West Virginia Stunned in Huntington

The Mountaineers drop the season series finale to the Thundering Herd in extra innings

Huntington, WV – The West Virginia Mountaineers (19-13) fell to the Marshall Thundering Herd (12-19) Wednesday night 3-2 in 11 innings.

West Virginia junior Grant Hussey drove the first pitch he received on the evening, going to the opposite field for a solo home run to give the Mountaineers a 1-0 lead in the top of the second.

Marshall tied the game in the sixth when junior Elijah Vogelsong singled into right field, then junior Tre Hondras hit a high fly ball in the hole down the right field line for a two-out RBI double to even the game at one.

The Mountaineers reclaimed the lead in the seventh after freshman Spencer Barnett ripped a two-out double down the right field line, Armani Guzman came into the game to pinch-run, junior JJ Wetherholt worked a full count walk and Logan Sauve slapped an RBI single through the right side, scoring Guzman for a 2-1 WVU lead.

Marshall tied the game in the bottom of the ninth. Sophomore Cam Harthan delivered a leadoff single to right field and freshman AJ Havrilla laid down a sacrifice bunt to put the runner in scoring position. Then, senior Calin Smith hit a ground ball to first and first baseman Grant Hussey tried to turn two with a throw to second, but it went into left field, scoring the tying run.

In the bottom of the 11th, with two outs and runners and second and third, senior Caden Kaiser hit a groundball back up the middle for the game-winning RBI as Marshall snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Mountaineers with the 3-2 decision.