Marshall University Athletics

Wednesday, May 1
Huntington, W.Va.
3 p.m.

Marshall University

23-22

2
vs
8

Morehead State

29-17

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Elvis Peralta
Photo by: Cody Linn

Baseball Falls to Morehead State

5/1/2019 6:36:00 PM | Baseball

The Herd scored two runs on five hits

Box Score
                                   
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –  Herd baseball (23-22) dropped its mid-week contest at the Kennedy Center, 8-2, on Wednesday to the Morehead State Eagles.
 
Marshall got the scoring started after Erik Rodriguez led the bottom of the first of with a single and two batters later Tucker Linder smoked a ball to the centerfield fence for a two-out RBI double.
 
Starting pitcher Philip Hoffman and reliever Sam Boone combined to pitch the first two innings without giving up a run on one hit. Boone struck out a pair of Morehead State batters.
 
The Eagles then scored a run in the fourth, two in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 6-1 lead.
 
The Herd got back on the board on a sacrifice fly by Raul Cabrera that scored Andrew Zban to make it a 6-2 deficit after the seventh.
 
MSU scored two more runs in the top of the eighth to extend its lead to the eventual final score of 8-2.
 
Chris Fryer threw a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts.
 
Bryan Callaly threw a 1.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
 
Elvis Peralta, Jr., went two-for-three with a walk in the game.
 
UP NEXT
Marshall will host UTSA in a three-game series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. at the Kennedy Center.
 
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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: LOZINAK, Will (5-1)

L: Priestley, Garett (0-1)

Batting:

2B: HILL, Stephen 1 ; LAYNE, Ryan 1

HR: BURGHARDT, Jon 1

RBI: PAULY, Connor 1 ; HILL, Stephen 1 ; LAYNE, Ryan 2 ; BURGHARDT, Jon 2

Base Running:

RUNS: LEONARD, Reid 2 ; HAMMON, Jake 1 ; BOYD, Zach 1 ; LAYNE, Ryan 2 ; BURGHARDT, Jon 2

SB: LEONARD, Reid 1 ; PERONI, Dom 1

CS: SHOUPE, Brody 1

HBP: LEONARD, Reid 2 ; HILL, Stephen 1 ; LAYNE, Ryan 2

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Batting:

2B: Linder, Tucker 1

RBI: Linder, Tucker 1 ; Cabrera, Raul 1

SF: Cabrera, Raul 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Rodriguez, Erik 1 ; Zban, Andrew 1

SB: Peralta Jr., Elvis 1 ; Zban, Andrew 1

HBP: Cabrera, Raul 1

Game Leaders

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