Bucknell University Athletics
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James Madison
Bucknell Baseball Loses Two to James Madison
2/19/2011 7:00:00 AM | Baseball
Feb. 19, 2011
HARRISONBURG, Va. - The Bucknell and James Madison baseball teams squared off for the middle two games of a four-game series on Saturday at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park and the Dukes came away with a pair of victories. The Bison lost game one 9-2, while the final score of game two was 26-15.
For a second straight day, stiff winds led to a number of home runs as the two teams combined for 15 in the twinbill. Drew Constable, Gerry Runyan, Doug Shribman, Luke Lombardi and Scott Reed, who hit his second homer in as many days, accounted for Bucknell's five round-trippers.
In the lower-scoring seven-inning first game, James Madison led just 2-1 through three innings, but the Dukes plated two runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and two more in the sixth.
Bucknell starter Trey Frahler (0-1) worked into the fifth inning before departing in favor of reliever Marcus Garone.
Constable hit a solo home run in the second and Shribman posted an RBI double in the sixth, accounting for the Bison's two runs.
James Madison (3-0) registered 10 hits in the contest with David Herbek and Matt Tenaglia each going 2-for-4 with a pair of RBIs.
In the nine-inning game two, the offenses really took over as a combined 12 home runs were hit and there were seven innings when a team scored at least four runs. Bucknell finished with 15 runs on 16 hits, while James Madison scored its 26 runs on 23 hits.
Runyan, Shribman, Lombardi and David Duffett each drove in three runs for the Bison, while Duffett also posted a team-high three hits.
Shribman's leadoff home run in the fifth was the 28th of his career, moving him to within two of Andrew Brouse's program record of 30.
Alex Foltz had two of James Madison's eight home runs and drove in a team-high five runs, while Herbek added his fifth home run of the series.
The Bison used six different pitchers in the doubleheader, while the five Dukes pitchers saw action in the two games.
Bucknell (0-3) and James Madison will wrap up their four-game series with a single game Sunday at 1 p.m.
