Marshall University Athletics
Marshall University
9-17, 0
App State
16-8, 0
Marshall Baseball Falls in Wild Game Two at App State
3/29/2024 9:55:00 PM | Baseball
Ayers, Firestone each register three hits
BOONE, N.C. – The Marshall University Baseball team (9-17, 3-5 Sun Belt) fell in a roller coaster contest on Friday to the App State Mountaineers (16-8, 4-4 Sun Belt) in a 15-10 defeat on Friday in Boone, North Carolina.
"I like the fight in our team - we got back in the lead late and I thought we had the momentum, but they put their own rally back on us," Herd Baseball head coach Greg Beals said after the ballgame. "We have a chance again tomorrow to win a road series and that will be huge for us."
Owen Ayers went 3-for-4 at the plate with a pair of runs scored as Jack Firestone also went 3-for-4 with three RBI in the contest.
The Herd trailed until the top of the seventh. In the seventh, led off with a single up the middle followed by a Caden Kaiser double to put runners in scoring position with no outs. An Ayers sacrifice fly brought home Havrilla with Gio Ferraro bringing home Ayers with a single to cut the deficit to 9-5.
Later in the inning, Firestone then stepped up to the plate with two outs and the bases loaded. Firestone sent the 1-0 offering through the right side to bring home Tre Hondras and Elijah Vogelsong to cut the deficit to two runs, 9-7. One batter later as MU batted through the order, Havrilla singled to left to plate Cam Harthan and Firestone tying the game 9-9.
The Herd took a 10-9 lead in the top of the eighth on a Vogelsong sacrifice fly that scored Ayers.
However, the Mountaineers tallied six runs in the bottom half of the inning to regain the lead as The Herd was unable to answer in the ninth.
Firestone tallied an RBI single in the second as Ferraro had an RBI single in the third and stole home for Marshall's three runs earlier in the contest.
With a 0-for-4 day at the plate, Cam Harthan saw his nine-game hitting streak come to an end.
UP NEXT
Marshall looks to capture the series in the rubber match on Saturday at 1 p.m. against App State.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lewis (1-0)
L: Jodway, Nick (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Kaiser, Caden 1 ; Ferraro, Gio 1
RBI: Ayers, Owen 1 ; Ferraro, Gio 1 ; Vogelsong, Elijah 1 ; Firestone, Jack 3 ; Havrilla, AJ 2
SF: Ayers, Owen 1 ; Vogelsong, Elijah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kaiser, Caden 1 ; Ayers, Owen 2 ; Ferraro, Gio 1 ; Vogelsong, Elijah 2 ; Hondras, Tre 1 ; Harthan, Cam 1 ; Firestone, Jack 1 ; Havrilla, AJ 1
SB: Ferraro, Gio 1 ; Firestone, Jack 1
HBP: Smith, Calin 1
Batting:
2B: Holderbach 1 ; Wilder 1 ; Zamora 1
3B: Zamora 1
HR: Tolley 2 ; Holderbach 1 ; Miller 1
RBI: CJ Boyd 1 ; St. Laurent 1 ; Tolley 4 ; Holderbach 3 ; Quintero 1 ; Miller 1 ; Wilder 1 ; Zamora 3
SF: CJ Boyd 1
Base Running:
RUNS: St. Laurent 2 ; Tolley 2 ; Church 2 ; Holderbach 2 ; Quintero 2 ; Miller 1 ; Wilder 2 ; Zamora 2
SB: Quintero 1
HBP: Holderbach 2 ; Miller 1 ; Zamora 1
