Marshall University Athletics
Baseball Sets Sights on San Antonio
4/10/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 10, 2014
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- Marshall baseball will look to take its third consecutive conference series when the Herd travels to San Antonio to face first-year Conference USA member UTSA beginning Friday at 7 p.m.
Marshall is 7-7 in league play after taking two of three from Florida Atlantic last weekend in Beckley. The Herd has an overall record of 13-18 after winning both its midweek contests; Eastern Kentucky 7-3 and Ohio 2-1.
Herd coach Jeff Waggoner needs just one more win to become the second winningest coach in Marshall baseball history at 171 wins.
Fans can follow the Herd-UTSA games via GameTracker for live stats and the @HerdBaseball Twitter account for live updates during the games.
HAVE YOU HERD?
Junior TJ Diffenderfer (Mount Juliet, Tenn.) carries a hot bat to Texas, going .353 in his last five games with two doubles, a triple, and a home run.
Sophomore Aaron Bossi (St. Louis) provided a presence last weekend, going 5-for-8 with three runs. Redshirt sophomore Robert Fajardo (Miami) also helped lift the Herd, going 5-for-10 with two doubles and four RBI.
Bossi and Fajardo scored three times apiece in the FAU series.
SCOUTING THE ROADRUNNERS
UTSA enters the weekend 22-11 (8-4 C-USA), coming off a midweek 10-2 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
The Roadrunners appeared in the NCAA Tournament last season, losing to Oregon State and Texas A&M to cap off a 35-25 year.
Senior infielder RJ Perucki leads the squad with a .344 average and is third on the team in RBI (27). Perucki is third in C-USA in batting average, third in on-base percentage, and tied for third in hits.
Sophomore utility man Jesse Baker has a team-high four homers and nine doubles, in addition to leading the team with nine stolen bases.
UTSA owns a 2.64 team ERA, ranking in the top 20 nationally.
