Box Score
FARMVILLE, Va. -- Johnny Bladel and Chad Carroll each had two hits to lead James Madison University of the Colonial Athletic Association to a 6-4 non-conference baseball win at Longwood University on Wednesday evening at Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville. J.T. Root gained the pitching win in late relief for the visiting Dukes (16-20), who scored two unearned runs in the 10th inning, and Chris Huffman earned his sixth save with the final inning. Freshman
Kyri Washington/Prospect had a two-run home run for the host Lancers (17-21), while classmate
Travis Burnette/Lynchburg took the mound loss with the final inning of relief. Longwood will host Big South Conference opponent Gardner-Webb University for a three-game weekend series, beginning on Friday, April 19 at 7 p.m. at Charles Buddy Bolding Stadium in Farmville.
Longwood got on the scoreboard in the first inning to lead 1-0 with a manufactured run as freshman
Colton Konvicka/Richmond (1-3, RBI) drew a lead-off walk, stole both second and third base, and scored on an RBI ground ball to shortstop by junior captain
Matt Dickason/Chesapeake (1-5, RBI).
James Madison answered in the second inning to tie it at 1-1, getting back-to-back singles from Conner Brown (1-3, RBI) and Cole McInturff (1-4, RBI) that left Brown at third base with no outs. Ty McFarland (0-4, RBI) promptly followed with a sacrifice fly ball to deep left field to score Brown.
Longwood added two more runs in the fourth inning to lead 3-1 when Washington (1-4, 2 RBI) slammed a two-out, two-run line drive home run to left field that also scored Dickason, who had singled. Dickason had moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by junior captain
Alex Owens/Purcellville (0-2) and moved to third on a fly ball to deep center field by junior captain
Scott Burkett/Williamsburg (0-4).
James Madison added two runs in the sixth inning to tie it again at 3-3, aided by a couple of hit batters, one with the bases loaded, along with a two walks and a sacrifice fly. Brown plated the first run scored by Casey Goss (1-6), who had reached on an infield hit to shortstop behind the bag at second base, when he was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Carroll (2-5), who reached on a fielder's choice when attempting a sacrifice bunt, also scored during the at-bat via a sacrifice fly to right field by McInturff, a close play at the plate when he was able to avoid the tag. The Dukes took their first lead at 4-3 with an unearned run in the eighth inning when Colby Roberts (1-2) singled with one out, moved to second on a walk and scored courtesy of a throwing error on a fielder's choice play.
Longwood, however, responded with a run in the eighth too while forging a 4-4 tie, getting a lead-off walk from Burnette (1-3), who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt from freshman
C.J. Roth/Yorktown (0-3), and scored on an RBI single by Konvicka.
JMU, though, would plate two more unearned runs with two-outs in the 10th inning for the road victory. Matt Tenaglia (1-5) got the rally started with a two-out single and advanced to third base when Chris Hanson (0-1) reached on a throwing error that allowed him to make it to second. Tenaglia crossed the plate on a wild pitch and Hanson scored on an RBI single from Bladel (2-4, RBI).
Burnette (3-6) was the last of six pitchers with the final 1.0 inning for Longwood, allowing two hits and two runs, unearned, with no walks and no strikeouts. Freshman
Joe Manion/Midlothian pitched 3.1 innings for the Lancers, yielding three hits and one run, unearned, with three walks and no strikeouts.
Root (1-0) pitched 4.0 innings for JMU, allowing just one hit and one run, earned, with two walks and three strikeouts. Huffman (6) tossed the final 1.0 scoreless inning for the save, yielding one hit with one walk and no strikeouts.
