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Photo by: Jack Kelly
Herd Baseball Battles in Series Opening Loss at No. 14 LA Tech
4/23/2021 6:48:00 PM | Baseball
Box Score
RUSTON, La. – The Marshall University baseball team (6-23, 2-15 C-USA) battled with the No. 14 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (27-9, 13-4 C-USA) in a 4-3 loss in Ruston on Friday afternoon.
The Herd got off to a quick start as shortstop Geordon Blanton walked and stole second. Designated hitter Cyrus Grimes followed with a single to left and moved Blanton to third with no outs. Center fielder Luke Edwards grounded out, but Blanton scored to give MU a 1-0 lead.
Starting pitcher Chad Heiner gave up a one-out double, but got out of the bottom of the first inning stranding the runner at third to keep Marshall up 1-0.
The Bulldogs struck for two runs in the bottom of the second and added another run in the third as the Herd trailed 3-1 after three.
Heiner settled in as he pitched 1-2-3 innings in the bottom of the fourth and fifth to complete his outing. The righty went 5.0 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out a pair of batters.
Reliever Josh Zeboskey came on from the bullpen to begin the bottom of the sixth, pitching a perfect inning with a pair of strikeouts to keep the deficit at 3-1.
First baseman Zach Inskeep led off the seventh with a single to third as third baseman Peter Hutzal followed with a double down the left-field line. Right fielder Jordon Billups then drew a walk to load the bases with no outs.
Second baseman Travis Sankovich pulled Marshall within a run, 3-2, on a sacrifice fly right to score Hutzal.
Zeboskey returned to the mound in the bottom of the seventh and worked around a single to keep the game 3-2.
Grimes began the top of the eighth at the plate and mashed a ball over the right-field wall to tie the game, 3-3. It was his second homer of the season.
However, LA Tech's Parker Bates led off the bottom half of the inning with a home run, which proved to be the difference in the game.
UP NEXT
Marshall looks to in the win column tomorrow as it is readies for a double header in Ruston beginning at Noon ET/11 a.m. CT.
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.
---HerdZone.com---
RUSTON, La. – The Marshall University baseball team (6-23, 2-15 C-USA) battled with the No. 14 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (27-9, 13-4 C-USA) in a 4-3 loss in Ruston on Friday afternoon.
The Herd got off to a quick start as shortstop Geordon Blanton walked and stole second. Designated hitter Cyrus Grimes followed with a single to left and moved Blanton to third with no outs. Center fielder Luke Edwards grounded out, but Blanton scored to give MU a 1-0 lead.
Starting pitcher Chad Heiner gave up a one-out double, but got out of the bottom of the first inning stranding the runner at third to keep Marshall up 1-0.
The Bulldogs struck for two runs in the bottom of the second and added another run in the third as the Herd trailed 3-1 after three.
Heiner settled in as he pitched 1-2-3 innings in the bottom of the fourth and fifth to complete his outing. The righty went 5.0 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and striking out a pair of batters.
Reliever Josh Zeboskey came on from the bullpen to begin the bottom of the sixth, pitching a perfect inning with a pair of strikeouts to keep the deficit at 3-1.
First baseman Zach Inskeep led off the seventh with a single to third as third baseman Peter Hutzal followed with a double down the left-field line. Right fielder Jordon Billups then drew a walk to load the bases with no outs.
Second baseman Travis Sankovich pulled Marshall within a run, 3-2, on a sacrifice fly right to score Hutzal.
Zeboskey returned to the mound in the bottom of the seventh and worked around a single to keep the game 3-2.
Grimes began the top of the eighth at the plate and mashed a ball over the right-field wall to tie the game, 3-3. It was his second homer of the season.
However, LA Tech's Parker Bates led off the bottom half of the inning with a home run, which proved to be the difference in the game.
UP NEXT
Marshall looks to in the win column tomorrow as it is readies for a double header in Ruston beginning at Noon ET/11 a.m. CT.
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.
---HerdZone.com---
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tomkins (1-0)
L: Zeboskey, Josh (1-1)
S: Crigger (2)
Batting:
2B: Edwards, Luke 1 ; Hutzal, Peter 1
HR: Grimes, Cyrus 1
RBI: Grimes, Cyrus 1 ; Edwards, Luke 1 ; Sankovich, Travis 1
SF: Sankovich, Travis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Blanton, Geordon 1 ; Grimes, Cyrus 1 ; Inskeep, Zach 1
SB: Blanton, Geordon 1 ; Billups, Jordon 1
Batting:
2B: Wells 1 ; Garcia 1 ; McConnell 1
HR: Bates 1 ; Corona 1
RBI: Bates 1 ; McConnell 1 ; Corona 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Bates 1 ; Garcia 1 ; McConnell 1 ; Corona 1
Game Leaders
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