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Baseball Falls to Morehead State
5/1/2019 6:36:00 PM | Baseball
The Herd scored two runs on five hits
Box Score
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Eagles then scored a run in the fourth, two in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 6-1 lead.
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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.
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MSU scored two more runs in the top of the eighth to extend its lead to the eventual final score of 8-2.
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Chris Fryer threw a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts.
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Bryan Callaly threw a 1.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
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Elvis Peralta, Jr., went two-for-three with a walk in the game.
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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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For all the latest information about Marshall baseball, follow @HerdBaseball on Twitter and @HerdBSB on Instagram.
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To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Eagles then scored a run in the fourth, two in the sixth and three in the seventh to take a 6-1 lead.
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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.
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MSU scored two more runs in the top of the eighth to extend its lead to the eventual final score of 8-2.
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Chris Fryer threw a scoreless ninth inning with two strikeouts.
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Bryan Callaly threw a 1.1 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.
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Elvis Peralta, Jr., went two-for-three with a walk in the game.
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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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For all the latest information about Marshall baseball, follow @HerdBaseball on Twitter and @HerdBSB on Instagram.
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To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS and Android.
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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

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
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