Big Day at the Plate for DeLauter Leads Dukes Over VMI

Wednesday, April 6

Lexington, Va.

6 p.m.

James Madison University

17-11

VMI

9-21

James Madison

VMI

4/6/2022 9:15:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

LEXINGTON, Va. – Redshirt sophomore Chase DeLauter had his first career multi-home run game and knocked in six runs to lead James Madison baseball over VMI, 12-2, on Wednesday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium.

The Dukes move to 17-11 and have won nine of their last 12 games, while the Keydets fall to 9-21. JMU now sweeps the season series with VMI, winning 28-4 when the two teams squared off earlier this season in Harrisonburg.

Redshirt sophomore CJ Czerwinski started and went a season-high 2.2 innings with three strikeouts. Freshman Todd Mozoki went two innings of relief and earned his first career win. DeLauter led the Dukes at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, two runs scored, two home runs, and six RBI's.

How It Happened
JMU got on the board early, as DeLauter hit his first home run in the first inning for a 2-0 lead after redshirt junior Trevon Dabney led off with a walk. DeLauter then hit his second homer, a solo shot, in the third. Freshmen Fenwick Trimble doubled two batters later and came home when redshirt junior Travis Reifsnider singled him in for a 4-0 lead.

VMI scored two runs in the bottom of the third to cut the lead to two, 4-2, but the Dukes would respond scoring eight unanswered runs over the next three innings.

A pair of walks and a bunt single loaded the bases for DeLauter in the fourth, who then hit a double to clear the bases and give JMU a 7-2 lead. Classmate Jacob Steinberg singled a run in the fifth inning after back-to-back walks to lead off the inning. A four-run inning in the sixth followed, as redshirt junior Kyle Novak doubled in a run and was followed two batters later by Reifsnider who a three-run blast for his fifth homer of the season and a 12-2 JMU lead.

Mozoki, Evan Smith, Matt Leikus, and Ryan Cook combined to throw five scoreless innings and six strikeouts to keep the Keydets off the board and maintain the 12-2 lead for the win.

Game Notes

In his last two games at Gray-Minor Stadium, Travis Reifsnider is hitting 5-for-8 with four home runs, five runs scored, and nine RBI's.
In the two games this year against VMI, Chase DeLauter hit 7-for-9 with a walk, two doubles, three home runs, five runs scored, and 14 RBI's.
Fenwick Trimble recorded a season-high three runs scored for the third time this season.
Kyle Novak and DeLauter both extended their reached base streaks to 25 and 20, respectively.

Up Next
The Dukes head down to College of Charleston for a three-game set this upcoming weekend. First pitch of the opener is scheduled for Friday, April 8 at 6 p.m. and will be streamed on FloSports.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Mozoki, Todd (1-0)

L: Caden Plummer (1-2)

James Madison

Batting:

2B: DeLauter, Chase 1 ; Novak, Kyle 1 ; Trimble, Fenwick 1

HR: DeLauter, Chase 2 ; Reifsnider, Travis 1

RBI: DeLauter, Chase 6 ; Novak, Kyle 1 ; Reifsnider, Travis 4 ; Steinberg, Jacob 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Dabney, Trevon 1 ; DeLauter, Chase 2 ; Novak, Kyle 1 ; Trimble, Fenwick 3 ; Reifsnider, Travis 1 ; Bell, Carson 1 ; Dunaway, Mason 1 ; Zona, Nick 2