Dukes Break Skid Amid Comeback Effort from Texas State

Sunday, March 24

Harrisonburg, Va.

12 p.m.

James Madison University

14-10, 2-4

Texas State

14-10, 4-2

Texas State

James Madison

3/24/2024 3:45:00 PM | Baseball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison baseball snapped a four-game losing skid and took the series finale against Texas State, 7-5, holding off a late game comeback from the Bobcats on Sunday afternoon at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Dukes improved to 14-10, 2-4 Sun Belt while the Bobcats dropped to 14-10, 4-2 Sun Belt.

Redshirt senior Jacob Steinberg and juniors Jason Schiavone and Fenwick Trimble each had a pair of hits to lead JMU at the dish. Graduate Donovan Burke improved to 2-0 by going 6.2 innings and adding a season-high 10 strikeouts. Senior Joe Vogatsky earned his fourth save of the year by finishing the remaining 2.1 innings, adding a pair of strikeouts.

How It Happened
First Inning
JMU pushed three runs across without recording a hit, putting five runners on base from a hit by pitch, two walks and two errors. A fielding error allowed the first run to score, as the Dukes went up 3-0 from a sacrifice fly and a wild pitch.

Fourth Inning
Freshman Kyle Langley and Schiavone began the inning with back-to-back singles and both came around to score on Trimble's single two batters later for a 5-0 lead.

Sixth Inning
Back-to-back singles were aided by a two-base fielding error in the outfield that allowed Texas State to have its first runner touch third base and score its first run of the game to cut the deficit to 5-1.

Schiavone led off the home half of the inning with his sixth homer of the season and JMU's 23^rd solo blast of the year for a 6-1 lead. Trimble tripled three batters later and scored the next at bat on a double from classmate Ryan Dooley to increase the lead to 7-1.

Seventh Inning
Texas State scratched four runs across, loading the bases with no outs and using a single and a bases clearing double to inch closer to the Dukes at 7-5.

Game Notes

Jason Schiavone increases his RBI-streak to six games and records his fourth multi-hit game in the same span.
Joe Vogatsky entered a tie for ninth in program history for career saves as he recorded his ninth in a seven-out save. He ties Ben Garner (2012-16) and Andy Heintzleman (1982-85).
The 10-strikeout performance from Donovan Burke is the second double-digit strikeout performance in his career, setting his career-high of 13 strikeouts against Fairleigh Dickinson on Feb. 26, 2022.

Up Next
The Dukes welcome Radford to Veterans Memorial Park for a 6 p.m. tilt on Tuesday, March 26 before heading to Georgia State on March 28-30.