Dukes Fall in Regular -Season Finale at Georgia Southern

Saturday, May 20

Statesboro, Ga.

2 p.m.

James Madison University

30-23, 15-13

Georgia Southern

27-28, 16-14

James Madison

Georgia Southern

Dukes Fall in Regular -Season Finale at Georgia Southern

5/20/2023 4:51:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

STATESBORO, Ga. – James Madison baseball fell in the regular-season finale at Georgia Southern, 4-2, on Saturday afternoon at J.I. Clements Stadium.

The Dukes head into the Guardian Credit Union Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship presented by Troy University with a 30-23, 15-13 SBC record. The Eagles improved to 27-28, 16-14 SBC.

Redshirt junior CJ Czerwinski started on the mound for JMU and went four innings with two strikeouts. Sophomore Coleman Calabrese led at the plate by going 2-for-3 with a home run.

Ga'von Wray (4-3) was the winning pitcher for GS.

How It Happened
Second Inning
Georgia Southern scored all its runs in the second inning, beginning the inning with a home run. A pair of singles would bring home runs before a fielder's choice made it 4-0 in favor of the hosts.

Sixth Inning
A pair of singles and a walk loaded the bases for JMU in the sixth to allow redshirt senior Kyle Novak to hit a sacrifice fly to get the Dukes on the board.

Seventh Inning
Calabrese made the score 4-2 with his second home run of the season, hitting a solo shot the opposite way.

Game Notes

Matt Kleinfelter made his 28^th appearance of the season, moving into a tie for second in program history.

Up Next
The Dukes will be the seventh seed in the Sun Belt tournament and played 10th-seeded Old Dominion on Tuesday, May 23 at 4 p.m. ET/3 p.m. CT in Montgomery, Ala. at Riverwalk Stadium. All SBC tournament games are available on ESPN+.