 and W, 2-0 VMI will take on the James Madison winning 8-2 on March 8 in Feb. 27 Binghamton W, 9-2 Dukes in Keydet baseball action. Game Harrisonburg. That win was the Mar. 1 at Richmond T, 6-6. Mar. 4 Bucknell W, 6-5 time is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at Gray- Keydets’ first at JMU since 1976, the Mar. 5 Bucknell (DH) L, 2-4,W 7-3 Minor Stadium. last year before James Madison Mar. 6 Bucknell PPD Mar. 8 at #27 James Madison W, 8-2 The Keydets come off a hard- became a Division I program. Corvallis, Oregon Tournament - Mar. 11-13 fought series with Liberty that saw all Once again, history is not on the Mar. 11 vs. New Mexico State W, 7-2 Mar. 12 vs. New Mexico State W, 5-0 three games decided by a combined Keydets’ side, as VMI is just 8-44 all- Mar. 12 at Oregon State L, 3-13 five runs. Unfortunately for VMI, the time against JMU and has never swept Mar. 13 at Oregon State L, 1-5 Mar. 15 at Portland PPD Keydets came out on the short end of the season series. VMI and JMU have Mar. 18 at Winthrop* L, 1-2 two of those games, including a heart- played multiple games in a season 23 Mar. 19 at Winthrop* L, 6-7 (10) Mar. 20 at Winthrop* W, 10-2 breaking loss in game one Saturday, times, and have split the series on six Mar. 22 at Longwood W, 5-4 when Liberty scored three in the ninth occasions, with the Dukes sweeping Mar. 23 VCU PPD the other 17. Mar. 25 at Presbyterian College* W, 5-2 to pull ahead and win 8-6. Mar. 27 at Presbyterian College* W, 8-4 The bright spot of the Liberty series Following this game, VMI will travel Mar. 27 at Presbyterian College* L, 4-5 to Conway, S.C. for a Thursday- Mar. 30 Richmond PPD was the performance of Jason Farley, Apr. 1 Gardner-Webb* W, 11-8 who had his best outing of the year in Saturday Big South series with the con- Apr. 2 Gardner-Webb* L, 7-10 ference-leading Coastal Carolina Apr. 3 Gardner-Webb* L, 10-14 game two Saturday. Farley went six Apr. 6 Virginia Tech L, 2-11 innings and allowed just an unearned Chanticleers. Apr. 8/9 at Radford* W, 10-7 Apr. 10 at Radford* L, 5-6 run, striking out eight and not walking Apr. 10 at Radford* L, 5-14 anyone. Apr. 13 at William & Mary W, 5-1 Apr. 15 at Charleston Southern* W, 11-0 VMI will be looking to sweep the Apr. 16 at Charleston Southern* W, 15-12 Apr. 17 at Charleston Southern* W, 9-1 Potential Starters Apr. 19 at VCU L, 2-4 Apr. 22 Liberty* L, 2-3 Yr. AVG R 2B HR RBI OBP Apr. 23 Liberty* (DH) L, 6-8 and W, 3-1 C Alex Haitsuka Sr. .288 22 11 3 21 .362 Apr. 26 James Madison 6 p.m. Apr. 28 at Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. 1B George Piccirilli Jr. .336 25 10 2 25 .381 Apr. 29 at Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. 2B Justin Hess Sr. .305 26 4 3 17 .352 Apr. 30 at Coastal Carolina 2 p.m. May 11 Longwood 6 p.m. 3B Chase Worthington Jr. .224 20 2 2 15 .301 May 13 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. May 14 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. SS Sam Roberts Sr. .379 35 8 5 32 .468 May 15 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. LF Graham Sullivan Sr. .338 23 9 3 26 .381 May 17 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. May 19 High Point* 6 p.m. CF Rob Dickinson So. .271 17 6 1 10 .299 May 20 High Point* 6 p.m. RF Jacob Morley Jr. .299 20 5 1 17 .358 May 21 High Point* 1 p.m. May 24-28 Big South Championships - Lexington DH Justin Topping Sr. .329 11 6 0 10 .415 * - Big South Conference Game VMI’s Record in 2011... Roberts Earns Litany of Awards: Big South Standings For his performance from April 13-April 17 Big South Overall Overall . .20-19-1 (see “Roberts explodes in Charleston” note, VMI W-L PCT W-L PCT Big South . .9-9 shortstop Sam Roberts earned a litany of awards Coastal Carolina 11-4 .733 26-15 .634 early the following week. He was tabbed not only Liberty 12-6 .667 22-18 .550 Non-Conference . .11-10-1 for his second Big South Player of the Week award Radford 10-5 .667 21-15 .615 Postseason . .0-0 this season, but also earned ECAC Player of the Winthrop 9-9 .533 19-22 .463 VMI 9-9 .533 20-19-1 .513 At Home . .8-7 Week honors, as well as a spot in the Collegiate Baseball Hall of Fame’s weekly All-Star Lineup. Charleston So. 9-9 .467 22-22 .500 On the Road . .10-12-1 Gardner-Webb 9-9 .400 24-13-1 .645 Neutral Site . .2-0 UNC Asheville 7-11 .467 15-25 .375 Roberts Climbing Career Charts: High Point 7-11 .333 21-21 .500 At Home (Big South) . .2-4 Thanks to a huge week (April 13-17), high- Presbyterian 4-14 .267 18-23 .439 lighted by going 9 for 10 against Charleston On the Road (Big South) . .7-5 Southern, VMI shortstop Sam Roberts climbed sev- At Home (Non-Conference) . .6-3 eral spots on Keydet career statistical charts. This Week’s Midweek On the Road (Non-Conference) . .3-7-1 Sunday afternoon, April 17, he took over the career runs scored lead, passing Kelly Sweppenhiser ‘06. Games In Extra-Inning Games . .0-1-1 After posting his ninth straight multi-hit game James Madison at VMI Vs. Nationally-Ranked Teams . .1-4 April 22 against Liberty, he is within three of the Liberty at South Carolina Charlotte at Winthrop Vs. In-State Teams . .6-7-1 program’s all-time hits record. Roberts is also just two away from Franco Martin 97’s record for career Appalachian State at Radford Playing a Day Game . .15-15-1 walks. Coastal Carolina at UNC Wilmington Playing a Night Game . .5-4 Western Carolina at High Point High Point at UNCG In First Game of a Doubleheader . .1-4 Roberts Explodes in Charleston: In one of the strongest weeks in Keydet base- Gardner-Webb at Furman In Second Game of a Doubleheader . .3-2 ball history, VMI shortstop Sam Roberts exploded Radford at Longwood In Single Games . .16-13-1 offensively during games of April 13-17. During those four contests, he hit .733 (11 for 15), scored In one-run games . .2-6 eight runs, drove in nine and walked six times, In two-run games . .3-3 including four in April 17’s game to tie a school Big South Preseason Poll 1. Coastal Carolina (10) . .100 pts. In five + run games . .6-7 record. The run was part of a streak of seven straight multi-hit games, during which Roberts hit 2. Liberty . .90 When Scoring First . .13-5 .607 and raised his season average 55 points (to 3. Winthrop . .68 When Opponent Scores First . .7-14-1 .391). Since that time, that run has ended (April 23 4. High Point . .63 T5. Radford . .61 When Leading Entering 7th Inning . .16-2-1 vs. Liberty) and Roberts’ average has fallen to .379. T5. VMI . .61 When Trailing Entering 7th Inning . .0-14 Haitsuka’s Streak Ends: 7. Gardner-Webb . .39 When Tied Entering 7th Inning . .4-3 With an 0 for 4 outing in the April 22 game 8. Charleston Southern . .30 9. UNC Asheville . .26 When Leading Entering 9th Inning . .18-2 against Libert, Alex Haitsuka’s career-best 19-game hitting streak came to an end. The senior catcher 10. Presbyterian College . .12 When Trailing Entering 9th Inning . .0-16 had posted a hit in every game since the confer- When Tied Entering 9th Inning . .0-1-1 ence opener, March 15 at Winthrop, and had also posted the longest Keydet hitting streak in two When Scoring 5 Runs or Less . .8-15 seasons. When Scoring 6+ Runs . .12-4-1 When Allowing 5 Runs or Less . .17-7 Liberty Takes 2 of 3 at Gray- Minor: When Allowing 6+ Runs . .3-12-1 In a series that was close throughout, the vis- When Out-Hitting an Opponent . .14-7 iting Liberty Flames took two out of three from When Out-Hit by Opponent . .3-10-1 VMI Easter weekend at Gray-Minor Stadium. Friday’s game saw Liberty strike for a run in the When Matching Opponent in Hits .