Marshall Baseball Downs No. 16 WVU, 7-6

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Baseball team (24-22) earned a 7-6 walk off victory over the No. 16 West Virginia Mountaineers (37-6) on Wednesday night at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston, West Virginia.

The win extended MU's winning streak to six and marks the team's fourth victory over a ranked opponent this season.

"It's a big win for us," Herd Baseball Head Coach Greg Beals said. "What an unbelievable crowd celebrating baseball in the state of West Virginia with the in-state rivalry. That's a really good baseball team West Virginia has and that's a big win for us. Most importantly relative to our ballclub is six wins in a row now going into conference play and keeping that momentum going."

Tied 6-6, runners at first and second with one out in the top of the ninth, Tyler Kamerer stepped to the plate. With a 2-0 count, the second baseman hit a grounder to Mountaineer third baseman Chase Swain who threw the ball away allowing AJ Havrilla to score on the walk off.

Charlie Krebs, who earned his fourth win of the season, threw 3.0 perfect innings with a strikeout. The sophomore right-hander came on with runners at first and second with no outs and induced a double play and another ground out to get out of the inning.

Catcher Jackson Golden had a big day at the plate. The freshman hit his first collegiate homer in the fourth scoring Cam Harthan, who had a two-out RBI double before Golden's at bat. Golden then tied the game with a one-out single, scoring Harthan and Joel Gardner in the bottom of the sixth.

Harthan had a two-hit night with another double in the sixth.

MU's first run of the game came in the bottom of the first on Havrilla's fourth homer of the season.

In relief, Luke Proehl had a trio of strikeouts in 2.0 innings on bump.

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Marshall begins a three-game series at Old Dominion starting on Friday.

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Team Stats

Cam Harthan

Jackson Golden

Maika Niu

AJ Havrilla

Players Mentioned

Joel Gardner

Jackson Golden

Cam Harthan

AJ Havrilla

Tyler Kamerer

Charlie Krebs

Luke Proehl

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