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Tuesday, March 20
Harrisonburg, Va.
2:30 PM
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TOWNSEND SENDS JMU TO 12-4 BASEBALL WIN OVER MARSHALL
3/20/2007 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
HARRISONBURG, Va., March, 20, 2007 ? Sophomore Matt Townsend (Lorton, Va./Hayfield) hit two home runs and drove in five runs to lead James Madison University to a 12-4 win over Marshall University in non-conference baseball action on Tuesday afternoon at Long Field/Mauck Stadium.
JMU improved to 6-13 overall with its fifth win in the last six games. Marshall dropped to 13-5 after entering the game with its best start since 1988.
Townsend had his first home runs of the season and doubled his career total to four. His blasts came on the first two pitches he saw in the game, hitting a solo shot in the second and a two-run blast in the third. He also drove in runs on a fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly. The five RBIs were a season high.
Senior Jacob Cook (Mechanicsville, Va./Lee-Davis) picked up his first win of the season to improve to 1-3. He allowed three runs on six hits with three strikeouts in five innings. Freshman Dustin Crouch (Amherst, Va./Amherst) limited Marshall to one run on four hits in three innings of relief. Freshman Michael Brogan (Norfolk, Va./Maury) pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts.
Junior Adam Dobies (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) took the loss for the Thundering Herd, allowing eight runs, six earned, on eight hits in four innings. He dropped to 2-1.
Senior Mitchell Moses (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) had two doubles, scored twice, and drove in a run. Earlier in the day he was named to the College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll for his performance last week hitting .571 (8-for-14) with six runs and seven RBIs. Sophomore Lee Bujakowski (Hopewell, Va./Hopewell) went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Freshman Mike Fabiaschi (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) had two hits.
Senior Brendan Murphy (Chattanooga, Tenn./S.W. Tennessee C.C.) had two hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in three of the four runs for Marshall. Senior Brit Vincent (Bowling Green, Ky./S.W. Tennessee C.C.) and junior Nick Damas (Willow Springs, Ill./South Suburban C.C.) each had two hits.
JMU scored in all but two innings and scored first for the 16th time in 19 games. Moses got things started with an double to right field with runners on first and second. Kulbacki scored on the play, but Steven Caseres (New City, N.Y./St. Joseph Regional) was thrown out at home to end the inning.
The Dukes doubled their output in the second on the first of Townsend's two homers, a solo opposite-field home run to right center. The Dukes had a chance to blow the game open, but Kellen Kulbacki (Palmyra, Pa./Hershey) struck out swinging with the bases loaded.
Marshall got on board in the third with an RBI single by Murphy to drive in Damas. Damas reached on a single, advanced to second on a bunt and reached third on a groundout before Murphy's hit.
Townsend doubled JMU's output when he sent a two-run shot to right center, the second straight first-pitch, opposite-field home run.
After a scoreless fourth inning, Murphy hit a two-run home run to right center to pull the Thundering Herd within one at 4-3.
However, the margin did not stay at one for long as the Dukes batted around in the fifth inning, scoring five runs with the help of two Marshall errors. Runs came in on an RBI grounder by Brett Garner (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock), who reached on an error, a fielder's choice by Townsend with a throwing error that allowed tow runs, a Bujakowski single, and a Davis Stoneburner (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) single.
A sacrifice fly by Townsend in the sixth and an RBI single by senior Rob Altieri (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic) pushed the JMU lead to 11-4. Junior Tommy Johnson (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) drove
JMU improved to 6-13 overall with its fifth win in the last six games. Marshall dropped to 13-5 after entering the game with its best start since 1988.
Townsend had his first home runs of the season and doubled his career total to four. His blasts came on the first two pitches he saw in the game, hitting a solo shot in the second and a two-run blast in the third. He also drove in runs on a fielder's choice and a sacrifice fly. The five RBIs were a season high.
Senior Jacob Cook (Mechanicsville, Va./Lee-Davis) picked up his first win of the season to improve to 1-3. He allowed three runs on six hits with three strikeouts in five innings. Freshman Dustin Crouch (Amherst, Va./Amherst) limited Marshall to one run on four hits in three innings of relief. Freshman Michael Brogan (Norfolk, Va./Maury) pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts.
Junior Adam Dobies (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny) took the loss for the Thundering Herd, allowing eight runs, six earned, on eight hits in four innings. He dropped to 2-1.
Senior Mitchell Moses (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) had two doubles, scored twice, and drove in a run. Earlier in the day he was named to the College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll for his performance last week hitting .571 (8-for-14) with six runs and seven RBIs. Sophomore Lee Bujakowski (Hopewell, Va./Hopewell) went 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Freshman Mike Fabiaschi (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) had two hits.
Senior Brendan Murphy (Chattanooga, Tenn./S.W. Tennessee C.C.) had two hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in three of the four runs for Marshall. Senior Brit Vincent (Bowling Green, Ky./S.W. Tennessee C.C.) and junior Nick Damas (Willow Springs, Ill./South Suburban C.C.) each had two hits.
JMU scored in all but two innings and scored first for the 16th time in 19 games. Moses got things started with an double to right field with runners on first and second. Kulbacki scored on the play, but Steven Caseres (New City, N.Y./St. Joseph Regional) was thrown out at home to end the inning.
The Dukes doubled their output in the second on the first of Townsend's two homers, a solo opposite-field home run to right center. The Dukes had a chance to blow the game open, but Kellen Kulbacki (Palmyra, Pa./Hershey) struck out swinging with the bases loaded.
Marshall got on board in the third with an RBI single by Murphy to drive in Damas. Damas reached on a single, advanced to second on a bunt and reached third on a groundout before Murphy's hit.
Townsend doubled JMU's output when he sent a two-run shot to right center, the second straight first-pitch, opposite-field home run.
After a scoreless fourth inning, Murphy hit a two-run home run to right center to pull the Thundering Herd within one at 4-3.
However, the margin did not stay at one for long as the Dukes batted around in the fifth inning, scoring five runs with the help of two Marshall errors. Runs came in on an RBI grounder by Brett Garner (Burke, Va./Lake Braddock), who reached on an error, a fielder's choice by Townsend with a throwing error that allowed tow runs, a Bujakowski single, and a Davis Stoneburner (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) single.
A sacrifice fly by Townsend in the sixth and an RBI single by senior Rob Altieri (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic) pushed the JMU lead to 11-4. Junior Tommy Johnson (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard) drove
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cook, Jacob (1-3)
L: Adam Dobies (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Brandon Casamassima 1
HR: Brendan Murphy 1
RBI: Brendan Murphy 3 ; Tommy Johnson 1
SH: Mason Chapman 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brit Vincent 1 ; Brendan Murphy 1 ; Aaron Jamieson 1 ; Nick Damas 1
SB: Nick Damas 1
CS: Brandon Casamassima 1
Batting:
2B: Kulbacki, Kellen 1 ; Moses, Mitchell 2 ; Foltz, Alex 1 ; Bujakowski, Lee 1 ; Johnson, Chris 1
HR: Townsend, Matt 2
RBI: Stoneburner, Davis 1 ; Browning, Matt 1 ; Moses, Mitchell 1 ; Garner, Brett 1 ; Townsend, Matt 5 ; Bujakowski, Lee 1 ; Altieri, Rob 1
SF: Townsend, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kulbacki, Kellen 1 ; Caseres, Steven 1 ; Moses, Mitchell 2 ; Garner, Brett 2 ; Townsend, Matt 3 ; Bujakowski, Lee 1 ; Johnson, Chris 1 ; Lescanec, Bryan 1
SB: Caseres, Steven 1 ; Moses, Mitchell 2 ; Garner, Brett 1
HBP: Lescanec, Bryan 1 ; Altieri, Rob 1
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