Marshall University Athletics
Marshall University
13-13
WVU
22-7
Herd Baseball Falls in Charleston to No. 24 WVU
4/6/2023 12:22:00 AM | Baseball
Edwards, Lucio, Noble hit homers
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University baseball team (13-13) fell 15-9 on Wednesday night to the No. 24 West Virginia Mountaineers (22-7) in Charleston, West Virginia at GoMart Ballpark.
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"We did a lot of the big things right. We got big hits. We scored runs. I think we had 14 hits and nine runs. That should be enough to win a ballgame," Herd baseball head coach Greg Beals said. "We get down to crunch time and the free bases really hurt us. They scored their nine runs and I think we put six of them on base. Now they got hits. Give them credit. They're a good ballclub. The difference in a ballgame is you get down to crunch time. They executed and had really good at-bats. There's a reason they're 22-7 and ranked in the top 25."
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With three hits, Chris Noble set a career-high. Noble had a pair of RBI in the contest with a solo homer in the bottom of the fourth and a RBI single in the seventh.
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In the bottom of the fifth, Christian Lucio blasted a 3-1 offering with the bases loaded onto Morris Street for a grand slam.
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Luke Edwards got the scoring started for Marshall with a two-run homerun in the bottom of the third.
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Edwards and Noble notched their third long balls of the season as Lucio hit his second of the season.
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UP NEXT
Marshall gets right back at it on Thursday when it begins a three-game series with the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston at 6 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Yehl, Maxx (1-0)
L: Harlow, Drew (4-2)
Batting:
2B: Barry, Braden 2 ; Garcia, Ellis 1 ; Wallace, Landon 1 ; Hussey, Grant 1
HR: McNeely, Caleb 2 ; Hussey, Grant 1
RBI: Barry, Braden 2 ; Leonard, Dayne 2 ; McNeely, Caleb 4 ; Wallace, Landon 1 ; Hussey, Grant 3 ; Tucker, Tevin 1
SH: Wallace, Landon 1 ; Dowdell, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wetherholt, J.J. 3 ; Barry, Braden 2 ; McNeely, Caleb 2 ; Garcia, Ellis 1 ; White, Sam 1 ; Wallace, Landon 2 ; Hussey, Grant 1 ; Dowdell, Kevin 1 ; Tucker, Tevin 2
SB: Wetherholt, J.J. 2 ; Dowdell, Kevin 1
Batting:
2B: Schaefer, Kyle 1 ; Ayers, Owen 1 ; Peralta, Kebler 1
HR: Edwards, Luke 1 ; Lucio, Christian 1 ; Noble, Chris 1
RBI: Edwards, Luke 2 ; Smith, Calin 1 ; Lucio, Christian 4 ; Noble, Chris 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Edwards, Luke 1 ; Schaefer, Kyle 1 ; Ayers, Owen 1 ; Ferraro, Gio 1 ; Smith, Calin 1 ; Carinci, Daniel 1 ; Lucio, Christian 1 ; Noble, Chris 1 ; Peralta, Kebler 1
SB: Peralta, Kebler 1
