JMU Hits Four Home Runs in Win Over Wofford

Friday, February 24

Spartanburg, S.C.

5 p.m.

James Madison University

4-1

Wofford

1-4

James Madison

Wofford

2/24/2017 9:45:00 PM | Baseball

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Four home runs from four different players powered James Madison baseball to a 5-1 win over Wofford at Russell C. King Field on Friday night.

With their third win in a row, the Dukes improved to 4-1 on the season while the Terriers fell to 1-4.

Redshirt junior second baseman Josh Wyatt sparked the Dukes' offense with a solo shot over the left field fence in the second inning. In the next inning, juniors Mike Sciorra and Kyle McPherson and redshirt senior Brett Johnson all went yard to put the Dukes up 4-0. All four home runs were to left field and the first of the season for each player.

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Senior right-handed pitcher Brandon Withers earned his second win in as many starts, throwing a career-high 10 strikeouts across five and two thirds innings with just one earned run on four hits and two walks. Adam Scott took the loss for the Terriers to fall to 0-2 despite 12 strikeouts.

Junior right-handed pitcher Matt Colon was effective out of the bullpen, throwing two and one third innings of scoreless relief, allowing just one hit and striking out three batters. Senior left-handed pitcher Michael Evans pitched a scoreless ninth inning with one walk and three strikeouts.

Junior third baseman Bradley McKay added an insurance run in the ninth inning, singling up the middle to score freshman pinch runner DaVonn Griffin. The run scored was the first of Griffin's career.

FOUR SCORE
The Dukes hit four home runs in a game for the first time since March 28, 2015, when JMU lost to College of Charleston 10-6.

QUOTING COACH IKENBERRY
"Withers, Colon and Evans were all dynamic on the mound tonight. Credit to Adam Scott, he settled in and pitched well after we hit four solo home runs. I was proud of how our guys competed tonight. We pitched and played great defense, and that's our formula for success."

UP NEXT
JMU is back in action on Saturday, facing UNC Asheville at Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park, the home stadium of USC Upstate. The Bulldogs beat Dayton 12-6 on Friday.