DUKES BREAK AWAY FROM PATRIOTS FOR 11-5 BASEBALL WIN

Saturday, April 14

Fairfax, Va.

2:00 PM

James Madison University

12-24, 5-11

George Mason

17-18, 10-9

James Madison

George Mason

4/14/2007 4:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

FAIRFAX, Va., April 14, 2007 - Redshirt sophomore Lee Bujakowski (Hopewell, Va./Hopewell) drove in four runs on four hits and James Madison University broke open a close game with a five-run ninth to beat George Mason University 11-5 in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball game on Saturday afternoon at "Hap" Spuhler Field.

JMU improved to 12-24 overall and 5-11 in the CAA. The Dukes snapped a four-game losing skid in conference play. GMU fell to 17-18 overall and 10-9 in the CAA.

Redshirt sophomore Kurt Houck (Gilbertsville, Pa./Boyertown) earned his second win in four days to improve to 2-6. He entered a bases-loaded jam with two outs in the fifth and recorded a strikeout. He went on to work 3 1/3 innings, allowing one run on three hits. Sophomore Justin Wood (Dayton, Va./Turner Ashby) started and allowed three runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. Senior Jacob Cook (Mechanicsville, Va./Lee-Davis) worked the ninth and tied the JMU career-appearances record of 84, which he shares with Ryan New (1996-99).

Bujakowski finished the day going 4-for-5 with three runs scored and four RBIs, including a two-run home run. The homer was his second of the season and the runs and hits both career highs. It was his second four-RBI game in the last four days.

Senior Davis Stoneburner (Richmond, Va./Mills Godwin) went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored. Junior Kellen Kulbacki (Palmyra, Pa./Hershey) had a pair of singles in three at bats and scored three times. Freshman Matt Browning (Mystic, Conn./Fitch) hit a three-run home run, his second of the season, in the ninth. Eight of JMU's nine starters had at least one hit.

Redshirt junior Dan Jaycox (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn) took the loss for Mason. He allowed six runs, four earned, on eight hits in six innings.

Junior Jason Bour and freshman Justin Bour (Centreville, Va./Westfield) each had home runs and two RBIs for the Patriots. Sophomore Spencer Wiggins (Fairfax, Va./Robinson), sophomore Scott Kreiger (Towson, Md./Calvert Hall), and freshman Dan Palumbo (Bowie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) each had two hits.

A one-out, opposite-field home run in the second by Jason Bour got the Patriots off to a 2-0 lead. It was his ninth home run of the season.

The Dukes took their first lead in the third, starting with three singles. The last by Bujakowski was a fly ball that landed in between the right fielder and second baseman, allowing Foltz to score the first JMU run of the day from third. The fourth hit of the inning, a single to left by Stoneburner, brought in Kulbacki to tie the score at 2-2. Moses followed with a shallow pop up single that landed between the pitcher and second baseman. Bujakowski was caught off the base at third, but the throw across the infield sailed wide and two runs came around to score unearned for a 4-2 JMU lead.

Kulbacki led off the fifth inning with a walk and came around to score on a line-drive home run to right by Bujakowski, his second long ball of the season, for a 6-2 JMU lead.

The Patriots got one back in the fifth after Jason Bour tripled to right-center. Justin Bour followed with what should have been an RBI groundout, but freshman Mike Fabiaschi (Torrington, Conn./Torrington) misplayed the ball for an error, allowing Bour to reach. A single to left by freshman Chris Henderson (Marlton, N.J./Cherokee) and in infield bunt single by Wiggins loaded the bases. The Dukes went to the pen to Houck, who struck out redshirt junior Chris Fournier (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield) looking to end the inning.

GMU added another run in the seventh. Palumbo reached on a lead-off single and advanced to second on a groundout. Palumbo was driven in by a two-out single to left by Wig