Baseball Drops Midweek Contest in Charleston
April 28, 2015 08:52 PM | General
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The West Virginia University baseball team was unable to overcome an early deficit, falling 3-2 to Marshall on Tuesday evening in front of 2,263 fans at Appalachian Power Park.
West Virginia continued to have trouble getting out of the early innings as Marshall took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Matt Reed drove in Sergio Leon with a single to left field, followed by an RBI single to center field by Robert Fajardo to score Tyler Ratliff. Reed then scored on a wild pitch.
“Baseball people are superstitious people by nature,” coach Randy Mazey said. “I’m going to put the other sock on the other foot tomorrow when I wake up and see if we play any better tomorrow because of it.”
Freshman right-hander Shane Ennis (1-3) took the loss in just two innings of action after giving up three runs on five hits. Freshman right-hander Adam Keller was a bright spot, pitching six innings of one-hit shutout relief with three strikeouts and one walk.
“We tell our guys all of the time that the time to get to a starting pitcher is early before he settles in and he (Ennis) gave up a bunch of hits with two strikes, some of them on 0-2 counts that were right down the middle,” Mazey said. “It’s part of being a freshman, you learn from stuff like that. The best way to learn is to fail and lose and he failed tonight with some of his pitches. That’s a great learning experience for him as long as he takes it the right way.”
West Virginia (24-18) had two runs on five hits with two errors. Marshall (16-27) scored three runs on six hits with one error.
Freshman second baseman Shaun Corso had two of WVU’s four hits to lead the Mountaineers at the plate, including a home run.
The Mountaineers brought the score to 3-2 with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. Corso led off the frame with a first-pitch homer to left field, his second of the season. Senior shortstop Taylor Munden then came around to score on a two-out single to left field by freshman left fielder Kyle Davis.
Marshall’s Josh King (1-2) went 5.2 innings in his first win of the season. He gave up two runs on four hits with six strikeouts and two walks. Chad Roberts had two hits to pace the Thundering Herd.
“He’s pitching really well. I was pretty impressed with him last week,” Mazey said of King. “He’s less than a year off Tommy John surgery and usually you’re not as good at that point until you get to about the year mark and then you’re really good at 18 months. He’s doing really well and I’m happy for that kid.”
West Virginia continues its brief road swing with a game at Radford on Wednesday, April 29, at 2 p.m.
The radio broadcast can be heard throughout the state on Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG affiliates with Jeff Culhane on the call. Additionally, fans can listen to the broadcast via the WVU Gameday App on their mobile device, as well as the TuneIn Radio App and the leanStream player at WVUsports.com/audio.
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