Marshall University Athletics
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Photo by: Bobby McDuffie
Baseball Drops Second-Round Contest to Southern Miss
5/23/2019 10:45:00 PM | Baseball
Marshall left 11 runners on base
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BILOXI, Miss. – The Thundering Herd baseball team (29-27) fell to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles on Thursday evening, 10-5, at MGM Park in the second round of The First 2019 C-USA Baseball Championship.
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The Golden Eagles' Gabe Montenegro led off with a single, followed by a Matt Guidry home run to right off Marshall starter Wade Martin to give them an early 2-0 lead. They struck for another pair of runs in the top of the fourth to make it 4-0 as Martin exited after three and a third innings of work.
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The Herd got its bats started in the bottom of the fourth and had a little help from the USM defense. Reynaldo Pastrana reached base and advanced to second on a dropped fly by the center fielder to lead off the inning. Raul Cabrera was then hit by a pitch with one out. Luke Edwards then singled to center to bring home Pastrana.
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Geordon Blanton then singled to left to load the bases with one out. Erik Rodriguez came to the plate and hit a grounder to third that looked like it might be a double play, the second baseman made a throwing error trying to turn two and two more runs scored as Marshall cut the deficit to one, 4-3.
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Southern Miss then struck for runs in each the fifth and sixth to extend its lead to 6-3. The Golden Eagles struck for another insurance run in the top of the eighth.
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In the bottom of the eighth, Marshall loaded the bases with no outs as Cabrera singled to center and Edwards and Blanton each drew four-pitch walks. Rodriguez struck out, but Shane Hanon picked him up with a two-RBI single to make it a 7-5 game. The Herd couldn't capitalize anymore runs as Peralta fouled to third and Tucker Linder struck out.
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The top of ninth saw three Herd pitchers with Philip Hoffman starting the inning off with a groundout on a bunt, but walked the next two batters on 3-2 pitches. D'Andre Knight came on with a 2-0 count to Montenegro to relieve Hoffman. Two pitches later Montenegro hit a three-run homer to right. Knight recorded the second out of the inning and Austen Martinez came on to record the final out as Marshall trailed 10-5.
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The Herd went down in order in the bottom of the ninth as Southern Miss took the game.
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UP NEXT
Marshall will take on Rice on Friday at 4 p.m. EST/3 p.m. CST in an elimination game. The game can be found on ESPN+ for video and on radio through 94.1 FM and on TuneIN through the Thundering Herd IMG Sports Network with Steve Cotton and Tom Linder on the call.
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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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BILOXI, Miss. – The Thundering Herd baseball team (29-27) fell to the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles on Thursday evening, 10-5, at MGM Park in the second round of The First 2019 C-USA Baseball Championship.
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The Golden Eagles' Gabe Montenegro led off with a single, followed by a Matt Guidry home run to right off Marshall starter Wade Martin to give them an early 2-0 lead. They struck for another pair of runs in the top of the fourth to make it 4-0 as Martin exited after three and a third innings of work.
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The Herd got its bats started in the bottom of the fourth and had a little help from the USM defense. Reynaldo Pastrana reached base and advanced to second on a dropped fly by the center fielder to lead off the inning. Raul Cabrera was then hit by a pitch with one out. Luke Edwards then singled to center to bring home Pastrana.
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Geordon Blanton then singled to left to load the bases with one out. Erik Rodriguez came to the plate and hit a grounder to third that looked like it might be a double play, the second baseman made a throwing error trying to turn two and two more runs scored as Marshall cut the deficit to one, 4-3.
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Southern Miss then struck for runs in each the fifth and sixth to extend its lead to 6-3. The Golden Eagles struck for another insurance run in the top of the eighth.
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In the bottom of the eighth, Marshall loaded the bases with no outs as Cabrera singled to center and Edwards and Blanton each drew four-pitch walks. Rodriguez struck out, but Shane Hanon picked him up with a two-RBI single to make it a 7-5 game. The Herd couldn't capitalize anymore runs as Peralta fouled to third and Tucker Linder struck out.
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The top of ninth saw three Herd pitchers with Philip Hoffman starting the inning off with a groundout on a bunt, but walked the next two batters on 3-2 pitches. D'Andre Knight came on with a 2-0 count to Montenegro to relieve Hoffman. Two pitches later Montenegro hit a three-run homer to right. Knight recorded the second out of the inning and Austen Martinez came on to record the final out as Marshall trailed 10-5.
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The Herd went down in order in the bottom of the ninth as Southern Miss took the game.
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UP NEXT
Marshall will take on Rice on Friday at 4 p.m. EST/3 p.m. CST in an elimination game. The game can be found on ESPN+ for video and on radio through 94.1 FM and on TuneIN through the Thundering Herd IMG Sports Network with Steve Cotton and Tom Linder on the call.
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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: Blaylock, Brant (1-1)
L: Martin, Wade (0-4)
S: Stanley, Hunter (3)
Batting:
HR: Montenegro, Gabe 1 ; Guidry, Matthew 1
RBI: Montenegro, Gabe 3 ; Guidry, Matthew 2 ; Slater, Hunter 1 ; Bowen, Bryant 1 ; Donaldson, Cole 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Montenegro, Gabe 2 ; Guidry, Matthew 2 ; Slater, Hunter 1 ; Wallner, Matt 1 ; Bowen, Bryant 1 ; Donaldson, Cole 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1 ; McGillis, Will 1
HBP: Montenegro, Gabe 1 ; Franklin, Fred 1
PO: Franklin, Fred 1
Batting:
2B: Inskeep, Zach 1
RBI: Rodriguez, Erik 1 ; Hanon, Shane 2 ; Edwards, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pastrana, Reynaldo 1 ; Cabrera, Raul 2 ; Edwards, Luke 2
SB: Blanton, Geordon 1
CS: Peralta Jr., Elvis 1
HBP: Cabrera, Raul 1
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