Marshall University Athletics

Herd Baseball Clinches Series with 13-10 Win in Game Two over ULM
5/9/2026 9:55:00 PM | Baseball
Hinson with three hits, Golden four RBI
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – The Marshall University Baseball team (23-27, 13-13 SBC) registered a series-clinching 13-10 win on Saturday over the ULM Warhawks in game two on Saturday at Jack Cook Field.
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"It's good to get the win and secure the series win," Herd Baseball Head Coach Greg Beals said. "Tomorrow is going to be a great day celebrating our seniors. Getting an opportunity to get a sweep here at home in the last series."
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Cooper Hinson led the team with three hits while notching a pair of RBI. Jackson Golden registered four RBI with a pair of extra base hits on a double and a homer. Evan Bottone and AJ Havrilla collected a pair of hits and two RBI each with Mason Onate scoring three runs with two hits.
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Davis Gunn earned his first collegiate win throwing the final 1.1 innings giving up just two hits and striking out three.
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ULM tallied two runs in each of the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings to tie the game 10-10. In the bottom of the eighth, Hinson led off with a single before Ethan Murdoch reached on a fielder's choice. Two wild pitches later Murdoch reached third with one out. Onate stood at the plate with a 3-1 count and smoked the pitch down the right-field line to score Murdoch and put MU back on top 11-10.
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After a groundout, Onate took third on a wild pitch before Golden hit a two-out, two-run homer to center to make it 13-10. Then in the top of ninth, after allowing a pair of singles Gunn struck out the side to end the game.
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Marshall opened the scoring with six runs in the bottom of the first with a Havrilla two-RBI double, a two-RBI single by Hinson and a two-RBI double from Bottone.
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After ULM grabbed a pair of runs in the top of the second, Murdoch scored Jackson Halter with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second with Havrilla scoring on a Jack Smith groundout and Onate and Hinson scoring on a Golden double in the fourth.
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UP NEXT
The Herd seeks a series sweep over the Warhawks on Sunday with a 1 p.m. first pitch at Jack Cook Field for Senior Day.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gunn, Davis (1-1)
L: Holden Hess (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Marcus Aranda 1
HR: Davis Mauzy 1 ; Jake Haggard 1 ; Kade Dupont 1
RBI: Davis Mauzy 5 ; Jake Haggard 2 ; Marcus Aranda 1 ; Kade Dupont 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Davis Mauzy 1 ; Garrett Wiethorn 1 ; Jake Haggard 2 ; Marcus Aranda 2 ; Kade Dupont 2 ; Micah Dean 1 ; Dayne Wray 1
SB: Garrett Wiethorn 1
HBP: Marcus Aranda 1

Batting:
2B: Bottone, Evan 1 ; Havrilla, AJ 1 ; Onate, Mason 1 ; Golden, Jackson 1
HR: Golden, Jackson 1
RBI: Bottone, Evan 2 ; Havrilla, AJ 2 ; Hinson, Cooper 2 ; Murdoch, Ethan 1 ; Onate, Mason 1 ; Smith, Jack 1 ; Golden, Jackson 4
SF: Murdoch, Ethan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bottone, Evan 1 ; Kamerer, Tyler 1 ; Halter, Jackson 2 ; Havrilla, AJ 2 ; Hinson, Cooper 1 ; Murdoch, Ethan 2 ; Onate, Mason 3 ; Golden, Jackson 1
SB: Halter, Jackson 1 ; Hinson, Cooper 1 ; Murdoch, Ethan 1
HBP: Halter, Jackson 1 ; Havrilla, AJ 1 ; Onate, Mason 1 ; Golden, Jackson 1

















