Baseball Falls Short in Game Three at WKU

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Marshall baseball (4-18, 0-11 C-USA) dropped game three of a four game series on Saturday, 5-2, in Bowling Green, Ky., to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (15-16, 5-6 C-USA).

The Hilltoppers jumped out to an early lead scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the first off MU starting pitcher Raymond Pacella.

Pacella buckled down and threw scoreless second, third and fourth innings as he struck out three batters.

The Herd collected singles from third baseman Peter Hutzal in the third and left fielder Devin Ward in the fourth, but were unable to score.

Shortstop Geordon Blanton reached on a one-out error in the fifth and Hutzal followed with a double down the left-field line to put Marshall on the board and cut the deficit in half, 2-1.

However, WKU added two runs in the bottom of the fifth and another in the sixth to extend its lead to 5-1.

Reliever Josh Zeboskey threw a perfect seventh and a scoreless eighth to keep the disadvantage at 5-1.

Ward doubled to left to lead off the ninth and eventually scored on a ground out by first baseman Zach Inskeep, but the deficit was too much to overcome.

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Marshall is back in action for game four at WKU on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m. ET/1 p.m. CT.

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Team Stats

Devin Ward

Peter Hutzal

Luke Edwards

Josh Pigozzo

Players Mentioned

Geordon Blanton

Peter Hutzal

Zach Inskeep

Raymond Pacella

Devin Ward

Josh Zeboskey

Players Mentioned

Geordon Blanton

Peter Hutzal

Zach Inskeep

Raymond Pacella

Devin Ward

Josh Zeboskey

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