BOONE, N.C. – App State Baseball's late-inning rally came up short on Saturday, as the team dropped the series finale to James Madison 10-6 at Smith Stadium.
Down by six in the ninth inning, App State (21-18, 11-7) pushed across two runs on four hits, but was unable to sustain the rally.
Juan Correa led the Mountaineers, going 3-5 with a pair of RBI singles, while
Tyler Lichtenberger recorded his 22nd multi-hit effort of the season and
Kameron Miller also tallied a pair of hits.
James Madison (13-27, 6-12) plated four runs in the third inning to take the lead and added critical insurance runs late, plating two in the seventh and two more in the ninth.
App State got the scoring started in the first inning.
Braxton Church led off with a walk and two batters later,
Kameron Miller also walked to put two men aboard. After a flyout from
Juan Correa advanced both runners into scoring position, a wild pitch allowed Church to come in to score from third.
The Mountaineers plated a run in third inning on a Correa RBI single through the left side, driving in
Joseph Zamora who was hit by a pitch with one out in the frame.
Trailing 8-2 in the seventh, Church belted his second home run of the season into the visitor's bullpen in right field to lead off the inning. Later in the frame, Miller ripped a double to the wall in left-center field and Correa came through with an RBI single through the left side to make it 8-4.
App State conceded a pair of insurance runs in the top of the ninth but stormed back in the home half of the frame. Zamora doubled down the left field line to start the frame and came around to score on a two-out RBI single from Lichtenberger to keep the game alive.
Tyler. Figueroa and
Riley Luft followed with back-to-back singles to score a run, with the Mountaineers down to their final strike three times in the ballgame, before the Dukes tagged out a runner on the bases to salvage the finale.
App State continues its seven-game homestand on Tuesday as the team hosts ETSU at 6 p.m. The 2025 App State baseball season is presented by Chick-fil-A.
