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Morgan's Career Night Leads Baseball over VMI, 17-8

WP: Muly (2-0)
LP: Sanders (0-4)
2B: ODU: Pasquantino, Garriola, Schwarz
HR: ODU: Morgan; VMI: Knight

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Will Morgan went 5-for-5 with a home run and eight RBIs and Old Dominion routed VMI, 17-8, for its fifth straight win on Tuesday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium in Lexington.

The 17 runs were a new season high for Old Dominion (33-18). It was the Monarchs' first at VMI (15-38), head coach Chris Finwood's alma mater, since 2015.

Morgan hit a three-run, opposite-field home run, his eighth of the year, in the fourth inning to give ODU a 7-2 cushion.