Williamsburg, Va. - The William and Mary Tribe baseball team fell to in-state rival VMI on Wednesday night, 5-1, at Plumeri Park.  With the loss, the Tribe falls to 18-17 on the season while the Keydets improve to 16-16-1 on the year.

Taking the hard-luck loss for the Tribe was starter Jay McCarthy, who pitched well in his four innings of work.  McCarthy surrendered just one unearned run on four hits while striking out a pair.  Out of the bullpen, John Farrell , Reid Killen , and Brett Koehler combined to throw 3.1 innings, striking out four, walking none, and allowing just one hit.

Offensively, junior Tadd Bower drove in the Tribe's only run, while senior Derrick Osteen and sophomore Ryan Brown each had a pair of hits for the College.  Junior Sean Aiken and freshman Devin White also had hits on the evening for the Green and Gold.

After neither team could push across a run in the first three innings, the Keydets tallied all five of their runs in the next three frames, highlighted by a three run sixth to take a 5-0 lead in to the bottom of the inning.

In the Tribe's half, Osteen led off the inning with a great bunt single down the third base line.  After a fly out, White smacked a double down the left-field line to put runners on second and third for Bower with one out.  Bower didn't wait long, hitting a sharp single to left field, scoring Osteen from third.

The Tribe was unable to muster any other great chances in the ball game and could not come up with a timely hit.  For the game, both teams left eight runners on base.  Despite holding the VMI offense to no runs in the final three innings, the Tribe would fall to the Keydets, 5-1.

The William and Mary Tribe baseball team will head south this weekend for a critical, three-game series with CAA-rival UNC Wilmington.  First pitch of the three-game set is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Friday, April 15.