Smith Goes Career-High Six Innings, but Bats are Silenced for Dukes in Finale at No. 2 Arkansas

Monday, February 19

Fayetteville, Ark.

1 p.m. ET (12 p.m. CT)

James Madison University

1-3

Arkansas

3-1

James Madison

Arkansas

Smith Goes Career-High Six Innings, but Bats are Silenced for Dukes in Finale at No. 2 Arkansas

2/19/2024 4:39:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Junior Casey Smith went a career-high six innings in his first career start on the mound, but the bats of James Madison baseball were kept quiet in the series finale with No. 2 Arkansas as it fell, 4-0, on Monday afternoon at Baum-Walker Stadium.

The Dukes fell to 1-3 while the Razorbacks improved to 3-1.

Junior Ryan Dooley led the Dukes at the plate with a 1-for-3 effort and a walk. Smith's quality start included a career-high tying two strikeouts as he scattered six hits and allowed three runs (two earned).

How It Happened
First Inning
Arkansas struck first on their third batter of the game. After a single and a throwing error allowed the first two batters to reach and get into scoring position, a single scored both for a 2-0 lead.

Third Inning
A single was utilized by the hosts to increase their lead to three, scoring a run with a two-out base hit to make the score 3-0.

Seventh Inning
After putting a pair of runners on, Arkansas caught a break when a would-be lineout double play ricocheted off of a runner's helmet. The ricochet allowed runners to advance to scoring position and a single would bring home a run to make it 4-0.

Up Next
The Dukes head home for eight of their next nine games, welcoming Virginia Tech to Veterans Memorial Park on Wednesday, Feb. 21 for their home opener at 3 p.m. That game will be streamed on ESPN+.