James Madison Baseball Loses 6-4 In A Conference Matchup With the University Of Louisiana-Monroe

James Madison baseball made a crucial error that led them to lose the game on Saturday, April 25, 6-4. At one point, the Dukes were winning 4-2, but they were unable to hold the lead, and the series is now tied at 1 game each. The Dukes committed a fielding error in the sixth inning that allowed Louisiana-Monroe to score three unearned runs.

Teams just cannot make those kinds of mistakes if they hope to win tight conference games. With the loss, Madison fell to 7-24 overall and 7-13 in the Sun Belt Conference. The University of Louisiana-Monroe improved to 23-20 overall, and they evened their record at 10-10 in the Sun Belt conference. Twelve games are remaining in the regular season for the Dukes. How many of those games do you think JMU will win?

James Madison and Louisiana-Monroe Game Summary April 25

James Madison jumped out to a 1-0 lead in this game in the first inning, before the Warhawks scored two runs in the fifth inning to take a 2-1 lead. However, the Dukes scored three runs in the fifth inning to take a 4-2 lead, but that’s where the wheels fell off.

Louisiana-Monroe scored four runs, three unearned due to the fielding error, to take the lead in the game. They would not relinquish it, and won this game 6-4. ULM kept the pressure on by attacking early in the next frame, forcing Georgia State to chase the game rather than dictate it.

Errors

An error cost the Dukes this game. The error was committed by Jack Anderson, and was followed by three singles from Louisiana-Monroe. That was the only error committed by the Dukes, and it always seems as if fielding errors are followed by an offensive outburst from your opponent.

Players need to concentrate and expect the ball to be hit to them. It is unclear what the problem was in this game, but players must always be baseball-ready, as even one error can cost a team a game.

It is often the case that with young players, a coach needs to remind them before every pitch to be baseball-ready and to expect the batter to hit the ball to them. Coaches hope this lesson sticks with baseball players. This is one of the ways baseball is like life. One always needs to be ready for their opportunity.

Red Hot Schmidley

One of the hottest hitters for James Madison is Ike Schmidley. He hit a home run yesterday, and he hit another in this game. It is a shame that his offensive prowess is being wasted, though the Dukes did win yesterday. He was two for four in this game with two runs batted in.

He had three runs batted in, and when you consider that James Madison only scored four runs in this game, that is impressive.Schmidley is hitting .284 for James Madison this season, but he has not been hurt this season. The best ability for an athlete is availability. He has played in and started thirty-nine games this season for Madison.

They have played 41 games. He has good power numbers with 9 home runs and 35 runs batted in. To add to those power numbers, he has stolen twelve of sixteen bases. Kyle Langely and Reece Moodey have started all of the games for the Dukes this season.

Other Hitting Stars

Also for James Madison, Kyle Langley was two for three in this game with two runs scored, and Cameron Aycock was two for five for the Dukes. He did not score any runs or drive any runs in. James Madison used five pitchers in this game.

Louisiana-Monroe had two players with two hits. They were Kade Duport and Garrett Weithorn. Weinthorn had three runs batted in. The Warhawks used only two pitchers. Brandt Corely started and pitched five innings, and Tanner Roark pitched four innings.