Marshall University Athletics
Marshall University
16-33, 8-17
James Madison
29-19, 14-11
Ayers Ties Single-Season Program Doubles Record with 23rd of 2024
5/10/2024 10:31:00 PM | Baseball
Herd falls in game one at JMU
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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Marshall University Baseball team (16-33, 8-17 Sun Belt) fell 8-5 in game one to the James Madison Dukes (29-19, 14-11 Sun Belt) on the road Friday night in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
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"Tough loss tonight - we played a solid game but walked the lead-off man twice leading to runs and had a few opportunities to make plays on defense and missed," Herd Baseball head coach Greg Beals said. "Offensively we missed a big chance in the second inning. We get back at them early tomorrow."
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Owen Ayers produced a 3-for-4 contest with his 23rd double of the season to tie the single-season program record he set last season. The two-bagger scored Cam Harthan in the top of the fifth.
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Gio Ferraro brought home a pair of runs, including a solo homer for his fourth of the season in the eighth.
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The Herd's first run came on a Ferraro sacrifice fly that scored Harthan in the top of the first. Harthan then singled in Jack Firestone in the fourth before Tre Hondras scored on a pick off error by the pitcher in the same inning.
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Out of the bullpen, Peyton Schofield threw a one-hit, scoreless seventh with a pair of strikeouts.
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The Dukes tallied two runs in each of the third, sixth and eighth innings.
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UP NEXT
Marshall looks to even the series Saturday on Saturday at JMU. The contest has been moved up to 11 a.m. due to inclement weather due tomorrow evening.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Mozoki, Todd (4-1)
L: Harlow, Drew (6-6)
S: Kuhle, Max (1)
Batting:
2B: Ayers, Owen 1 ; Firestone, Jack 1
HR: Ferraro, Gio 1
RBI: Harthan, Cam 1 ; Ayers, Owen 1 ; Ferraro, Gio 2
SF: Ferraro, Gio 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Harthan, Cam 2 ; Ferraro, Gio 1 ; Firestone, Jack 1 ; Hondras, Tre 1
SB: Ayers, Owen 1
HBP: Firestone, Jack 1
PO: Ayers, Owen 1
Batting:
2B: Trimble, Fenwick 1 ; Mancini, Mike 1 ; Peifer, Wyatt 1
3B: O'Donnell, Brendan 2
HR: Calabrese, Coleman 1 ; O'Donnell, Brendan 1
RBI: Peifer, Wyatt 1 ; Calabrese, Coleman 2 ; O'Donnell, Brendan 2
SH: Calabrese, Coleman 1
SF: Peifer, Wyatt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dooley, Ryan 2 ; Trimble, Fenwick 1 ; Peifer, Wyatt 2 ; Calabrese, Coleman 1 ; O'Donnell, Brendan 2
SB: Dooley, Ryan 1 ; Trimble, Fenwick 2
CS: Mancini, Mike 1
