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Semones Hits Walk-Off Homer Against Delaware
3/25/2017 8:40:00 PM | Baseball
HARRISONBURG, Va. – A walk-off home run by freshman center fielder Fox Semones gave James Madison a 6-5 win over Delaware in a Colonial Athletic Association baseball tilt at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday afternoon.
Semones, the reigning CAA Rookie of the Week, led off the bottom of the ninth with the game tied at 5-5 and fired his first career home run over the left field fence to notch the Dukes' second walk-off win of the season.
JMU improved to 16-5 overall and 2-0 in CAA play, while the Blue Hens fell to 11-9 on the year and 0-2 in the league.
???????Redshirt junior second baseman Josh Wyatt tied the game at 5-5 in the eighth with his fourth home run of the season, a shot to left field that exploded off his bat. The Dukes initially took a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning via the bat of redshirt senior first baseman Brett Johnson. He hit his second double of the day down the left field line to score two runs, before scoring himself on Zach Tondi's groundout.
PHOTO OF THE GAME
Fox Semones gets mobbed by his teammates after hitting a walk-off home run. See the full gallery here.
Delaware scored its first three runs on sacrifice flies in the second, fourth and fifth innings. The Blue Hens took a 5-3 lead in the sixth when James Meeker hit a two-run triple to right center.
Senior left-handed pitcher Michael Evans (2-0) earned the win on the mound after throwing a scoreless ninth inning and allowing only an infield single. Sophomore Matt Marsili was crucial out of the bullpen for the Dukes, throwing two perfect innings of relief with two strikeouts. Ron Marinaccio (0-1) took the loss for Delaware.
QUOTING COACH IKENBERRY
"I was proud of how our guys hung in there today and how resilient they were. Josh Wyatt had a big at-bat for us, coming back from striking out to hitting a two-run home run, it just shows you how tough he is. It was awesome for Fox to crush that pitch the way he did to walk us off. Finally, I was proud of how our bullpen threw tonight, it was a lot of fun to watch."
UP NEXT
The series finale between JMU and Delaware on Sunday, March 26 has been moved to a 1 p.m. first pitch to avoid incoming weather.
Semones, the reigning CAA Rookie of the Week, led off the bottom of the ninth with the game tied at 5-5 and fired his first career home run over the left field fence to notch the Dukes' second walk-off win of the season.
JMU improved to 16-5 overall and 2-0 in CAA play, while the Blue Hens fell to 11-9 on the year and 0-2 in the league.
???????Redshirt junior second baseman Josh Wyatt tied the game at 5-5 in the eighth with his fourth home run of the season, a shot to left field that exploded off his bat. The Dukes initially took a 3-2 lead in the fourth inning via the bat of redshirt senior first baseman Brett Johnson. He hit his second double of the day down the left field line to score two runs, before scoring himself on Zach Tondi's groundout.
PHOTO OF THE GAME
Fox Semones gets mobbed by his teammates after hitting a walk-off home run. See the full gallery here.
Delaware scored its first three runs on sacrifice flies in the second, fourth and fifth innings. The Blue Hens took a 5-3 lead in the sixth when James Meeker hit a two-run triple to right center.
Senior left-handed pitcher Michael Evans (2-0) earned the win on the mound after throwing a scoreless ninth inning and allowing only an infield single. Sophomore Matt Marsili was crucial out of the bullpen for the Dukes, throwing two perfect innings of relief with two strikeouts. Ron Marinaccio (0-1) took the loss for Delaware.
QUOTING COACH IKENBERRY
"I was proud of how our guys hung in there today and how resilient they were. Josh Wyatt had a big at-bat for us, coming back from striking out to hitting a two-run home run, it just shows you how tough he is. It was awesome for Fox to crush that pitch the way he did to walk us off. Finally, I was proud of how our bullpen threw tonight, it was a lot of fun to watch."
UP NEXT
The series finale between JMU and Delaware on Sunday, March 26 has been moved to a 1 p.m. first pitch to avoid incoming weather.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Evans, Michael (2-0)
L: Marinaccio, Ron (0-1)
Batting:
3B: Meeker, James 1
RBI: Glover, Jordan 1 ; Patten, Nick 1 ; Ake, Jeremy 1 ; Meeker, James 2
SF: Glover, Jordan 1 ; Patten, Nick 1 ; Ake, Jeremy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mohollen, Kevin 1 ; Glover, Jordan 1 ; Trimble, Doug 1 ; Ake, Jeremy 1 ; Nardo, Diaz 1
SB: Mohollen, Kevin 1
HBP: Ake, Jeremy 1 ; Meeker, James 1
Batting:
2B: Johnson, Brett 2
HR: Wyatt, Josh 1 ; Semones, Fox 1
RBI: Johnson, Brett 2 ; Wyatt, Josh 2 ; Semones, Fox 1
SH: Wyatt, Josh 1
Base Running:
RUNS: McPherson, Kyle 1 ; Sisk, Adam 2 ; Johnson, Brett 1 ; Wyatt, Josh 1 ; Semones, Fox 1
HBP: Sisk, Adam 1 ; McKay, Bradley 1
PO: Semones, Fox 1
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