HARRISONBURG, Va. (JMU Athletics) – James Madison junior Wyatt Peifer tied the game in the eighth inning with a solo home run to force extra innings, but the Dukes fell to Maryland, 6-4, in 10 innings on Wednesday evening at Veterans Memorial Park.

The Dukes dropped to 15-34 while the Terrapins improved to 23-27.

With a 2-for-4 showing with a walk, a double and a run scored, senior Ryan Dooley led the way for the Dukes at the plate. Classmate Todd Mozoki started on the mound, going two innings where he surrendered one hit and one walk.

How It Happened
Third Inning
Maryland broke the scoreless tie in the third, working a bases loaded walk to score the run. The Terps then took a 2-0 lead the next at bat, scoring a run on a double play.

Sixth Inning
Senior Eli Steadman tied the game on a two-run triple into the right-center-field gap before scoring on a sacrifice fly off the bat of freshman Jack Anderson to give JMU a 3-2 lead.

Seventh Inning
Back-to-back fielder’s choices, first with the bases loaded and then with runners on the corners, scored two runs for UMD to take a 4-3 lead.

Eight Inning
With one out and a 1-1 count, Peifer launched his second home run in as many games over the right-center field wall to tie the game at four. He’s the first Duke since Mike Mancini to homer in consecutive games, when Mancini did so on June 2 last year in the Raleigh Regional.

10th Inning
A one-out double from Hollis Porter regained the lead for Maryland and a wild pitch with the bases loaded made it 6-4 for the Terps.

Game Notes
• JMU played its third extra inning game of the season with all three coming at home.
• Wyatt Peifer has both of JMU’s game-tying homers this season.

Up Next
The Dukes play their final home weekend series on May 9-11 as they welcome Old Dominion to Veterans Memorial Park.

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