2011 KEYDET BASEBALL VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI BASEBALL GAME NOTES VMI (10-10-1, 1-2 Big South) at Longwood (17-6) and vs. VCU - March 22, Farmville, Va. - 5 p.m. March 23, Gray-Minor Stadium - 5 p.m. 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 Tues.: VMI Campbell Henkel, LHP (2-0, 3.60 ERA) vs. LW Ryan Schubert (1-0, 5.82 ERA) Feb. 22 William & Mary W, 4-1 Wed: VMI TBA vs. VCU TBA Feb. 23 at #10 Virginia L, 3-4 Feb. 25 Binghamton W, 5-3 Feb. 26 Binghamton (DH) L, 1-7 and W, 2-0 After taking the series finale from man George Piccirilli.The junior had a Feb. 27 Binghamton W, 9-2 Mar. 1 at Richmond T, 6-6. Winthrop in the team’s Big South career day, going 4 for 5 with four RBI Mar. 4 Bucknell W, 6-5 opening series this past weekend,VMI and three extra-base hits, including a Mar. 5 Bucknell (DH) L, 2-4,W 7-3 Mar. 6 Bucknell PPD is back in action Tuesday, taking on three-run home run in the eighth Mar. 8 at #27 James Madison W, 8-2 Corvallis, Oregon Tournament - Mar. 11-13 Longwood in Farmville. Game time is inning that broke the game open. Rob Mar. 11 vs. New Mexico State W, 7-2 set for 5 p.m., and the Keydets will Dickinson and Justin Hess have also Mar. 12 vs. New Mexico State W, 5-0 Mar. 12 at Oregon State L, 3-13 have a quick turnaround to take on been hitting well for VMI,as both have Mar. 13 at Oregon State L, 1-5 VCU at Gray-Minor Stadium the next hit .381 (8 for 21) over the team’s last Mar. 15 at Portland PPD Mar. 18 at Winthrop* L, 1-2 day, also at 5 p.m. six games. Mar. 19 at Winthrop* L, 6-7 (10) Mar. 20 at Winthrop* W, 10-2 Left-hander Campbell Henkel will VCU swept both games from VMI Mar. 22 at Longwood 5 p.m. make his first collegiate start against last season, but this year, the Rams are Mar. 23 VCU 5 p.m. Mar. 25 at Presbyterian College* 3 p.m. the Lancers, after five relief appear- just 7-12 overall. and have lost three of Mar. 26 at Presbyterian College* 2 p.m. ances already this year. Henkel has two their last four, including a series loss to Mar. 27 at Presbyterian College* 1 p.m. Mar. 30 Richmond 5 p.m. wins out of the bullpen, along with a James Madison this past weekend. Apr. 1 Gardner-Webb* 6 p.m. Following the midweek games, VMI Apr. 2 Gardner-Webb* 4 p.m. 3.60 ERA. He will face a Longwood Apr. 3 Gardner-Webb* 1 p.m. team that has won 15 of 16 games, and is back in action Friday, opening a Apr. 5 Virginia Tech 6 p.m. Apr. 8 at Radford* 6 p.m. will start freshman righty Ryan three-game conference set in Clinton, Apr. 9 at Radford* 4 p.m. Schubert in the non-conference con- S.C. versus Presbyterian College. Game Apr. 10 at Radford* 2 p.m. Apr. 13 at William & Mary 7 p.m. test. time is set for 3 p.m. Apr. 15 at Charleston Southern* 2 p.m. Schubert will have to face a Keydet Apr. 16 at Charleston Southern* 2 p.m. Apr. 17 at Charleston Southern* 2 p.m. lineup that pounded out 10 runs on 12 Apr. 19 at VCU 6 p.m. Apr. 22 Liberty* 6 p.m. hits in Sunday’s win, including first base- Apr. 23 Liberty* (DH) 2 p.m. Apr. 26 James Madison 6 p.m. Apr. 28 at #23 Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. Apr. 29 at #23 Coastal Carolina 6 p.m. Potential Starters Apr. 30 at #23 Coastal Carolina 2 p.m. Yr. AVG R 2B HR RBI OBP May 11 Longwood 6 p.m. C Alex Haitsuka Sr. .264 11 6 1 5 .354 May 13 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. 1B George Piccirilli Jr. .365 11 6 2 18 .390 May 14 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. 2B Justin Hess Sr. .277 11 2 1 7 .309 May 15 UNC Asheville* 6 p.m. 3B Chase Worthington Jr. .194 6 1 1 9 .276 May 17 at Virginia Tech 5:30 p.m. SS Sam Roberts Sr. .338 17 3 2 11 .433 May 19 High Point* 6 p.m. LF Graham Sullivan Sr. .341 8 7 2 12 .356 May 20 High Point* 6 p.m. CF Rob Dickinson So. .270 6 1 0 3 .281 May 21 High Point* 1 p.m. RF Jacob Morley Jr. .292 7 3 0 2 .333 May 24-28 Big South Championships - Lexington DH Justin Topping Sr. .357 4 1 0 2 .400 * - Big South Conference Game VMI’s Record in 2011... Piccirilli’s Career Day Gives Big South Standings Keydets Series Finale: Big South Overall Overall . .10-10-1 First baseman George Piccirilli had a career W-L PCT W-L PCT Big South . .1-2 day in March 20’s series finale at Winthrop. The Liberty 3-0 1.000 12-9 .571 Gardner-Webb 2-1 .667 14-4 .778 Non-Conference . .10-10-1 junior went 4 for 5 with four RBI and three extra- base hits, including a three-run, game-breaking Winthrop 2-1 .667 9-9 .500 Postseason . .0-0 home run in the eighth inning for his second long Presbyterian 2-1 .667 13-7 .650 High Point 1-2 .333 13-9 .591 At Home . .6-2 ball of the year. The effort gave the Keydets their VMI 1-2 .333 10-10-1 .528 first conference win of the season after losing the On the Road . .2-8-1 UNC Asheville 1-2 .333 6-12 .333 first two games of the series by a combined two Neutral Site . .2-0 Radford 0-0 .000 12-6 .667 runs. #23 Coastal Carolina 0-0 .000 13-8 .619 At Home (Big South) . .0-0 Charleston So. 0-3 .000 10-11 .476 On the Road (Big South) . .1-2 Sullivan Heats Up During Trip This Week’s Midweek At Home (Non-Conference) . .6-2 West: Senior outfielder Graham Sullivan went on a On the Road (Non-Conference) . .1-6-1 Games tear during a five-game stretch, beginning March UNC Asheville at App. State/N.C. Central In Extra-Inning Games . .0-1-1 8. During that time, he hit .476 with four doubles, Virginia Tech at Liberty Vs. Nationally-Ranked Teams . .1-4 and also drove in five runs. That effort was high- Radford at East Tenn. State (DH) lighted by a 5 for 9 run over two games, including Vs. In-State Teams . .2-1-1 Winthrop at Florida (two games) going 2 for 5 with three runs driven to lead the Gardner-Webb at Western Carolina Playing a Day Game . .10-8-1 Keydets over #27 James Madison. High Point at North Carolina Playing a Night Game . .0-2 Coastal Carolina at The Citadel Brown Dominates Early: Wofford at Presbyterian In First Game of a Doubleheader . .0-2 Junior right-hander Jeremy Brown has had a In Second Game of a Doubleheader . .2-0 strong start to the year, including being a part of In Single Games . .8-8-1 VMI’s first two combined shutouts since 2009. Brown’s ERA sat at 0.90 through games of March Big South Preseason Poll In one-run games . .1-3 13, and despite giving up just one run over five 1. Coastal Carolina (10) . .100 pts. In two-run games . .2-1 innings March 20 at Winthrop, actually rose to 2. Liberty . .90 1.08, which remained third in the League. He has 3. Winthrop . .68 In five + run games . .4-5 thrown a career-high six innings twice this season. 4. High Point . .63 When Scoring First . .5-3 T5. Radford . .61 When Opponent Scores First . .5-7-1 VMI Drops Pair at Oregon State: T5. VMI . .61 7. Gardner-Webb . .39 When Leading Entering 7th Inning . .8-2-1 After taking two games from the New Mexico State Aggies March 11-12 in Corvallis, Ore., the 8. Charleston Southern . .30 When Trailing Entering 7th Inning . .0-7 Keydets dropped a pair to the hosting Oregon 9. UNC Asheville . .26 When Tied Entering 7th Inning . .2-1 State Beavers. OSU scored the first seven runs to 10. Presbyterian College . .12 When Leading Entering 9th Inning . .8-0 take the opener, 13-3, and got strong pitching to take game two, 5-1. When Trailing Entering 9th Inning . .0-9 When Tied Entering 9th Inning . .0-1-1 Keydets Take Two From New When Scoring 5 Runs or Less . .4-9 Mexico State: When Scoring 6+ Runs . .6-1-1 Sparked by strong pitching, VMI captured both games from New Mexico State at the round- When Allowing 5 Runs or Less . .10-4 robin tournament in Corvallis, Ore., March 11 and When Allowing 6+ Runs . .0-6-1 12. When Out-Hitting an Opponent . .9-4 In game one, NMSU took a 1-0 lead in the fourth against Coby Cowgill, who allowed just one When Out-Hit by Opponent .