Patrick Anderson has a lot of ties to James Madison University even though he has never coached or played there.
Anderson is the former head baseball coach at Hofstra, which like JMU is in the Colonial Athletic Association. He used to work in the Washington Nationalsâ system with Jeff Garber and Doug Harris, a pair of JMU alums.
And Anderson is married to Larissa Anderson, the head softball coach at Missouri. The Dukes beat Missouri in the Super Regional this past season on the way to the College World Series.
Patrick Anderson, 48, is now the manager of Princeton in the Appalachian League and his pitching staff includes Turner Ashby graduate and JMU right-hander Justin Showalter and Teddy Brennan, who is from Glen Cove, New York and will be a freshman at JMU in the fall.
Montezuma starting pitcher Lance Tate tossed seven shutout innings and Jacob Critzer drove in two runs and had two hits as the Braves beat the host Grottoes Cardinals 9-0 on Friday night in Rockingham County Baseball League action.
Tucker Garrison was the starter and losing pitcher for the Cardinals. Tate allowed just two hits in seven innings with two walks and six punchouts before TR Timothy came on to pitch the eighth.
Hunter Clever had an RBI double in the top of the ninth, Critzer had a two-run single to make it 6-0 and Owen Marshall drove in a run for a 7-0 advantage.
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