Late Runs Allow No. 21 Coastal Carolina to Push Past Dukes

Sunday, April 27

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

13-31, 6-15

Coastal Carolina

33-11, 17-4

Coastal Carolina

James Madison

Late Runs Allow No. 21 Coastal Carolina to Push Past Dukes

4/27/2025 5:29:00 PM | Baseball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – A five-run eighth inning was used by No. 21 Coastal Carolina to push past James Madison, 8-4, on Sunday afternoon in the series finale at Veterans Memorial Park in Sun Belt Conference baseball.

The Dukes dropped to 13-31 (6-15 SBC) while the Chanticleers swept their third consecutive league series and improved to 33-11 (17-4 SBC).

Four Dukes had two hits to pace the offense. Sophomore Jackson Logar started on the mound and went 4.2 innings, striking out five and scattering two hits while walking four and giving up two runs.

How It Happened
First Inning
JMU struck first with a pair of runs in the first. Sophomore Kyle Langley led off with a double and was followed by senior Ryan Dooley with a bunt single. Senior Coleman Calabrese laid down a squeeze bunt to knock in Langley for the first run. Two batters later, freshman Reece Moody hit his third triple of the season to make it 2-0.

Second Inning
A pair of hit-by-pitches to lead off the inning for CCU put two on, capitalizing with a two-run double with two outs to even the game at two.

The Dukes retook the lead with a bunt single from Langley to score classmate Ike Schmidly, giving the hosts a 3-2 lead.

Seventh Inning
Junior Wyatt Peifer extended the lead for JMU to 4-2, knocking a single to score a run after the first two batters leading off reached base.

Eighth Inning
Five consecutive base hits for Coastal added five runs to the score, taking its first lead of the game at 7-4.

Ninth Inning
An insurance run was added by the Chants on a groundout to make the score 8-4.

Game Notes

The teams combined for 12 hit-by-pitches, as JMU threw 10 and Coastal threw two.

Up Next
The Dukes go on the road to play Radford on Tuesday, April 29 at 6 p.m. before going down to Statesboro, Ga. for a series with Georgia Southern on May 2-4.