Marshall University Athletics
Herd Travels to Ohio Tuesday at 6 p.m.
3/19/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 19, 2012
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- The Marshall baseball team will travel to Athens, Ohio for a matchup with the Ohio Bobcats Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Wren Stadium.
The Thundering Herd is 43-111-1 all-time against the Bobcats and 3-5 under head coach Jeff Waggoner.
Marshall (8-11) is coming off a Sunday victory over St. Bonaventure where it avoided its first non-conference sweep since 2010. Prior to that series, the Herd built a three-game winning streak to move to two games below five hundred, the closest it had been since the beginning of March.
Ohio (9-9) currently boasts a three-game winning streak of its own after taking the final three games of a four-game set against IPFW. In addition to the three straight wins, the Bobcats have won eight of their last 11 after beginning the season 1-6.
Isaac Ballou and Nathan Gomez are Marshall's current hitting leaders and also rank among the leaders in Conference-USA statistics. Ballou and Gomez have each collected 22 hits in 72 at-bats (.306).
Additionally, Balllou's nine stolen bases have him tied for second and only one off the leader in C-USA.
Gomez' 21 runs batted in place him in a three-way tie for third in C-USA run production. The current conference leader, D.J. Hicks of UCF, has 31 RBIs this season.
Ohio's latest series culminated with a shutout win over IPFW on Sunday. The Bobcats bats caught fire as the team scored 13 runs on 14 hits, scoring in all but one inning.
Tuesday's game will be available through and Marshall's online chat.
