Baseball Stopped by Delaware 10-7

Saturday, March 31

Harrisonburg, Va.

6:30 PM

James Madison University

6-20-1, 1-10

Delaware

13-14, 6-5

Delaware

James Madison

3/31/2012 4:03:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va., March 31, 2012 - Delaware blew open a two-run game with a five-run seventh inning and held on in the final inning to defeat James Madison 10-7 in the middle game of a Colonial Athletic Association baseball series on Saturday night at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park.

UD clinched the series win and improved to 13-14 overall and 6-5 in the CAA. JMU lost its ninth straight home game to fall to 6-20-1 overall and 1-10 in the CAA.

Corey Crispell worked seven innings for the Delaware win to improve to 4-1. He allowed three runs on four hits in the third inning but otherwise limited JMU to three hits in the other six innings of his outing. JMU rallied from a 10-4 deficit to bring the potential tying run to the on-deck circle in the ninth to make it a save situation. Stephen Richter entered to record the final out on a strikeout for the second straight day to post his fourth save.

Left fielder Tyler Powell reached base four times with three singles and a walk for Delaware. Center fielder Cameron Travalini went 2-for-5 with three RBIs. First baseman Jimmy Yezzo singled, doubled, walked twice and scored three times. Second baseman D.J. Long doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs.

It was a 3-3 ballgame until Delaware pulled ahead with two runs in the fifth and made it a commanding 10-3 lead with a five-run seventh.

JMU tried to make it a late rally with one run in the eighth and three in the ninth. But with one runner aboard, sophomore third baseman Conner Brown (Richmond, Va./Godwin) struck out looking against Richter on a full-count pitch on a close call at the plate.

Junior left fielder Colby Roberts (Benton, Ark./Benton) had his first three-hit game as well as first three-RBI game at JMU while extending his hitting streak to eight games. Junior second baseman Casey Goss (Springfield, Mo./Glendale) had two hits for his seventh straight multiple-hit game to extend his JMU season-best nine-game hitting streak. Freshman shortstop Chad Carroll (Oakton, Va./Oakton) was 2-for-3 with a walk.

Junior right-hander Nick Slogik (Strongsville, Ohio/St. Edward) took the loss for James Madison after allowing two runs on three hits in his only inning of work in the fifth. Freshman Patrick Arnold (Roanoke, Va./Northside) allowed one hit with three strikeouts in the last two innings as JMU tried to mount its late comeback.

After JMU had a runner thrown out at the plate to end the bottom of the first, Delaware broke through for the lead in the second. Yezzo and Powell started the inning with singles and advanced on a grounder. Travalini singled up the middle to drive in both for the 2-0 advantage.

In the third, catcher Andrew Burgess led off with a single and reached second when an attempt to retire the lead runner on a fielder's choice resulted in a throw into center field. Right fielder Nick Ferdinand then plated Burgess with a double to left center to make it 3-0.

JMU broke through in the third to knot the game at 3-3. Freshman first baseman Aaron Hoover (Centreville, Va./Westfield) led off with an infield single up the middle and Ca