HARRISONBURG, Va. (JMU Athletics) – The quartet of redshirt sophomore T.R. Williams, redshirt senior Hunter Entsminger, sophomore Max Kuhle and senior Joe Vogatsky combined for six-plus shutout innings out of the bullpen to help James Madison baseball sweep Georgia Southern at Veterans Memorial Park with an 8-4 win on Sunday afternoon.

The Dukes improved to 24-15 overall and 10-8 in Sun Belt Conference action, hitting at least 10 wins in league play for a third consecutive season for the first time since 2006-13. JMU also has four home sweeps this season, the most since sweeping six series in 2006. The Eagles dropped to 19-20, 9-9 Sun Belt.

Sophomore Mike Mancini led at the plate with a 2-for-2 effort, scoring a career-high-tying four runs while homering and recording two RBI’s. Williams earned the win to move to 1-1 this season behind a season-high three innings of relief and a season-high-tying three strikeouts, while not giving up a run.

How It Happened
First Inning
JMU struck first with three runs after junior Ryan Dooley led off the inning with a walk. The next at bat, classmate Fenwick Trimble drove him in on a double before scoring himself on a single from Mancini. Mancini then trotted home on a single from junior Coleman Calabrese three batters later.

Second Inning
A two-out solo shot from Sean White got GS on the board.

Third Inning
Mancini extended JMU’s lead back to three runs after leading off with a walk and then stealing second base and moving to third on a wide throw on the stolen base. He then touched home plate on a wild pitch to make it 4-1.

Fourth Inning
Two homers from Georgia Southern scored three runs to tie the game at four.

Fifth Inning
The Dukes retook the lead on a sacrifice fly off the bat of sophomore Wyatt Peifer that brought home Mancini to make it 5-4.

Seventh Inning
Back-to-back home runs from Trimble and Mancini put two runs on the board for the Dukes before a third run would be scored in the inning on a groundout to double the lead to 8-4.

Game Notes
• Mike Mancini stole two bases to move him to 20 on the season.
• The Dukes are up to 58 home runs this season with 41 of them being solo shots.

Up Next
JMU welcomes Maryland to Veterans Memorial Park on Tuesday, April 23 for a 6 p.m. first pitch.

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