Herd, Zips To Play Weekend Series in Huntington

HUNTINGTON, W.Va.—Marshall baseball (1-9-1) will face former Mid-American Conference foe Akron (0-8) in a weekend series beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Kennedy Center Field.

Friday's game was postponed due to weather.

The meeting between the two teams is the first since 2015. The Akron program has returned to the diamond this year after a four-year hiatus from 2016-19.

GAME INFORMATION
Live Stream: HERDVISION/CUSA.tv
Marshall Radio (Sunday Only): 88.1 WMUL-FM with audio streamed online at http://www.marshall.edu/wmul/
Live Stats: Sidearm

PROJECTED STARTERS
Saturday, 11 a.m.
Wade Martin (0-3, 4.61) vs. Jackson Hickert (0-0, 3.00)

Saturday, 3 p.m.
Brady Choban (0-2, 9.26) vs. Quinton Kujawa (0-2, 4.67)

Sunday, 11 a.m.
Jeffrey Purnell (0-0, 16.20) vs. Taed Heydinger (0-2, 10.50)

Sunday, 3 p.m.
Jeffrey Purnell (0-0, 16.20) vs. Taed Heydinger (0-2, 10.50)

HISTORY THE ZIPS
Marshall vs. Akron – Marshall leads all-time 26-14 – last meeting April 14, 2015: Akron won 7-0

In 2020, Akron takes the field after a four-year period without the sport. The former Mid-American Conference rivals reignite their rivalry, as the Zips are led by the 1988 National League Rookie of the Year and Cincinnati Reds 1990 World Series Champion infielder Chris Sabo.

Akron is the second of three MAC schools Marshall faces this year: Bowling Green (1-1), Akron (4 games), Ohio (2 games).

Marshall last beat the Zips (and last hosted Akron) on April 1, 2014 in a 5-2 Marshall win.

MIDWEEK ROUNDUP
The Herd took the field Wednesday for a weeknight game at Virginia Tech, taking a 10-5 loss in Blacksburg.

Marshall was downed by a killer fourth inning, an inning which the Hokies scored eight runs, seven of which were unearned, on four hits, three walks, two errors and a passed ball.

The Marshall lineup, one through six, each recorded at-least one hit in the loss. Sophomore Luke Edwards drew a season-high two walks.

HAVE YOU HERD?

Graduate transfer Josh Zeboskey, native of Mullens, West Virginia and former Wyoming East High School standout, was ruled eligible for the 2020 season. He made his debut in relief against Virginia Tech, pitching a scoreless 0.2 of an inning.
Junior Geordon Blanton continues to lead the Thundering Herd in batting average (.311). He also leads the team in hits (14), walks (6), on-base percentage (.385) and stolen bases (4). He has six hits in his past three games.
Blanton and junior Jordon Billups co-hold the active team-high hitting streak (three games).
With his team-lead in home runs at two, junior Jaren Lovely holds a team-high in slugging percentage at .500.
Redshirt junior Robert Kwiatkowski has made a team-high six appearances among the pitching staff. He holds an active 4.0 inning scoreless and hitless streak, having struck out five batters compared to no walks over that span. He inherited the bases-loaded and no outs Wednesday at Virginia Tech and recorded two strikeouts and fly out to escape the jam.

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Players Mentioned

Jordon Billups

Geordon Blanton

Brady Choban

Luke Edwards

Robert Kwiatkowski

Jaren Lovely

Wade Martin

Jeffrey Purnell

Josh Zeboskey

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