UVA posts 12-6 victory over James Madison in midweek action

By Colin Moore
JerryRatcliffe.com correspondent

The Virginia baseball team put together two solid midweek performances at Disharoon Park, capped with a convincing, 12-6 win over James Madison on Wednesday night.

Chris Arroyo got the start on the mound, his first of the season, pitching three complete innings and allowing just one run on five hits. Arroyo also homered in the second inning, adding to his stellar performance on both sides of the ball, as he finished the evening 2 for 3 with 3 RBI.

Two homers in the second allowed the Cavaliers to pull away and begin to build on their lead.

HOW IT HAPPENED

UVA (22-15) opened up the scoring in the bottom of the first inning as Henry Godbout hit a sacrifice fly to allow Eric Becker to tag and score. JMU (13-28) answered in the second inning, tying the ballgame at one apiece.

Virginia responded immediately with a leadoff single by James Nunnellee, who later scored off of a home run shot from Luke Hanson. Following Hanson’s blast, Aidan Teel got on base and was soon jogging around the bases after a long shot over the right-field wall from Arroyo, and UVA held a 6-1 advantage.

The Hoos slowly pulled away later in the game with some poor Dukes pitching, along with some errors in the infield.

ADDITIONAL NOTES
Courtesy UVA Media Relations

• Virginia improves to 12-4 on the season when Aidan Teel bats leadoff.
• Henry Ford extended his on-base streak to 21 games with a single in the first inning,
• Chris Arroyo’s two-run blast in the second gives the junior nine homers on the year with 38 RBIs, both team-highs.
• In his first relief appearance of the season, Tomas Valincius picked up the win by pitching a scoreless inning.
• On the year, the Cavaliers are 20-3 when scoring six or more runs in a game.
• UVA improves to 47-25-1 all-time against JMU and 20-1-1 against the Dukes during the Brian O’Connor era.

UP NEXT

The Cavaliers travel south for a weekend series at Georgia Tech. First pitch for Friday’s opener is set for 6 p.m. on ACC Network Extra and WINA.