Dukes Fall in Opener Behind App State Seventh Inning

Thursday, April 17

Boone, N.C.

6 p.m.

James Madison University

12-26, 0

App State

20-17, 0

James Madison

App State

4/17/2025 9:41:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

BOONE, N.C. – With the game tied at four, App State scored five runs in the seventh inning, as James Madison fell, 9-4, at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium in a rare Sun Belt Conference Thursday night baseball game.

The Dukes fell to 12-26 (5-11 SBC) while the Mountaineers improved to 20-17 (10-6).

Sophomore Kyle Langley was one of two Dukes to record a multi-hit game, going 2-for-5 with an RBI and two runs scored. Classmate Jackson Logar went five innings after getting the nod on the mound, striking out three while allowing three hits and four runs (two unearned).

How It Happened
First Inning
Langley led off with a single and stole second for his 14^th stolen base of the year before scoring on senior Coleman Calabrese's team-leading 11^th double this season to give JMU a 1-0 lead.

Third Inning
The Dukes used their second double to score their second run of the game, as senior Ryan Dooley hit a ground-rule double to score Langley and make it 2-0.

App State responded with a pair of unearned runs in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game at two.

Fourth Inning
JMU retook the lead, as a single from Langley into center field with runners on first and second make it 3-2 in favor of the Dukes.

The Mountaineers used a walk, a hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice bunt to put runners in scoring position three batters into the inning. They then tied the game on a sacrifice fly before taking the lead on a single and making it 4-3.

Sixth Inning
Freshman Reece Moody set up the Dukes to tie the game, reaching on an infield single, stealing second and then moving to third on a wild pitch. Junior Maddux Fleck took a 2-0 pitch the other way and plated Moody with a double to make the score four-all.

App State regained its lead with a five-run response, using an error to score three unearned runs, and make the score 9-4 in its favor.

Game Notes

Wyatt Peifer's seven-game hit streak was snapped, as it was the Dukes' longest active streak.
The Dukes committed four errors, the most this season since committing five in the season opener. Five runs given up by JMU pitchers were unearned.
Jackson Tone had a two-hit game, tying his career-best that he set while with Old Dominion last year at Princeton.
For the first time in the now nine-game all-time series, a team did not score at least five runs.

Up Next
The Dukes and Mountaineers meet at 6 p.m. tomorrow, April 18 for the middle game of the series.