Bowling Green State University
1-4
James Madison
1-4
JMU Evens Weekend Series By Defeating Falcons Saturday
March 06, 2021 | Baseball
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Bowling Green State University baseball team was defeated by James Madison University, 15-4, Saturday (March 6). BGSU is playing the weekend series at JMU's Veterans Memorial Park. The contest served as the middle game of the three-game series. The rubber match is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m.
Bowling Green trailed just 6-4 after five innings, but the Dukes broke the game open with a five-run sixth. JMU added one in the seventh and three in the eighth to conclude the game's scoring. The Falcons drop to 1-4 on the young season with the loss.
Tyler Ross continued his hot season at the plate, going for 2-for-4 with an RBI to bump his batting average up to .381 on the campaign. Also recording hits for the Falcons were Adam Furnas, Jared Johnson, Robbie Peterson, Ryan Johnston, Dylan Dohanos, Nathan Rose and Jack Krause.
Tyler Hays made his season debut on the mound. Hays struck out two over 2.1 innings and made way to Rigo Ramos, who pitched effectively over 2.2 frames. Ramos allowed just two hits and one run while striking out one. Fellow southpaw David Stopp also pitched well, fanning two and surrendering a single run across 2.0 innings.
COACH HALLOCK QUOTE
"We struggled in some areas of the game that make it tough to win. We have a resilient team and our ability to respond is going to be important for game three. We came here to win a series and that opportunity is still available to us tomorrow."
WEEKEND SCHEDULE
March 5 | BGSU 10, James Madison 6
March 6 | James Madison 15, BGSU 4
March 7 | at James Madison | 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: N. Stewart (1-1)
L: Hays, Tyler (0-1)
S: Piccolino (1)
Batting:
2B: Johnston, Ryan 1 ; Krause, Jack 1
RBI: Ross, Tyler 1
SH: Rose, Nathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Johnson, Jared 1 ; Johnston, Ryan 1 ; Rose, Nathan 1 ; Krause, Jack 1
CS: Gaytan, Andy 1
HBP: Ross, Tyler 1 ; Gurney, Kyle 1
Batting:
2B: DeLauter 1 ; Morgan 1 ; Dabney 1 ; Reifsnider 1 ; Dunaway 1
HR: Hartigan 1
RBI: Hartigan 4 ; Bell 2 ; Morgan 1 ; Dabney 1 ; Reifsnider 2 ; Dunaway 3 ; Safferwich 1
SF: Dabney 1 ; Safferwich 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DeLauter 2 ; Jackson 1 ; Zona 2 ; Hartigan 1 ; Sigler 2 ; Bell 2 ; Morgan 2 ; Dabney 2 ; Reifsnider 1
SB: Hartigan 1 ; Dabney 1 ; Reifsnider 1
HBP: Zona 1 ; Dabney 1 ; Reifsnider 1
