Live Blog: JMU takes down Arkansas 7-3 for Diamond Hogs’ first loss of season
By DUDLEY E. DAWSON
Arkansas will be looking to clinch its four-game series with James Madison University with a win Sunday at 1 p.m. at Baum Walker Stadium.
The Razorbacks will start Texas Tech transfer Mason Molina on the mound while the Dukes will counter with right-hander Ryan Murphy.
Arkansas LF Ross Lovich and 2B Nolan Souza are getting their first starts today with Peyton Holt moving from second to third.
Arkansas won 6-4 on Friday and exploded late for a 15-5 victory on Saturday.
Arkansas:
Hudson White C
Kendall Diggs RF
Wehiwa Aloy SS
Ben McLaughlin DH
Jack Wagner 1B
Ross Lovich LF
Nolan Souza 2B
Ty Wilmsmeyer CF
Mason Molina P
JMU:
Mike Mancini 2B
Fenwick Trimble CF
Ryan Dooley LF
Brendan O’Donnell RF
Coleman Calabrese SS
Jacob Steinberg 1B
Jason Schiavone C
Wyatt Peifer 5
Kyle Langley DH
P Ryan Murphy
Photo by John D. James
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Top 1
Molina P
Mancini K
Trimble BB
Dooley 2B, Trimble to third with one out
O’Donnell K for the second out
Calabrese K to end the inning
Arkansas 0, JMU 0
Bottom 1
White 2B
Diggs L-8
White caught leaning at second, eventually thrown out at third
Aloy 1B
McLaughlin bloop double scores Aloy (Arkansas 1-0)
Wagner RBI 1B plates McLaughlin (Arkansas 2-0)
Lovich BB
Holt F-9
Arkansas 2, JMU 0
Top 2:
Stienberg K
Schiavone 6-3
Peifer K (2-3)
Molina with 5 strikeouts in two innings
Arkansas 2, JMU 0
Bottom 2:
Souza L-8
Wilmsmeyer IF 1B
White K – and Wilmsmeyer thrown out trying to steal second
Arkansas 2, JMU 0
Top 3:
Langley K (2-3) – Molina’s 6th strikeout in 9 batters
Mancini K is Molina’s 7th in 10 batters
Trimble BB
Dooley 4-3
Arkansas 2, JMU 0
Bottom 3:
Kendall Diggs 2B
Aloy L-8
McLaughlin BB
Wagner 6-4-3
Arkansas 2, JMU 0
Top 4
JMU
O’Donnell K
Calabrese 1B
Steinberg K
Calabrese to second on WP
Schiavone BB
Peifer 2-run double (Arkansas 2, JMU 2)
Molina replaced by Stone Hewlett
Schmidly K
Arkansas 2, JMU 2
Bottom 4:
Lovich 1B, but thrown out trying to stretch it into a double
Holt U-3
Souza 2B
Wilmsmeyer BB
White BB – loads the bases for Kendall Diggs
Diggs F-9
Arkansas 2, JMU 2
Top 5
Arkansas freshman P Gabe Gaeckle makes his first college appearance
Mancini K
Trimble 5-3
Dooley 1B
O’Donnell L-8
Arkansas 2, JMU 2
Bottom 5:
Aloy K
McLaughlin K
Wagner P-2
Arkansas 2, JMU 2
Top 6
Calabrese K
Steinberg L-7
Schiavone L-9
Arkansas 2, JMU 2
Bottom 6
Lovich F-8
Holt 6-3
Souza K
Top 7
Gaekcle now in his third inning of work for Arkansas
Peifer 1B
Schmidly – whose brother is a walk on deep snapper for Arkansas FB team – walks to put two one with no outs
Mancioni bunts, beats it out to load the bases with nobody out
Trimble up to bat
Trimble RBI single (JMU 3, Arkansas 2)
Dooley sac fly scores a run and throwing error allows another run to score (JMU 5, Arkansas 2)
O’Donnell RBI ground out scores another (JMU 6, Arkansas 2)
Bottom 7
Wilmsmeyer K
White F-9
Diggs 2B
Wehiwa hustling RBI 2B scores Diggs (JMU 6, Arkansas 3)
McLaughlin BB to load bases
Wagner HBP to load bases
Lovich F-7 to end inning
JMU 6, Arkansas 3
Top 8
Tate McGuire P
Steinberg K
Schiavone BB
Peifer HBP
Scmidley L-8
Mancini BB – loads bases with 2 outs for Fenwick Trimble
Christian Foutch comes on to pitch
Trimble FC – Mancini out at second
JMU 6, Arkansas 3
Bottom 8
Holt 6-3
Souza U-3
Wilmsmeyer F-8
JMU 6, Arkansas 3
Top 9
Foutch P
Dooley K
O’Donnell HR (JMU 7, Arkansas 3)
Calabrese 1B, goes to second on WP
Steinberg 1B, but Calabrese is thrown out trying to score
Schiavone K
JMU 7, Arkansas 3
Bottom 9
Hudson White BB
Logar to P for Vogatsky
Diggs FC 4-6
Diggs caught stealing when ball bounced away for catcher a short distance
Aloy L-4
JMU 7, Arkansas 3 – Final
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