Emmitsburg, Md. (April 7, 2009)--James Madison outslugged Mount St. Mary's, 21-12, in a non-conference matchup at a windy E.T. Straw Family Stadium on campus Tuesday afternoon. Senior Matt Staso (Ellicott City, Md./Mount St. Joseph) went 3-for-5 with four runs scored and four RBI to pace the Mount (12-11) in the loss.

With the wind gusting to right field, James Madison belted 11 home runs to power to the victory. The game started off promising as the Mountaineers built an 8-5 lead after three innings of play.

Shane Eyler (Taneytown, Md./Francis Scott Key) singled up the middle to plate Staso in the bottom of the first to tie the game at 1-1. Kyle Kane then scored on a wild pitch for a 2-1 Mount lead.

Chris Johnson belted a two-run homer in the top of the second for the Dukes (17-15), but the Mount scored four times in the bottom half of the frame for a 6-3 advantage. Staso doubled to left field to plate Michael Foster (Easton, Md./Easton) and Tommy Flynn (Reston, Va./South Lakes), who opened the inning with a single and a walk, respectively. Kane added a sacrifice fly while Josh Winter (Timonium, Md./Boys' Latin) laced an RBI single to right field to give the Mount a three-run cushion.

David Herbek cracked a two-run homer to left-center field to cut the Mount lead to 6-5, but Staso's two-run single to center field in the bottom of the third gave the Mount an 8-5 advantage.

The Dukes took the lead for good with a four-run fourth inning. Bryan Leskanec and Evan Scott led off the frame with a back-to-back solo home runs while Trevor Knight chipped in an RBI triple to tied the game at 8-8. Herbek plated Knight with a single to left for a 9-8 James Madison lead.

Mike Fabiaschi homered to lead off the fifth to give James Madison a 10-8 lead, but the Mount answered with a Flynn RBI double in the bottom of the inning to make the score 10-9.

James Madison then took control of the game with a 10-run sixth inning. Matt Townsend homered to open the inning, Matt Browning added a three-run shot and Lescanec a two-run homer to make the score 16-9. Knight belted a three-run homer with Herbek adding a solo shot in the inning as well.

Joe Kavanagh (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the sixth for the Mount that was countered by a Johnson RBI double off the top of the right-field fence in the seventh. Kane closed out the scoring in the game with his third home run of the season for the Mountaineers, a two-run blast to right field in the bottom of the seventh.

Staso went 3-for-5 with four runs scored and four RBI to pace the Mount in the game. He now leads the team with 23 runs scored and 21 RBI on the year. Kane went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, a home run and three RBI for the Mount while Foster added a 3-for-5 day with two runs scored.

The Dukes had 11 home runs by eight different players in the game. James Madison's first five hits in the contest were home runs. Knight went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and five RBI to pace James Madison while Herbek was 3-for-5 with three runs and four RBI. The top three hitters in the lineup combined to go 9-for-13 with 11 runs scored and 10 RBI in the game.

James Weiner earned the win, allowing two earned runs in 3.0 innings of relief. Jason Kuhn allowed two unearned runs in 3.2 innings of relief to earn the save. Mudgett took the loss, allowing four runs in one inning of relief of starter Marshall Thomason. Chris McDermott (Boyds, Md./Damascus) and Andrew Schrock (Vienna, Va./James Madison) each pitched on inning of scoreless relief for the Mountaineers.

The Mount returns to action on Thursday with a 3:00 p.m. game at Long Island. The game is the first of a four-game NEC series against the Blackbirds.