Marshall University Athletics

Sunday, March 14
Macon, Ga.
12:00 PM

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Mercer

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Ryan Leitch
Ryan Leitch
Photo by: Jack Kelly

Offense Powers Baseball to Series Win over Mercer

3/14/2021 5:16:00 PM | Baseball

Box ScoreMarshall 19, Mercer 9 Box Score (PDF)

Leitch hits a pair of homers

Box Score
 
MACON, Ga. – Marshall baseball (3-4) mashes five home runs in a 19-9 rout of the Mercer Bears (5-9) on Sunday in Macon, Ga., to win the road series.
 
John Cheatwood recorded his first win of the season.
 
"The players put in a lot of work this week and it was great to see them rewarded for their efforts," Marshall baseball head coach Jeff Waggoner said after the series win. "We need the same focus and preparation this week to be ready for a 14-1 Southern Illinois team."
 
Marshall wasted no time getting on the board as shortstop Geordon Blanton led off with a walk and center fielder Luke Edwards blasted the third pitch he saw over the left-field fence to go on top 2-0.
 
First basemen Zach Inskeep then reached on a wild pitch after striking out, third baseman Peter Hutzal singled and catcher Ryan Leitch walked to load the bases with one out. Right fielder Jordon Billups grounded out to second, but scored Inskeep and designated hitter Kyle Schaefer followed it up with a two-out, three-run homer to put Marshall up 6-0 after the top of the first.
 
Mercer scored three runs off Herd starting pitcher Zac Addkison in the bottom half of the inning to cut the Herd lead to 6-3.
 
Leitch continued with a hot bat for MU as he hit a two-run, home run to left, scoring Hutzal and giving the visitors an 8-3 advantage in the top of the second. Addkison settled down in the bottom of second inning by striking out a Bear and giving up just an unearned run.
 
In Addkison's final inning of work, he worked around a leadoff single to retire the side in the bottom of third to keep the score 8-4.
 
The Green and White struck for its ninth run of the game in top of the fourth on a RBI-single by Hutzal that scored Edwards to make it 9-5.
 
John Cheatwood came on in relief of Addkison, going 2.2 innings giving up just one run on four hits and striking out three Bears.
 
The Marshall bats awoke in the top of the seventh as Blanton recorded a RBI-single and second baseman Travis Sankovich brought home one RBI and another run on an error to put MU up 12-5.
 
Cheatwood, Jeffrey Purnell, Josh Zeboskey, Bryan Callaly and Ayden Hodges kept the Bears at bay in the sixth and seventh combining to throw scoreless frames in both innings.
 
Leitch led off the eighth with his second homer of the game, Zach Gardiner followed him up with a three-run blast and Inskeep closed the inning with a two-run dinger as the Herd led 18-5.
 
Mercer struck for four runs in the bottom of the eighth off Ryan Capuano and Chad Heiner, but Cole Williams brought home another run in the ninth to give Marshall a 19-9 lead.
 
Heiner came back in the ninth and threw a scoreless frame to preserve the Herd's series victory.
 
UP NEXT
Marshall heads back on the road next weekend with a series at Southern Illinois beginning on Friday, Mar. 19.
 
For all the latest information about Marshall baseball, follow @HerdBaseball on Twitter and @herdbsb on Instagram.
 
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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Box ScoreRecapNo. 27 SIU 10, Marshall 4 Box Score (PDF)PreviewLive stats History
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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Cheatwood, John (1-0)

L: Fred Wilson (1-2)

Marshall LogoMarshall

Batting:

HR: Edwards, Luke 1 ; Gardiner, Zach 1 ; Inskeep, Zach 1 ; Leitch, Ryan 2 ; Schaefer, Kyle 1

RBI: Blanton, Geordon 1 ; Edwards, Luke 2 ; Gardiner, Zach 3 ; Sankovich, Travis 1 ; Inskeep, Zach 2 ; Hutzal, Peter 1 ; Leitch, Ryan 3 ; Billups, Jordon 1 ; Schaefer, Kyle 3 ; Williams, Cole 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Blanton, Geordon 3 ; Edwards, Luke 2 ; Gardiner, Zach 1 ; Ward, Devin 1 ; Inskeep, Zach 2 ; Hutzal, Peter 2 ; Leitch, Ryan 4 ; Dearing, Austin 1 ; Schaefer, Kyle 2 ; Pigozzo, Josh 1

CS: Schaefer, Kyle 1

HBP: Blanton, Geordon 1

Mercer LogoMercer

Batting:

2B: Bill Knight 1 ; David Burke 1

HR: Jackson Cherry 1 ; Brandon Michie 2

RBI: Jackson Cherry 3 ; Collin Price 1 ; Brandon Michie 3 ; David Burke 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Bill Knight 1 ; Jackson Cherry 1 ; Collin Price 1 ; Brandon Michie 2 ; Trevor Rider 1 ; CJ Keckler 1 ; Blake Schmitt 1 ; David Burke 1

CS: Trevor Austin 1

HBP: CJ Keckler 1

Game Leaders

22

Peter Hutzal

3b
AB
6
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
4

Luke Edwards

cf
AB
4
R
2
H
2
RBI
2
10

Zach Gardiner

ph/lf
AB
2
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
7

Travis Sankovich

2b
AB
5
R
0
H
2
RBI
1

Players Mentioned

35

Zac Addkison

RHP
/ Baseball
6

Jordon Billups

OF
/ Baseball
3

Geordon Blanton

INF
/ Baseball
44

Bryan Callaly

RHP
/ Baseball
32

Ryan Capuano

RHP
/ Baseball
25

John Cheatwood

RHP
/ Baseball
4

Luke Edwards

INF/OF
/ Baseball
10

Zach Gardiner

INF/OF
/ Baseball
42

Chad Heiner

RHP
/ Baseball
20

Ayden Hodges

LHP
/ Baseball
22

Peter Hutzal

INF
/ Baseball
23

Zach Inskeep

C/INF
/ Baseball
9

Ryan Leitch

C
/ Baseball
41

Jeffrey Purnell

RHP
/ Baseball
7

Travis Sankovich

INF
/ Baseball
34

Kyle Schaefer

C
/ Baseball
48

Cole Williams

OF
/ Baseball
31

Josh Zeboskey

LHP
/ Baseball

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