JMU BASEBALL SWEEPS BUCKNELL WITH 19-12 WIN

Sunday, February 20

Harrisonburg, Va.

1:00 p.m.

James Madison University

4-0

Bucknell

0-4

Bucknell

James Madison

2/20/2011 10:11:00 PM | Baseball

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HARRISONBURG, Va., Feb. 20, 2011 - James Madison set a program record for runs over a four-game stretch with 91 while picking up a 19-12 win and earn the series sweep over Bucknell on Sunday afternoon at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

JMU improved to 4-0 on the season while Bucknell dropped to 0-4. The win followed a Friday score of 37-7 and a Saturday doubleheader with scores of 9-2 and 26-15. The series featured 23 JMU home runs, a team slugging mark of 1.056, a team on-base percentage of .588, and a perfect 16-for-16 on stolen base opportunities. Overall, the Dukes' offense saw 30 innings at the plate for an average of 27.3 runs per nine innings.

On Sunday, sophomore left fielder Johnny Bladel (Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge) went 3-for-3 with three walks, two steals, an RBI, and five runs scored to pace the JMU offense. Redshirt senior second baseman Trevor Knight (Charlottesville, Va./St. Anne's-Belfield) and senior shortstop David Herbek (Haymarket, Va./Battlefield) each drove in four runs with Knight posting a home run and two doubles.

Sophomore first baseman Matt Tenaglia (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) and freshman pitcher/designated hitter Tyler McFarland (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) each added home runs for the Dukes.

Redshirt junior Sean Tierney (Midlothian, Va./Clover Hill) earned his first collegiate victory with 3 2/3 innings of relief. McFarland made his first career start and left with the lead after five innings. After a shaky first inning, he recovered to retired seven straight batters at one point.

Dylan Seeley suffered his second loss of the weekend to drop to 0-2. Center fielder Bob Donato, first baseman Doug Shribman, and catcher Scott Reed each drove in a trio of runs for the Bison. Donato and Shribman each had home runs while third baseman David Duffett had a team-best three hits.

The game was tied at 8-8 after Shribman's two-run shot in the sixth. A sacrifice fly by Herbek in the bottom of the inning regained the lead. McFarland then hit his solo shot in the seventh and an RBI single by senior center fielder Alex Foltz (Mathias, W.Va./East Hardy) added an 11^th run, and the Dukes put the game away with an eight-run eighth inning.

In the top of the first, McFarland surrendered a solo home run to the first batter faced in his career by Bucknell center fielder Donato. The Bison proceeded to load the bases on a pair of walks and a single. A bases-loaded walk by Matt Lamore then brought in the second run. However, McFarland recovered to strike out the next two batters and escape the jam as part of retiring seven in a row.

In the bottom of the frame, Bladel lined a sharp single off the pitcher's foot to the shortstop and beat out the play at first. Knight followed with a double into the corner in left to drive in the first JMU run. Herbek then tied the score at 2-2 by lifting a high fly to the warning track in left for his 17^thcareer sacrifice fly, tying the school record shared by Mitch Rigsby (2000-03) and Steve Ballowe (1999-2002).

Bladel walked and Knight was hit by a pitch

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Tierney, Sean (1-0)

L: Seeley, Dylan (0-2)

Bucknell

Batting:

2B: Duffett, David 1 ; Glass, Scott 1

HR: Donato, Bob 1 ; Shribman, Doug 1

RBI: Donato, Bob 3 ; Shribman, Doug 3 ; Reed, Scott 3 ; Lamore, Matt 1 ; Figgie, Mark 1

SH: Shribman, Doug 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Donato, Bob 2 ; Constable, Drew 3 ; Shribman, Doug 1 ; Duffett, David 1 ; Lombardi, Luke 1 ; Figgie, Mark 1 ; Ashley, Brett 1 ; Glass, Scott 1 ; Meier, Justin 1

HBP: Glass, Scott 1

James Madison

Batting:

2B: Foltz, Alex 1 ; Haynes, Ian 1 ; Knight, Trevor 2 ; Herbek, David 1

3B: Shaban, Bradley 1

HR: Knight, Trevor 1 ; Tenaglia, Matt 1 ; McFarland, Ty 1

RBI: Foltz, Alex 1 ; Haynes, Ian 3 ; Bladel, Johnny 1 ; Knight, Trevor 4 ; Herbek, David 4 ; Tenaglia, Matt 2 ; McInturff, Cole 1 ; McFarland, Ty 1

SF: Herbek, David 2

Base Running:

RUNS: Foltz, Alex 1 ; Haynes, Ian 1 ; Bladel, Johnny 5 ; Knight, Trevor 3 ; Lowery, Jake 2 ; Herbek, David 1 ; Tenaglia, Matt 2 ; Shaban, Bradley 1 ; McInturff, Cole 2 ; McFarland, Ty 1