2017 James Madison Baseball 2017 Schedule Baseball Contact: Andy Lohman | [email protected] | O: 540-568-6155 | C: 571-316-6081 Feb. 17/Fri. vs. North Carolina A&T W, 5-1 Feb. 18/Sat. vs. St.John’s L, 13-1 JAMES MADISON DUKES | 3-1 (0-0 CAA) Feb. 19/Sun. at #11 Coastal Carolina W, 11-3 Feb. 21/Tue. at Longwood W, 4-3 Head Coach: Marlin Ikenberry (VMI ‘95) Feb. 24/Fri. at Wofford 5 p.m. Feb. 25/Sat. vs. UNC Asheville Noon Record at JMU: 27-32 (Second Season) Feb. 26/Sun. at USC Upstate 1 p.m. Feb. 28/Tue. Richmond 3 p.m. Career Record: 309-339-1 (13th Season) March 1/Wed. at Maryland 4 p.m. March 3/Fri. Buffalo 3 p.m. March 4/Sat. Buffalo 2 p.m. March 5/Sun. Buffalo 1 p.m. 1983 CWS | 9 NCAA Regionals | 2008 & 2011 CAA Champions March 7/Tue. at Old Dominion 3 p.m. March 8/Wed. at Old Dominion 3 p.m. GAME 5 March 11/Sat. Coppin State 6:30 p.m. March 12/Sun. Coppin State 6:30 p.m. OFFORD ERRIERS | March 13/Mon. Coppin State 4 p.m. W T 1-3 (0-0 SoCon) March 14/Tue. Iona 6 p.m. Head Coach: Todd Interdonato (UNC Asheville ‘00) March 15/Wed. Iona 2 p.m. Game Info: Feb. 24 @ 5 p.m. - Russell C. King Field - Spartanburg, S.C. March 17/Fri. IT 6 p.m. March 18/Sat. NJIT (DH) 1 p.m./4 p.m. Series History: First ever meeting March 19/Sun. NJIT 1 p.m. Last Meeting: n/a March 21/Tue. at Liberty 3 p.m. March 24/Fri. Delaware* 6 p.m. March 25/Sat. Delaware* 4 p.m. March 26/Sun. Delaware* 2 p.m. GAME 6 March 28/Tue. VMI 6 p.m. March 31/Fri. at Elon* 6 p.m. | April 1/Sat. at Elon* 4 p.m. UNC ASHEVILLE BULLDOGS 1-3 (0-0 Big South) April 2/Sun. at Elon* 1:30 p.m. Head Coach: Scott Friedholm (Providence ‘98) April 5/Wed. George Mason 6 p.m. Game Info: Feb. 25 @ Noon - Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park - Spartanburg, S.C. April 7/Fri. College of Charleston* 6 p.m. April 8/Sat. College of Charleston* 4 p.m. Series History: First ever meeting April 9/Sun. College of Charleston* 2 p.m. Last Meeting: n/a April 11/Tue. Liberty 6 p.m. April 14/Fri. at #24 UNCW* 6 p.m. April 15/Sat. at #24 UNCW* 2 p.m. April 16/Sun. at #24 UNCW* 2 p.m. GAME 7 April 19/Wed. at #14 Virginia 6 p.m. April 21/Fri. at William and Mary* 6 p.m. USC UPStatE SPARtanS | 1-3 (0-0 A-Sun) April 22/Sat. at William and Mary* 4 p.m. Head Coach: Matt Fincher (Georgia Southern ‘84) April 23/Sun. at William and Mary* 1 p.m. April 25/Tue. Maryland 6 p.m. Game Info: Feb. 26 @ 1 p.m. - Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park - Spartanburg, S.C. April 26/Wed. Longwood 6 p.m. Series History: First ever meeting May 5/Fri. Towson* 7 p.m. May 6/Sat. Towson* 5 p.m. Last Meeting: n/a May 7/Sun. Towson* 2 p.m. May 9/Tue. at George Mason 3 p.m. May 12/Fri. Hofstra* 7 p.m. DUKES TAKE DOWN REIGNING CHAMPS May 13/Sat. Hofstra* 5 p.m. May 14/Sun. Hofstra* 2 p.m. James Madison defeated the 2016 NCAA Champion, No. 11 Coastal Carolina 11-3 on Feb. 19 in front of 2,488 fans at May 16/Tue. at VMI 7 p.m. Springs Brooks Stadium. Junior right fielder Adam Sisk hit three-run home runs in the fourth and fifth innings to power May 18/Thurs. at Northeastern* 2:30 p.m. May 19/Fri. at Northeastern* 1 p.m. the JMU offense. The Dukes were sparked by a two-run triple by redshirt junior second baseman Josh Wyatt in the May 20/Sat. at Northeastern* 1 p.m. third inning. It was the first win over a ranked team for JMU since March 24, 2015 when the Dukes took down No. 20 CAA Tournament (Wilmington, N.C.) Maryland 8-6. May 24-27 HOME GAMES IN BOLD | *CAA opponents SISK’S BIG WEEKEND Junior right fielder Adam Sisk set a career high with 6 RBI in the win over Coastal Carolina after hitting two three-run home runs. In addition to being the first Duke to record a multi-home run game since 2015, he became the first Duke to hit homers in consecutive games since May after belting a ball over the left field fence in the 13-1 loss to St. John’s. Probable Starters - 2017 Stats No. Name Pos. El. B/T Ht. Wt. G-GS Avg. OB% Slg% R H 2B 3B HR RBI Notes 10 Ryan Coale C Jr. L/R 6-1 200 4-4 .267 .267 .333 0 4 1 0 0 0 2-3 in JMU debut vs. NC A&T on 2/17 27 Brett Johnson 1B r-Sr. R/R 6-5 235 2-2 .200 .333 .400 1 1 1 0 0 2 Preseason All-CAA 3 Josh Wyatt 2B r-Jr. R/R 5-9 190 4-4 .308 .400 .462 3 4 0 1 0 2 2-RBI triple at Coastal Carolina on 2/19 2 Kyle McPherson SS Jr. R/R 5-11 180 4-4 .313 .353 .313 4 5 0 0 0 0 3-4 with 3 runs at Coastal Carolina on 2/19 5 Bradley McKay 3B Jr. R/R 6-0 185 4-1 .333 .333 .333 1 3 0 0 0 1 2-4 with a run and RBI at Longwood 2/21 6 Ky Parrott LF Sr. L/L 5-10 180 4-4 .333 .412 .333 2 5 0 0 0 2 Preseason All-CAA 21 Mike Sciorra CF Jr. R/R 6-1 170 4-4 .556 .692 .667 4 5 1 0 0 0 Highest batting average on the team 20 Adam Sisk RF Jr. R/R 6-3 215 4-4 .500 .611 1.214 4 7 1 0 3 8 2 HRs at Coastal Carolina on 2/19 Others/PH candidates 36 Garrett Marchand 1B/3B Fr. R/R 6-1 230 3-2 .182 .182 .182 1 2 0 0 0 0 2-5 in first career start at Coastal Carolina on 2/19 30 Zach Tondi C/DH r-Jr. L/R 6-1 220 4-4 .000 .125 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 Sac fly in win over Longwood on 2/21 4 Ryan Lynch 3B r-So. R/R 5-11 180 3-3 .000 .125 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 Walked, scored run in JMU debut vs. NC A&T (2/17) Starting Rotation Hand El. Ht. Wt. W-L ERA WHIP vsAvg. IP H R ER BB K CG Last Outing 28 Brandon Withers RHP r-Sr. 6-1 200 1-0 0.00 1.00 .167 5.0 3 0 0 2 6 0 W, 5.0 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 6 K, 2 BB 12 Colton Harlow LHP Jr. 5-10 160 0-1 9.64 2.57 .440 4.2 11 9 5 1 2 0 L, 4.2 IP, 9 R, 5 ER, 11 H, 2 K, 1 BB 17 Josh Silvestri RHP Jr. 5-11 170 0-0 4.91 2.18 .412 3.2 7 2 2 1 3 0 ND, 3.2 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 7 H, 3 K, 1 BB Quick Facts Game Notes Around the Colonial Athletic Association JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY EVANS CLOSES THE DOOR ON LANCERS CAA STANDINGS (as of Feb. 23) Location ....................................................Harrisonburg, Va. (51,000) Senior reliever Michael Evans inherited two runners with no outs and a 4-1 Team CAA Pct. Overall Pct. Founded .............................................................................................1908 lead in the eighth inning at Longwood on Feb. 21, then struck out three batters UNCW 0-0 .000 3-0 1.000 Enrollment ....................................................................................21,227 Elon 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 to record a six-out save and secure JMU a 4-3 win. Freshman Michael Bech- Affiliation .......................................................................NCAA Division I James Madison 0-0 .000 3-1 .750 told had made his first collegiate start in the game, throwing 5.1 scoreless Col. of Charleston 0-0 .000 2-2 .500 Conference ...........................................Colonial Athletic Association innings to earn the win. Towson 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 Nickname .........................................................................................Dukes Northeastern 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 Colors ............................Purple (PMS 2685) and Gold (PMS 4515) William & Mary 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 President .................................... Jonathan Alger (Swarthmore, ‘86) THREE DUKES EARN PRESEASON ALL-CAA HONORS Delaware 0-0 .000 0-4 .000 Director of Athletics ......................Jeff Bourne (Bridgewater, ‘81) Senior outfielder Ky Parrott and redshirt senior first baseman Brett Johnson Hofstra 0-0 .000 0-4 .000 Facility .................Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park (1,200) were named to the Preseason All-Colonial Athletic Association team. Senior Athletics Phone .........................................................(540) 568-6164 left-handed pitcher Michael Evans was an honorable mention. 2017 PRESEASON CAA POLL Ticket Office Phone ..................................................(540) 568-3853 Team Votes Website ................................................................www.JMUSports.com DUKES RETURN SIX STARTERS FOR 2017 1. UNCW ......................................................(8 first-place votes) 64 2. William & Mary .................................................................... (1) 52 James Madison will return the majority of its batting order from 2016, 3.