Marshall University Athletics
@HerdBaseball Heads to Old Dominion this Weekend
4/27/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
NORFOLK, Va. - The Marshall baseball team heads to Virginia for a Conference USA weekend series with the Old Dominion Monarchs at the Bud Metheny Complex. The teams begin the series on Friday at 6 p.m. and continues on Saturday at 3 p.m. Sunday's game will be aired on ESPN3 at 1 p.m.
ON THE MOUND
Friday: RHP Wade Martin (3-2, 3.26 ERA) vs. RHP Sam Sinnen (1-3, 5.73 ERA)
Saturday: LHP Jacob Niggemeyer (2-2, 4.94 ERA) vs. LHP Adam Bainbridge (6-1, 1.84 ERA)
Sunday: TBA vs. LHP John Wilson (6-1, 3.52 ERA)
HAVE YOU HERD?
The Thundering Herd was powered by the long ball on Wednesday night at Morehead State. Marshall defeated the Eagles, 13-11, for its first win at Morehead State since 2006. The Herd handed MSU its second home loss of the season. Sam Finfer, Tyler Ratliff, Reynaldo Pastrana and Andrew Zban each had a home run. Ratliff was 3-for-5 with four RBIs and three runs scored, while Finfer was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and two runs scored.
Marshall (20-21, 8-10 Conference USA) is tied with Louisiana Tech for seventh place after six weeks of C-USA play. The top 8 teams make it to the 2017 Conference USA Championship in Biloxi, Miss. at MGM Park. Southern Miss sits in first place with a 13-5 record, followed by Old Dominion (12-6), Florida Atlantic (12-6), Charlotte (12-6), FIU (10-8) and UTSA (9-9). Marshall and Louisiana Tech have a game up on Middle Tennessee and Rice at 7-11.
Relief pitcher Matt Reed has been one of the first guys out of the bullpen this season for head coach Jeff Waggoner. Reed earned his fourth save of the season at Morehead State. He is tied for a team-high 19 appearances with freshman Hunter Sexton.
SCOUTING THE MONARCHS
Old Dominion (28-12, 12-6 C-USA) enters the weekend series receiving votes from the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). The Monarchs became the first Conference USA school to win a series at Southern Miss since 2015 when it took two-of-three in Hattiesburg last weekend. It also marked Old Dominion's first series win at a ranked opponent since 2000. ODU has won five of six conference weekend series this season.
Junior infielder Jared Young leads the Monarchs at the plate with a team-high .365 batting average, 54 hits and seven home runs. Junior infielder Zach Rutherford has a team-best 38 RBIs.
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UP NEXT
Marshall welcomes the WKU Hilltoppers to Appalachian Power Park in Charleston, W.Va. from May 5-7.
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