Marshall University Athletics

Thursday, March 3
Huntington, W.Va.
2:00 PM

Marshall University

vs

Oakland

Luke Edwards
Photo by: Jack Kelly

Herd to Welcome Golden Grizzlies to Kennedy Center

3/2/2022 1:55:00 PM | Baseball

The four-game series is scheduled to begin Thursday

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University baseball team (6-3) hosts the Oakland Golden Grizzlies for a four-game series at the Kennedy Center beginning at 2 p.m. on Thursday.
 
START TIME CHANGES
Thursday's and Friday's games have been moved from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Both Saturday and Sunday are still scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
 
Game Details vs. Oakland
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Live Stats
Thursday Mar. 3 at 2 p.m.
Friday Mar. 4 at 2 p.m.
Saturday Mar. 5 at 1 p.m.
Sunday Mar. 6 at 1 p.m.

Have You Heard
The Herd is on a five-game win streak after defeating the Eastern Kentucky Colonels 8-3 on Tuesday.
 
Jordon Billups has a team-best .400 batting average and .526 on-base percentage. He's gone 12-for-30 this season and has six RBI. Cole Williams leads Marshall with 15 hits.
 
Kyle Schaefer has been roping the ball this season leading MU with 11 runs scored, three home runs, a .605 slugging percentage and is tied for the team lead in doubles at three with Ryan Leitch.
 
Leitch has brought home 13 RBI to lead the team with Luke Edwards bringing home 10.
 
On the base paths, Geordon Blanton is 6-for-6 in stolen-base attempts. He has 58 stolen bases in his career, sixth most in program history.
 
Out of the bullpen, Cole Agemy has two wins and 1.08 ERA.
 
The Herd has six student-athletes with 10 or more strikeouts as starting pitcher Ryan Capuano leads the way with 13. Zac Addkison follows with 12 as Agemy, Chad Heiner, Raymond Pacella and Jeffrey Purnell each have 10.

Scouting Oakland
The Golden Grizzlies are 2-4 this season after they took a two-game series from Cal State Bakersfield and got swept by New Mexico State last weekend.
 
Brad Goulet leads Oakland in batting average (.391), hits (nine) and RBI (six) while being tied for the team lead in runs scored (six) and homers (one).
 
Jacob Wosinski has a team-high 12 strikeouts with 1-1 record and a 2.89 ERA.
 
For all of the latest information on the Marshall baseball team, follow the Herd on Twitter @HerdBaseball, on Instagram at HerdBSB, and at www.herdzone.com.

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