{"id":2383,"date":"2011-05-01T21:33:50","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T01:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2011-05-01T21:33:50","modified_gmt":"2011-05-02T01:33:50","slug":"diamond-dukes-sweep-their-way-into-tournament-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2383","title":{"rendered":"Diamond Dukes Sweep Their Way Into Tournament Position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jake-lowery.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2292\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=2292\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jake-lowery.jpg?fit=400%2C300\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jake lowery\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jake-lowery.jpg?fit=300%2C225\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jake-lowery.jpg?fit=400%2C300\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2292\" title=\"jake lowery\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jake-lowery.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jake-lowery.jpg?w=400 400w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/jake-lowery.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>The Diamond Dukes took 3 out of 3 against UNCW over the weekend to\u00a0sweep the crucial late season series. The series matched-up the two teams preseason CAA favorites both trying to finish strong and secure a spot in the CAA tourney. The Dukes were on the outside looking in last week, in 5th place while UNCW were sitting on the top of the standings. What a difference a weekend makes.\u00a0After sweeping the series,\u00a0the Dukes are tied with Delaware on top of the standings and the Seahawks have slipped back in 5th place.<\/p>\n<p>The series was kicked off with an outstanding pitching performance by JMU&#8217;s Sean Tierney. Tierney gave up only 1 run in 7 innings Friday night and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmusports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62335&amp;SPID=6823&amp;DB_OEM_ID=14400&amp;ATCLID=205144872\">struck out 11 in the 12-2 win<\/a>. It was the 19th time the Diamond Dukes had scored at least 10 runs in a game this season. They&#8217;ve won every one of those 19. Game 2 was a bit more exciting, as JMU had to come from behind late to win it. The Dukes have earned a reputation for hitting for the fences, but they pulled off a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmusports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14400&amp;ATCLID=205145402\">bunt squeeze play in the\u00a08th<\/a> to take the lead\u00a0and held on for a 6-5 victory. The finale was won due to some\u00a0clutch pitching from reliever <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jmusports.com\/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=62335&amp;SPID=6823&amp;DB_OEM_ID=14400&amp;ATCLID=205145708\">Josh Futter who\u00a0pitched 3 shut out innings to close out the Seahawks<\/a>\u00a0in a 9-6 game. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The top four teams make the CAA tournament but the seeding doesn&#8217;t really provide much of an advantage, so the key is just to make it. <a href=\"http:\/\/baseballnut.blogs.starnewsonline.com\/14979\/mediocre-league-still-provides-seahawks-hope\/?tc=ar\">Chuck Carree does a better job of breaking it all down than I ever could<\/a>, but the Dukes chances are looking pretty good at this point. Unfortunately, that was the the first thing I&#8217;ve read byt Carree, but he&#8217;s already got me thinking that he is to CAA baseball what Brian Mull is to CAA hoops. The Star News down in Wilmington really does an outstanding job covering the league. If\u00a0UNCW had a football team it might be my favorite paper.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D2383&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Diamond Dukes took 3 out of 3 against UNCW over the weekend to\u00a0sweep the crucial late season series. The series matched-up the two teams preseason CAA favorites both trying to finish strong and secure a spot in the CAA tourney. The Dukes were on the outside looking in last week, in 5th place while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[33,457],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2474,"url":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=2474","url_meta":{"origin":2383,"position":0},"title":"Your Bandwagon Guide to the JMU Baseball Postseason","date":"May 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Diamond Dukes are red hot, fresh off CAA regular season and tournament championships, and headed down to Chapel Hill, NC to play in the NCAA tournament. It sounds like the perfect time for fans everywhere to jump on the bandwagon. 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