Winebrenner, Recio Homer in Win over James Madison

Wednesday, February 18

Richmond, Va.

1:30 PM

University of Richmond

3-2

James Madison

0-3

James Madison

Richmond

Dylan Winebrenner waits for his pitch at home plate

02/18/2026 | Baseball

Box Score

RICHMOND, Va. – Richmond baseball jumped out to an early lead Wednesday against James Madison at Pitt Field and never looked back, collecting a 9-5 victory.

Richmond, now 3-2 on the year, is set to host Big 10 foe Penn State this weekend for a four-game series. First pitch for Friday's series opener is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN+.

Ryan Recio got the Spider offense going in the second, launching a 2-run home run over the left field wall. Khris Morris scored after leading off the inning with a walk.

With the bases loaded in the third, Michael Elko pushed in Dylan Winebrenner with a base hit through the right side. Recio collected his third RBI of the day when he drew a walk to force in Sean Scanlon and push the Spiders lead to 4-0.

JMU got a run back in the fifth, on a sacrifice fly off Richmond reliever Bijan Anvar. Anvar replaced starter Jackson Hinchliffe after he went three and a third of an inning, scattering two hits and a walk with a strikeout. Anvar went two and a third of an inning, allowing one run on one hit and two walks with two strikeouts.

Scanlon led off the fifth with a walk, which was followed by Elko reaching base after getting hit by the ball. With two outs, RJ Rickabaugh laced a double down the left field line to score Scanlon. Chris Schaller picked up his second double of the game to bring in Elko and Rickabaugh and increase Richmond's advantage to 7-1.

Winebrenner launched his second home run of the season to center field to make it 8-1.

JMU picked up four runs in the seventh off Morris who took over for Dom Ruggiero. Ruggiero tossed two-thirds of an inning, allowing one hit and one walk. He finished the sixth with one pitch to force a ground out. Morris allowed all four runs on three hits and a strikeout in two-thirds of an inning.

Richmond added an insurance run in the eighth to make it 9-5. Reid Downs, who came in to run for pinch hitter Evan Wilson, scored on a bases loaded fielder's choice when the JMU defense got the force out at third.

Justin Gay closed out the game for UR, tossing two innings of one hit action with a strikeout.