WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – William & Mary baseball (25-16, 8-7 CAA) fell to VMI (24-20, 6-6 SoCon) at home Tuesday, 14-5.

The Tribe's three walks, drawn by Ben Parker, Henry Jackson and Trey Christman, overtook the 262 walks from 2016 for fourth-most in a single season in program history with a total of 263. 

With a pair of home runs off the bats of Joe Delossantos and Luca Trigiani, the Tribe brought its season total to 47, tying 2022's mark for 10^th-most in a single season in program history. Notably, Delossantos hit his 10^thof the year for a career high, eclipsing his previous-best nine from 2022.

Parker and Delossantos each had a pair of hits, recording their 18^th and 15^th multi-hit games of the season, respectively.

Lucas Carmichael's single up the middle to lead off the game for the Green & Gold extended his hitting streak to a team-leading nine games.

Freshman Hank Lippman made a strong closing effort in the contest, going a season-high 2.0 scoreless innings with a pair of strikeouts, no walks and just one hit allowed.

The Tribe struggled on the mound early, uncharacteristic of the staff which entered the contest with the 14^th-best ERA in the country. 

Scratching runs across in the opening two innings, the Keydets pulled into a commanding lead, touting a 7-3 advantage through three innings. 

Attempting to chip away at the early lead, the leadoff hitter reached for the Tribe in each of the first three frames, twice coming around to score. Jackson's walk to open the second inning allowed him to cross the plate with W&M's first run of the night on a pinch-hit sacrifice fly from Derek Holmes.

The third inning saw a Parker single to left field, before Delossantos pulled his 10^th home run of the year 369 feet off the top of the scoreboard of neighboring Martin Family Stadium at Albert-Daly Field. Attempting to close in on the Keydets, the homer brought the deficit to four.

VMI continued to press, adding five runs over the fourth and fifth innings. 

In the bottom of the fifth, outfielder duo of Parker and Delossantos belted back-to-back stand-up doubles to left field as the former scored the Tribe's fourth run. Delossantos' three-RBI game was the third of its kind and his team-leading 12^th multi-RBI game of the season.

Trigiani's home run sailed over the left-centerfield wall for the lone run in the sixth inning, adding the Tribe's final run of the night and bringing the score to 12-5.

Despite W&M turning its second double play of the night to erase a leadoff walk in the seventh, the Keydets managed their final pair of runs in the frame.

With the deciding lead taken early in the game, Alex Markus was credited with the loss in the contest.

Lippman entered the game in the eighth, tossing a perfect frame to open his outing. Tying his season-high two strikeouts, the righty retired the leadoff hitter in each of his innings by the punchout.
 
Up Next
The Tribe will remain at home to host CAA foe No. 24 UNCW, named a top-25 team by Perfect Game. W&M will kick off the weekend against the Seahawks at 6 p.m. Friday, April 26, continue the series at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 27, and conclude the weekend with a 1 p.m. first pitch on Sunday, April 28.
 
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