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Baseball Rebounds in Win at Mercer on Saturday
3/13/2021 4:23:00 PM | Baseball
Marshall hits four homers
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MACON, Ga. – Marshall baseball (2-4) completes comeback after Mercer Bears (5-8) five-run second inning to win in Macon, Ga., 11-10, on Saturday afternoon. The Herd hit four homers in the victory.
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Nick Adkins got his first win of the season as D'Andre Knight picked up his second save.
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"What a difference a day can make if you stay positive and make adjustments," Marshall head coach Jeff Waggoner said after the win. "It was a great team win. Tomorrow we have to keep the same focus and work as a team to win the series against a really good opponent."
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Marshall starting pitcher Cody Sharp threw a one, two, three inning in the bottom of the first on eight pitches. The freshman started the bottom of second by getting a fly out. However, the next three Bears reached via a single, hit by pitch and a walk to load the bases with one out. Sharp struck out the next batter, but Brandon Michie struck first with a two-out RBI single, followed by a three-run homer by Bill Knight to put the Herd down 5-0 after two.
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Herd left fielder Cyrus Grimes hit a solo homer to start the third, followed by a dinger by catcher Kyle Schaefer two batters later to cut the deficit to 5-2 with one out. Shortstop Geordon Blanton then reached on a single and stole second. Second baseman Travis Sankovich singled to right with two outs to score Blanton as Marshall cut the Mercer advantage to 5-3 heading to the bottom of the third.
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Patrick Copen came on in relief of Sharp as the Bears scored an unearned run on an error to go up 6-3. Copen found himself in a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the bottom of fourth, but he got Garett Delano to fly out to Luke Edwards in center to end the inning.
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MU cut into the Mercer lead in the top of the fifth with a single by right fielder Jordon Billups, Blanton reaching on an error and a single by Edwards to trail by one, 6-5.
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Reliever Trey Alderman worked around a leadoff single as he retired the next three Bears in order to end the bottom of the fifth.
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The Herd bats kept up the hot streak in the top of the six as designated hitter Ryan Leitch launched a solo blast to begin the inning and Blanton gave MU the lead, 7-6, on a sac fly, but Mercer answered with a sac fly of its own in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game back up after a pair of Herd errors at third by Peter Hutzal.
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However, Hutzal picked himself up at the plate, bringing home three runs on a homer to center to give MU the lead again, this time 10-7.
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Nick Jodway came on in relief in the seventh and issued a walk to his first batter. Mercer's Angelo DiSpigna proceeded to hit a two-run homer to cut the Herd lead to 10-9 with no outs. Jodway retired the next two batters, but Michie singled and after a wild pitch, was singled home by Knight to square the game 10-10. Lefty Nick Adkins came on for Jodway and after committing an error, retired the next batter to end the inning.
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Edwards began the eighth by reaching on an error followed by a Sankovich double to have runners in scoring position with no outs. First baseman Zach Inskeep grounded out to short, but Hutzal was intentionally walked to load the bases with one out and Leitch at the plate. Leitch put MU on top, 11-10, with a sac fly.
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After striking out Delano, Adkins gave up a single and a pair of walks to load the bases in the bottom of the eighth. Closer D'Andre Knight came on in relief and induced an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play to send the game to ninth.
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Marshall was set down in order in the top of ninth, but Knight answered with a perfect bottom half of the inning and struck out two to preserve the game for the Herd.
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UP NEXT
Marshall looks to take the series in rubber match on Sunday at Noon.
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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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MACON, Ga. – Marshall baseball (2-4) completes comeback after Mercer Bears (5-8) five-run second inning to win in Macon, Ga., 11-10, on Saturday afternoon. The Herd hit four homers in the victory.
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Nick Adkins got his first win of the season as D'Andre Knight picked up his second save.
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"What a difference a day can make if you stay positive and make adjustments," Marshall head coach Jeff Waggoner said after the win. "It was a great team win. Tomorrow we have to keep the same focus and work as a team to win the series against a really good opponent."
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Marshall starting pitcher Cody Sharp threw a one, two, three inning in the bottom of the first on eight pitches. The freshman started the bottom of second by getting a fly out. However, the next three Bears reached via a single, hit by pitch and a walk to load the bases with one out. Sharp struck out the next batter, but Brandon Michie struck first with a two-out RBI single, followed by a three-run homer by Bill Knight to put the Herd down 5-0 after two.
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Herd left fielder Cyrus Grimes hit a solo homer to start the third, followed by a dinger by catcher Kyle Schaefer two batters later to cut the deficit to 5-2 with one out. Shortstop Geordon Blanton then reached on a single and stole second. Second baseman Travis Sankovich singled to right with two outs to score Blanton as Marshall cut the Mercer advantage to 5-3 heading to the bottom of the third.
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Patrick Copen came on in relief of Sharp as the Bears scored an unearned run on an error to go up 6-3. Copen found himself in a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the bottom of fourth, but he got Garett Delano to fly out to Luke Edwards in center to end the inning.
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MU cut into the Mercer lead in the top of the fifth with a single by right fielder Jordon Billups, Blanton reaching on an error and a single by Edwards to trail by one, 6-5.
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Reliever Trey Alderman worked around a leadoff single as he retired the next three Bears in order to end the bottom of the fifth.
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The Herd bats kept up the hot streak in the top of the six as designated hitter Ryan Leitch launched a solo blast to begin the inning and Blanton gave MU the lead, 7-6, on a sac fly, but Mercer answered with a sac fly of its own in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game back up after a pair of Herd errors at third by Peter Hutzal.
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However, Hutzal picked himself up at the plate, bringing home three runs on a homer to center to give MU the lead again, this time 10-7.
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Nick Jodway came on in relief in the seventh and issued a walk to his first batter. Mercer's Angelo DiSpigna proceeded to hit a two-run homer to cut the Herd lead to 10-9 with no outs. Jodway retired the next two batters, but Michie singled and after a wild pitch, was singled home by Knight to square the game 10-10. Lefty Nick Adkins came on for Jodway and after committing an error, retired the next batter to end the inning.
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Edwards began the eighth by reaching on an error followed by a Sankovich double to have runners in scoring position with no outs. First baseman Zach Inskeep grounded out to short, but Hutzal was intentionally walked to load the bases with one out and Leitch at the plate. Leitch put MU on top, 11-10, with a sac fly.
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After striking out Delano, Adkins gave up a single and a pair of walks to load the bases in the bottom of the eighth. Closer D'Andre Knight came on in relief and induced an inning-ending 4-6-3 double play to send the game to ninth.
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Marshall was set down in order in the top of ninth, but Knight answered with a perfect bottom half of the inning and struck out two to preserve the game for the Herd.
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UP NEXT
Marshall looks to take the series in rubber match on Sunday at Noon.
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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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