Harrisonburg, VA - James Madison scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to snap a 3-3 tie and then held off the Pride in an 8-6 victory over Hofstra Friday night at Veterans Memorial Park. The Hofstra loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the Pride.

The Dukes to a 3-0 lead after two innings as Fox Semones hit a two-run home run in the first and Trevon Dabney an RBI double in the second. But Hofstra (12-25, 5-8 CAA) rallied for three runs in the third, two on Austin Gauthier's first home run of the season and another on an RBI triple from Anthony D'Onofrio.

But Callaway Sigler snapped the tie in the bottom of the inning with a single up the middle and the Dukes would add another run on a Pride throwing error. James Madison (24-18, 5-8 CAA) would extend the lead to 8-3 with a pair of runs in the fifth and one in the sixth.

Hofstra put up a second three-run inning in the seventh with all the runs coming in on Vito Friscia's sixth home run of the season that pulled the Pride within two at 8-6. The Pride then put the tying runs on base in the top of the ninth as Ryan Morash reached on a wild pitch on strike three and Friscia walked, but Nick Robertson escaped the jam with his fourth strikeout of the inning.

Kevin Kelly (6-5) got the win for the Dukes after allowing three runs on four hits over six innings. He also recorded seven strikeouts. Robertson picked up his seventh save of the season.

Jack Jett (0-3) took the loss for the Pride, allowing five runs (four earned) on six hits in 3 2/3 innings. Jimmy Joyce went the final 4 1/3 innings and allowed three runs on three hits with five strikeouts.

Friscia was 3-3 with a single, double, and home run. He also walked twice and scored two runs.

Semones, Dabney and Kyle Novak each had two hits for James Madison.

The team will play game two of the three-game series Saturday night at 6 p.m.

Notes:
-Friscia's three RBIs give him 100 in his career. He is the 13th player in program history with 100 career RBIs.
-Friscia's home run, his 23rd career round-tripper, moves him into a sixth-place tie on the all-time list.
-Hofstra is 13-37 all-time versus James Madison.
-D'Onofrio's triple was the first of his career.