Dukes Drop Both Games at Tennessee

Tuesday, March 8

Knoxville, Tenn.

6 p.m.

James Madison University

8-5

Tennessee

11-1

James Madison

Tennessee

3/9/2022 9:58:00 PM | Baseball

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The James Madison baseball team took No. 10 Tennessee to extra innings for the first time this season on Wednesday afternoon, falling 9-8 in 10 innings after play was suspended Tuesday night due to rain before the bottom of the eighth inning. The Dukes then fell, 10-2, in the second game of the two-game series at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

The Dukes fall to 8-6, while the Volunteers now hold a 12-1 record.

Game One
The Dukes went down early, getting behind the Volunteers 7-1 through the first four innings. Six unanswered runs by JMU in the sixth and seventh innings tied the game at seven apiece in the seventh.

Redshirt junior Carson Bell began the comeback, hitting a three-run homer to right field to chip at the lead and make it 7-4 in the sixth. Classmate Travis Reifsnider led off the top of the seventh with a solo shot to left, before Bell hit his second home run of the game two batters later to tie the game at seven.

The game then went into a thirty-minute rain delay, before being suspended just before the bottom of the eighth. When play resumed Wednesday, the Volunteers were able to score a run to take the lead, 8-7. Freshman Fenwick Trimble then led off the ninth with a solo shot, the first home run of his collegiate career, to tie the game at eight and eventually force extra innings.

The Volunteers were able to knock in the game winning run in the first extra frame, using a trio of singles to score the winning ninth run.

Game Two
Tennessee got out to an early lead, hitting a solo shot in the first. The Dukes were able to take a lead in the fourth inning, scoring a pair of runs without recording a hit. After three consecutive walks loaded the bases to begin the inning, freshman Fenwick Trimble hit a chopper to third to score one. The third baseman attempted a force play at second, but the ball wasn't cleanly caught and allowed another run to score to make it 2-1 JMU.

The Volunteers then showed why they lead the nation in home runs, scoring nine unanswered runs using six homers. Tennessee hit a total of seven home runs in the game. They scored three runs in both the sixth and seven innings and two runs in the eighth to win the game 10-2.

Game Notes

The two jacks by Carson Bell in the first game go down as his first career-multi homer game and his five RBI's are a career-high.
Trevon Dabney recorded three hits in the first game, tying a career-high. He now has three games of three hits this season.
Freshman Fenwick Trimble scored three runs in the first game, the third time this season he has done so.
The seven home runs given up by the Dukes in the second game were the most since giving up seven at Towson on March 29, 2009.

Up Next
The Dukes will stay on the road, heading to Morehead State for a three-game series. The two squads will face off in a doubleheader at noon on Friday, March 11 and a single game on Sunday, March 13. All games will be streamed on ESPN+.