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Marshall University
16-33, 8-17
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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
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.
"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."
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.
Gio Ferraro brought home a pair of runs, including a solo homer for his fourth of the season in the eighth.
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.
Out of the bullpen, Peyton Schofield threw a one-hit, scoreless seventh with a pair of strikeouts.
The Dukes tallied two runs in each of the third, sixth and eighth innings.
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
