Marshall University Athletics
@HerdBaseball Welcomes Brown for Four-Game Slate
3/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Marshall baseball welcomes the Brown University Bears for a four-game series at the Kennedy Center Field on Route Two. A doubleheader is scheduled for Friday beginning at noon, while Saturday's game will start at 1 p.m. and Sunday at noon.
ON THE MOUND
Friday (Game One): RHP Chase Boster vs. RHP Christian Taugner
Friday (Game Two): LHP Patrick Murphy vs. RHP Reid Anderson
Saturday: RHP JD Hammer vs. TBA
Sunday: LHP Parker Danciu vs. TBA
HAVE YOU HERD?
Despite suffering a 4-1 loss Wednesday to Ohio, Marshall has won three of its last four games, including a sweep over the Lehigh Mountain Hawks. The Lehigh series earned the Herd its first series sweep of a NCAA Division I opponent since 2013, when Marshall defeated Northern Kentucky in a four-game series.
Leading the way for the Herd so far this season has been junior Tommy Lane. Lane is 15-for-42, with a .357 batting average and 13 RBIs. Following Lane is Corey Bird and Aaron Bossi, who both are hitting over .300. Bird is batting .317 with 13 hits, while Bossi is .316 with 12 hits.
Senior JD Hammer paces the Herd on the mound with 18 strikeouts through 14.1 innings pitched. Marshall's top reliever this season has been Heston Van Fleet with a 3.21 ERA through 14 innings pitched on six appearances.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
- Lane, Bossi and Tyler Ratliff each have a hit streak of five games or more currently. Lane and Bossi have recorded a hit in eight straight games, while Ratliff has had a hit in seven straight.
- Sam Finfer and Bird have reached base safely in 10 straight games, while Cory Garrastazu has reached in nine straight.
SCOUTING THE BEARS
Brown started its season this past weekend at the USA Baseball-Irish Classic in Cary, N.C., going 1-2 with a season-opening win over Buckell. The Bears went on to suffer defeat to Notre Dame, 7-6, and Alabama, 2-0.
The Bears are led by senior Jake Levine with a .375 batting average (3-8), two RBIs and one double. Earning the lone win for Brown was junior Christian Taugner, who went eight innings and allowed no runs on three hits, with six strikeouts.
Brown leads the all-time series against Marshall, 1-0. The last meeting occurred in 1990.
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