FARMVILLE, Va. (JMU Athletics) – James Madison sophomore Kyle Langley set career-highs in hits and RBIs and the pitching staff held Longwood scoreless through seven innings to earn an 8-2 win in non-conference baseball at Buddy Bolding Stadium on Tuesday night.

The Dukes improved to 11-22 while the Lancers fell to 9-24.

Langley went 3-for-5, his first career three-hit game, while adding a double, two runs scored and four RBIs. His two runs scored tied a season high. On the mound, classmate Griffin Madden earned his first career win as he started and went two innings while striking out five of the eight batters he faced.

How It Happened
First Inning
JMU built momentum right away, as senior Ryan Dooley led off with a walk before classmate Coleman Calabrese hit his team-leading 10th double of the season. Langley then laced a single back up the middle to score both runners for the first runs of the game. After stealing second and moving to third on an error on the throw down, Langley touched home plate to make it 3-0 on freshman Jack Anderson’s groundout.

Third Inning
Junior Wyatt Peifer led off the inning with a double before Calabrese singled him in to give JMU a 4-0 lead.

Fifth Inning
The combination of Langley and Anderson struck again to add two runs to give JMU a 6-0 lead. With a Duke on third, Langley hit a double to knock in the runner before Anderson drove in the Arlington, Va. native with a single.

Sixth Inning
A safety squeeze from Peifer brought home a run, as junior Maddux Fleck led off the inning with a double ahead of scoring to make it 7-0 in favor of JMU.

Eighth Inning
Longwood used a trio of two-out singles to get on the board, successfully utilizing a hit-and-run to score a run with JMU out of position to make it 7-1.

Ninth Inning
The Dukes used its own trio of singles to get a run back, with Langley getting the final single for his third hit of the game to knock in Dooley and make the score 8-1.

LU put another run on the board, leading off the ninth with a triple ahead of a single that made it 8-2.

Game Notes
• Kyle Langley recorded the first four-RBI game of the season for the Dukes.
• Ryan Dooley scored three runs, marking his fifth three-run game and tying a career high.
• The top five hitters of JMU’s lineup went 9-for-21 with seven runs scored and eight RBIs.
• JMU’s pitching staff did not give up a hit until a leadoff single in the fifth inning and didn’t allow a Lancer to reach third base until the eighth inning.
• The offense had at least 10 hits and the pitchers tossed at least 10 strikeouts for the first time since March 29 at Louisiana.
• The Dukes evened their record against teams in the Commonwealth at 3-3 this season.
• Thirteen strikeouts are the third most this season thrown by the pitchers for JMU.

Up Next
For the first time since 2015, the Dukes will host a ranked team at Veterans Memorial Park as #20 Troy comes to town for a three-game series on April 11-13. Friday’s opener is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

— JMU Athletics —