WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Tribe plated one in the seventh and three in the eighth in a continuation of a game originally started on April 25. W&M beat JMU 10-3 in Williamsburg Tuesday evening and will finish with a 10-14 CAA record. Brain Murphy's squad held a 6-3 lead after six and a half innings in April and began the resumed game with the three-run lead.
Wade Strain closed out the game tossing a pair of innings allowing just one hit and no runs.
David Hogarth sent a one-out single through the right side in the bottom of the seventh and would steal second.
Tyler Solomon would walk putting men at first and second.
Joe Delossantos ripped a one-strike pitch up the middle to plate Hogarth and make it 7-3.
Strain made his first relief appearance of the season coming into the game for the Tribe in the top of the eighth. He forced a weak fly ball to right and a ground out to the second baseman before surrendering a bunt single. Strain would strand the man as the righty induced an inning-ending grounder to short.
Matt McDermott led off the bottom of the eighth with a single deep in the hole at short.
Mark Trotta followed with an infield single of his own before
Matt Thomas walked to load the bases. McDermott scored on a wild pitch from JMU lefty Donovon Burke and the bases remained loaded as Matt Trehub walked.
Hogarth would reach on balls to make it three straight W&M walks and plate Trotta.
Tyler Solomon laced a one-out RBI sac fly to right to bring in Thomas. Strain worked a one, two, three ninth inning highlighted by a pair of beautiful plays by Hogarth to seal the 10-3 win.
Justin Pearson picked up the win going 6.0 innings allowing one run in the April 25th affair. The Tribe finishes fourth in the CAA South and will await the decision of the CAA on what teams earn the two at large bids to the conference tournament. The six-team field will be announced on May 22.