Marshall University Athletics
Saturday, March 16
Hattiesburg, Miss.
3:00 PM EST/2:00 PM CST
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Herd Baseball Falls in Heartbreaker in 13 Innings at Southern Miss
3/16/2024 8:38:00 PM | Baseball
Blevins shines with 9.0 inning start, first 7.1 hitless
Box Score (PDF) | Championship Fund
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Marshall University Baseball team (6-12, 0-2 Sun Belt) fell in a pitching duel to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (13-6, 2-0 Sun Belt), 2-1, in 13 innings on Saturday.
Bryce Blevins and Nicholas Weyrich combined to throw 13.1 innings giving up just three hits and two walks.
"We played our tails off today!" Herd Baseball head coach Greg Beals said after the game.
Blevins hurled a gem on the mound. The sophomore lefty went 9.0-plus innings on the bump, including the first 7.1 hitless. Blevins exited to a standing ovation on the road at Pete Taylor Park after just 90 pitches allowing only one run on two hits and a walks.
Elijah Vogelsong broke up USM starter Billy Oldham's no-hitter with a one-out homer in the top of the eighth for the first hit and run of the ballgame.
The Golden Eagles answered with a Davis Gillespie homer in the bottom half of the inning to tie the contest 1-1.
Nicholas Weyrich came on in relief of Blevins with a runner on in the ninth. The right-handed reliever struck out five Southern Miss batters across 3.1 innings giving up just one hit and one run, that was unearned.
In the bottom of the 13th, Southern Miss won the game after the umpires overturned a call at the plate, ruling Owen Ayers to be impeding the USM runner on what would have been the second out of the inning on a throw from right field by Calin Smith.
Ayers and Vogelsong each had multi-hit games, with Ayers recording his fifth and sixth doubles of the season.
UP NEXT
Marshall is set for game three of the series on Sunday in Hattiesburg with first pitch scheduled for 5 p.m. EST/4 p.m. CST.
To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall baseball, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall baseball team.
Par Mar is the presenting sponsor of the 2024 Marshall baseball team. Par Mar is the official convenient store of Marshall Athletics.
For all the latest information about Marshall baseball, follow @herdbaseball on Twitter and 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.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – The Marshall University Baseball team (6-12, 0-2 Sun Belt) fell in a pitching duel to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles (13-6, 2-0 Sun Belt), 2-1, in 13 innings on Saturday.
Bryce Blevins and Nicholas Weyrich combined to throw 13.1 innings giving up just three hits and two walks.
"We played our tails off today!" Herd Baseball head coach Greg Beals said after the game.
Blevins hurled a gem on the mound. The sophomore lefty went 9.0-plus innings on the bump, including the first 7.1 hitless. Blevins exited to a standing ovation on the road at Pete Taylor Park after just 90 pitches allowing only one run on two hits and a walks.
Elijah Vogelsong broke up USM starter Billy Oldham's no-hitter with a one-out homer in the top of the eighth for the first hit and run of the ballgame.
The Golden Eagles answered with a Davis Gillespie homer in the bottom half of the inning to tie the contest 1-1.
Nicholas Weyrich came on in relief of Blevins with a runner on in the ninth. The right-handed reliever struck out five Southern Miss batters across 3.1 innings giving up just one hit and one run, that was unearned.
In the bottom of the 13th, Southern Miss won the game after the umpires overturned a call at the plate, ruling Owen Ayers to be impeding the USM runner on what would have been the second out of the inning on a throw from right field by Calin Smith.
Ayers and Vogelsong each had multi-hit games, with Ayers recording his fifth and sixth doubles of the season.
UP NEXT
Marshall is set for game three of the series on Sunday in Hattiesburg with first pitch scheduled for 5 p.m. EST/4 p.m. CST.
To donate to the Championship Fund for Marshall baseball, please click HERE. All proceeds go directly to the Marshall baseball team.
Par Mar is the presenting sponsor of the 2024 Marshall baseball team. Par Mar is the official convenient store of Marshall Athletics.
For all the latest information about Marshall baseball, follow @herdbaseball on Twitter and 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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