Marshall University Athletics
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Wilmington, N.C.
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Photo by: MattPendleton
Baseball Splits Sunday at Hughes Bros. Challenge
2/23/2020 8:25:00 PM | Baseball
Team Earns First Win against BGSU
WILMINGTON, N.C.—Thundering Herd baseball split the final day of the Hughes Bros. Challenge hosted by UNCW at Brooks Field. The team began the day with a 7-6 come-from-behind win over Bowling Green, then fell to the hosts UNCW 8-6 to close the afternoon.
Marshall is 1-6 for the season.
Game One: Marshall 7, Bowling Green 6
Marshall fell behind 5-1 in the third inning to the Falcons and trailed until the team put up a five-run bottom of the fifth inning.
The Herd knocked four straight hits (Peter Hutzal single, Zach Edwards single, Zach Inskeep single scoring Hutzal, Jordon Billups double scoring Edwards). Brady Garrison's 2 RBI single scored Inskeep and Billups to take the lead, 6-5, and Geordon Blanton hit a RBI sac fly which would score Sam Linscott and ultimately prove to be the winning run.
Freshman Cody Sharp (1-0) earned the win on the mound with 3.1 scoreless innings in relief. He allowed 2 hits and 2 walks, and struck out 4. He put out a threat when he entered in the third inning, striking out a pair of batters with runners in scoring position as well getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth.
Senior Michael Guerrero earned his first save of the season, a 2-inning save, entering with runners on 1st and 2nd and no outs in the eighth. After allowing a bunt single, Guerrero would force a RBI ground out and then induce an inning-ending double play with the tying run at 3rd base.
He pitched a hitless and scoreless 9th for the win.
On offense, Inskeep led the way going 2-for-3 with 3 RBI, and Billups went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles.
Game Two: UNCW 8, Marshall 6
The Thundering Herd fell into an early hole again in the second game. The Seahawks jumped out to a 7-0 lead, scoring six runs in the 3rd inning, all with two outs.
Marshall bounced back and cut it to a 1-run game by the sixth inning, scoring three runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
The fifth began with a Ryan Leitch single followed by junior Jaren Lovely's first career home run, a shot to right field, to cut the game to 7-2. Marshall would add another run in the frame on
Inskeep's fourth RBI of the day, scoring Edwards.
Blanton added his second RBI of the day on a sixth inning single scoring Linscott, followed by a Hutzal RBI to score Lovely. Edwards' sac fly on the next pitch scored Blanton for the final RBI of the day.
The Seahawks responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning, and the Herd never mustered another offensive threat in the final three frames.
Sophomore Ryan Capuano (0-1) suffered the loss in the start, going 2.2 innings allowed 3 earned runs on 5 hits. He had issues with command, walking 5 batters for his second straight outing.
Lovely in the nine hole led the way going 3-for-4 with 2 RBI on his home run. Blanton and Hutzal each went 2-for-5 with one RBI.
UP NEXT
Marshall begins its home slate next Friday at the Kennedy Center against Canisius. The Herd and the Griffins will play four games with the first set for 2 p.m. on Friday, February 28.
#RiseAsOne
For all of the latest information on the Marshall baseball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdBaseball, on Instagram at HerdBSB, and at www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
Marshall is 1-6 for the season.
Game One: Marshall 7, Bowling Green 6
Marshall fell behind 5-1 in the third inning to the Falcons and trailed until the team put up a five-run bottom of the fifth inning.
The Herd knocked four straight hits (Peter Hutzal single, Zach Edwards single, Zach Inskeep single scoring Hutzal, Jordon Billups double scoring Edwards). Brady Garrison's 2 RBI single scored Inskeep and Billups to take the lead, 6-5, and Geordon Blanton hit a RBI sac fly which would score Sam Linscott and ultimately prove to be the winning run.
Freshman Cody Sharp (1-0) earned the win on the mound with 3.1 scoreless innings in relief. He allowed 2 hits and 2 walks, and struck out 4. He put out a threat when he entered in the third inning, striking out a pair of batters with runners in scoring position as well getting out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth.
Senior Michael Guerrero earned his first save of the season, a 2-inning save, entering with runners on 1st and 2nd and no outs in the eighth. After allowing a bunt single, Guerrero would force a RBI ground out and then induce an inning-ending double play with the tying run at 3rd base.
He pitched a hitless and scoreless 9th for the win.
On offense, Inskeep led the way going 2-for-3 with 3 RBI, and Billups went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles.
Game Two: UNCW 8, Marshall 6
The Thundering Herd fell into an early hole again in the second game. The Seahawks jumped out to a 7-0 lead, scoring six runs in the 3rd inning, all with two outs.
Marshall bounced back and cut it to a 1-run game by the sixth inning, scoring three runs in the fifth and sixth innings.
The fifth began with a Ryan Leitch single followed by junior Jaren Lovely's first career home run, a shot to right field, to cut the game to 7-2. Marshall would add another run in the frame on
Inskeep's fourth RBI of the day, scoring Edwards.
Blanton added his second RBI of the day on a sixth inning single scoring Linscott, followed by a Hutzal RBI to score Lovely. Edwards' sac fly on the next pitch scored Blanton for the final RBI of the day.
The Seahawks responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning, and the Herd never mustered another offensive threat in the final three frames.
Sophomore Ryan Capuano (0-1) suffered the loss in the start, going 2.2 innings allowed 3 earned runs on 5 hits. He had issues with command, walking 5 batters for his second straight outing.
Lovely in the nine hole led the way going 3-for-4 with 2 RBI on his home run. Blanton and Hutzal each went 2-for-5 with one RBI.
UP NEXT
Marshall begins its home slate next Friday at the Kennedy Center against Canisius. The Herd and the Griffins will play four games with the first set for 2 p.m. on Friday, February 28.
#RiseAsOne
For all of the latest information on the Marshall baseball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdBaseball, on Instagram at HerdBSB, and at www.herdzone.com.
To follow all Thundering Herd sports and get live stats, schedules, and free live audio, download the Marshall Athletics App for iOS or Android!
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sharp, Cody (1-0)
L: PARRILL, Griffin (0-1)
S: Guerrero, Michael (1)
Batting:
2B: GURNEY, Kyle 1 ; FURNAS, Adam 1
RBI: FARQUHAR, Trent 2 ; GURNEY, Kyle 2 ; FURNAS, Adam 2
SH: MALEWITZ, Mike 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WILSON, Jake 1 ; FARQUHAR, Trent 1 ; GURNEY, Kyle 1 ; JOHNSTON, Ryan 1 ; DOHANOS, Dylan 1 ; FALLON, Adam 1
SB: FALLON, Adam 1
HBP: FARQUHAR, Trent 1 ; KRAUSE, Jack 1 ; MALEWITZ, Mike 1
Batting:
2B: Billups, Jordon 2
RBI: Blanton, Geordon 1 ; Inskeep, Zach 3 ; Billups, Jordon 1 ; Garrison, Brady 2
SF: Blanton, Geordon 1 ; Inskeep, Zach 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hutzal, Peter 2 ; Edwards, Luke 2 ; Inskeep, Zach 1 ; Billups, Jordon 1 ; Linscott, Sam 1
SB: Edwards, Luke 1
HBP: Garrison, Brady 1
PO: Blanton, Geordon 1
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