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Sunday, May 3
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James Madison University
20-26, 10-14
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Marshall
21-26, 11-13
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
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| Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| James Madison | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 10 | 1 |
5/3/2026 4:42:00 PM | Baseball
HARRISONBURG, Va. – A week after twirling his first quality start of the year, James Madison freshman Tyler Lutz repeated the performance with a season-long 7.0 innings to lead the Dukes to a 5-3 win over Marshall to win the series on Sunday afternoon in Sun Belt Conference baseball at Veterans Memorial Park.
The Dukes improved to 20-26 (10-14 Sun Belt), while the Thundering Herd fell to 21-26 (11-13 Sun Belt).
Junior Ike Schmidly brought in two runs, while senior Wyatt Campbell, junior Josiah Seguin and redshirt sophomore Clay Thompson each went 2-for-4.
Lutz earned his third win of the year on the mound and senior Jaden Kinsler ended the game with a perfect inning of work for his third save of the season.
How It Happened
First Inning
It took Schmidly one at bat to put the Dukes ahead, taking a 1-1 pitch the opposite way for his 11th homer of the season and a 1-0 lead.
Third Inning
Sophomore Jack Anderson led off the inning with a single and moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt, setting up junior Kyle Langley to double him in.
Fifth Inning
Marshall got on the board with a groundout that followed a lead-off triple.
Schmidly regained JMU's two-run lead with a sacrifice fly to make the score 3-1.
Sixth Inning
Thompson led off the sixth with his team-leading 18th double of the season and then scored on Campbell's single up the middle.
Eighth Inning
The Herd used a pair of base hits to put runners in scoring position with no outs and then used a groundout and a single to make it a 4-3 ball game.
JMU responded with an RBI single from Thompson to extend the lead once more to two runs.
Game Notes
Up Next
The Dukes go on the road for their final midweek game of the season as they will play George Washington on Tuesday, May 5 at 4 p.m.
The Dukes improved to 20-26 (10-14 Sun Belt), while the Thundering Herd fell to 21-26 (11-13 Sun Belt).
Junior Ike Schmidly brought in two runs, while senior Wyatt Campbell, junior Josiah Seguin and redshirt sophomore Clay Thompson each went 2-for-4.
Lutz earned his third win of the year on the mound and senior Jaden Kinsler ended the game with a perfect inning of work for his third save of the season.
How It Happened
First Inning
It took Schmidly one at bat to put the Dukes ahead, taking a 1-1 pitch the opposite way for his 11th homer of the season and a 1-0 lead.
Third Inning
Sophomore Jack Anderson led off the inning with a single and moved over to second on a sacrifice bunt, setting up junior Kyle Langley to double him in.
Fifth Inning
Marshall got on the board with a groundout that followed a lead-off triple.
Schmidly regained JMU's two-run lead with a sacrifice fly to make the score 3-1.
Sixth Inning
Thompson led off the sixth with his team-leading 18th double of the season and then scored on Campbell's single up the middle.
Eighth Inning
The Herd used a pair of base hits to put runners in scoring position with no outs and then used a groundout and a single to make it a 4-3 ball game.
JMU responded with an RBI single from Thompson to extend the lead once more to two runs.
Game Notes
- Tyler Lutz's 7.0 innings is the longest outing by a Duke since Max Kuhle tossed a complete game on May 2 last year at Georgia Southern.
- The Dukes have set the single-season program record for sacrifice hits with 57.
- With runners in scoring position, the Dukes hit .444 (4-for-9).
Up Next
The Dukes go on the road for their final midweek game of the season as they will play George Washington on Tuesday, May 5 at 4 p.m.
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Pitching:
W: Lutz, Tyler (3-4)
L: Kenyon Collins (2-5)
S: Kinsler, Jaden (3)
Batting:
2B: Evan Bottone 1
3B: Mason Onate 1
RBI: Tyler Kamerer 1 ; AJ Havrilla 1 ; Cam Harthan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Evan Bottone 1 ; Mason Onate 1 ; Jackson Golden 1
SB: Evan Bottone 1
Batting:
2B: Langley, Kyle 1 ; Seguin, Josiah 1 ; Thompson, Clay 1
3B: Moody, Reece 1
HR: Schmidly, Ike 1
RBI: Langley, Kyle 1 ; Schmidly, Ike 2 ; Thompson, Clay 1 ; Campbell, Wyatt 1
SH: Guerrero, Jack 1 ; Cannizzaro, Jack 1
SF: Schmidly, Ike 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Moody, Reece 1 ; Schmidly, Ike 1 ; Seguin, Josiah 1 ; Thompson, Clay 1 ; Anderson, Jack 1
SB: Thompson, Clay 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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