Baseball Begins Back Stretch of C-USA Play at Louisiana Tech

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Herd baseball (21-15, 8-7 C-USA) heads to Ruston, La., to take on the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs in a three-game in Conference USA action beginning on Thursday.

ON THE MOUND
Thursday, April 18, 7 p.m. EST/6 p.m. CST
LHP, Joshua Shapiro vs. RHP, Matt Miller

Friday, April 19, 5 p.m. EST/4 p.m. CST
RHP, Wade Martin vs. LHP, Logan Robbins

Saturday, April 20, 11 a.m. EST/10 a.m. CST
TBA vs. LHP, Logan Bailey

HAVE YOU HERD?
Marshall is fifth in triples with 18 three-baggers through games played on April 16, while ranking 19th with 78 doubles.

The Herd has a .463 slugging percentage and a .296 batting average which ranks 25th and 29th respectively.

Elvis Peralta, Jr., has a team-leading six home runs after blasting three in the team's last series against WKU, while ranking second in RBI with 29.

Tucker Linder is currently on a 21-game hitting streak and leads the team with 33 RBI.

Erik Rodriguez is tied for third in the nation in triples with six, while his 20 steals rank 29th in the NCAA.

Geordon Blanton ranks 52nd in the country in doubles with 13 and leads the team with 31 runs scored.

Joshua Shapiro has a team-leading five wins and a 1.94 ERA which rank 58th and 54th in the nation, respectively.

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Baseball Begins Back Stretch of C-USA Play at Louisiana Tech

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Players Mentioned

Geordon Blanton

Tucker Linder

Wade Martin

Erik Rodriguez

Joshua Shapiro

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