MARSHALL Thundering Herd Baseball Game notes Contact: Corey Dieteman Cell: 716-244-1904 Office: 304-696-5276 Email: [email protected] Game 45-47: WKU 2017 Schedule Kennedy Center/Huntington, W.Va. F17 at Georgia State L, 8-3 Friday, May 5, 1 p.m. F18 at Georgia Tech L, 11-3 RHP Wade Martin (3-3) vs. LHP Ryan Thurston (3-4) F19 at Kennesaw State W, 7-4 Saturday, May 6, TBA F21 at Virginia Tech L, 7-0 LHP Jacob Niggemeyer (2-3) vs. TBA F24 at Western Carolina L, 8-0 Marshall Sunday, May 7, TBA WKU F25 at Western Carolina L, 20-15 TBA vs. TBA F26 at Western Carolina W, 10-6 21-23 (9-12 C-USA) 14-32 (4-17 C-USA) M4 LEHIGH W, 3-0 The Marshall baseball team hosts Conference USA foe WKU M5 LEHIGH W, 6-4 for a three-game weekend series at George T. Smailes Field at TEAM COMPARISON M5 LEHIGH W, 10-6 the Kennedy Center on Route 2. The series begins Friday at 1 M8 at ETSU W, 9-3 Teams MAR WKU p.m., and continues Saturday and Sunday with game times to be Record 21-23 14-32 M9 NIAGARA L, 9-3 determined. M10 NIAGARA W, 5-4 BA .267 .254 M11 NIAGARA W, 9-6 Runs Per Game 5.8 4.8 M14 OHIO Postponed HAVE YOU HERD? M18 UTSA* L, 4-2 Senior Sam Finfer and junior Tyler Ratliff have been a one-two Hits Per Game 9.1 8.6 M18 UTSA* W, 12-11 punch for the Herd at the plate this season. Ratliff has started Doubles 75 78 M19 UTSA* W, 3-2 27 games in the No. 2 spot in the lineup, while Finfer has started Triples 7 9 25 in the No. 3 hole. Finfer, a Bellevue, Wash., native leads the M22 at Tennessee L, 7-1 Home Runs 44 38 Herd in batting average (.325), hits (54), doubles (14), home M24 at Southern Miss* L, 5-3 (11) RBIs 233 208 M24 at Southern Miss* W, 8-7 (10) runs (14), RBIs (43). Ratliff, an Alexandria, Va., native follows M26 at Southern Miss* L, 13-3 (8) closely behind him as he is third in batting average (.301) and Walks 167 157 M28 EKU L, 6-3 second in hits (53), doubles (13), home runs (9) and RBIs (42). SB 42 44 A1 MIDDLE TENN.* L, 8-6 (10) Ratliff leads the Herd in triples (3) and runs scored (42). IP 385.0 409.2 A1 MIDDLE TENN.* L, 6-4 ERA 5.94 6.11 The Thundering Herd is tied for eighth place with Rice at 9-12 A2 MIDDLE TENN.* W, 8-6 Strikeouts 308 321 A4 at West Virginia L, 14-7 in league play with three weekends left to play. The top 8 teams A5 VIRGINIA TECH W, 3-1 make it to the 2017 Conference USA Championship in Biloxi, Runs allowed 306 337 A7 at UAB* L, 4-3 Miss. at MGM Park. Southern Miss is in first place with a con- Hits allowed 458 524 A8 at UAB* W, 2-1 (10) ference record of 16-5, followed by Florida Atlantic (15-6), Old Fielding % .960 .958 A9 at UAB* W, 5-2 Dominion (14-7), Charlotte (14-7), Louisiana Tech (11-10), FIU Errors 66 74 A11 MOREHEAD STATE W, 4-3 (10-11) and UTSA (10-11). Marshall and Rice have two games A12 OHIO W, 12-9 up on UAB and Middle Tennessee at 7-14. A14 at Florida Atlantic* L, 7-3 A15 at Florida Atlantic* L, 12-6 SCOUTING THE HILLTOPPERS A16 at Florida Atlantic* W, 7-0 WKU (14-32, 4-17 C-USA) looks to carry momentum into this weekend after a 14-3 midweek win over in-state A18 WEST VIRGINIA L, 8-4 rival Eastern Kentucky University. The Hilltoppers were led by designated hitter Kaleb Duckworth and center A19 vs. Ohio (Mason, Ohio) L, 11-10 (10) fielder Colie Currie. Duckworth was 2-for-3 with four RBIs and three runs scored, while Currie recorded three A21 FIU* W, 22-6 RBIs and two runs scored. The win snapped a three-game skid. A22 FIU* L, 11-5 A22 FIU* L, 4-3 Potential starters A26 at Morehead State W, 13-11 Pos. Player GP-GS AVG. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB Slg% Ob% A28 at Old Dominion* L, 14-5 RF Cory Garrastazu 39-38 .239 142 18 34 8 1 0 17 5 .310 .301 A29 at Old Dominion* L, 16-1 (7) 3B Tyler Ratliff 43-43 .301 176 42 53 13 3 9 42 4 .563 .375 A30 at Old Dominion* W, 2-1 2B Sam Finfer 41-41 .325 166 40 54 14 0 14 43 7 .663 .396 M5 WKU* 1 p.m. CF Shane Hanon 40-39 .322 149 26 48 6 0 2 24 8 .403 .387 M6 WKU* TBA LF Andrew Zban 41-30 .273 110 24 30 4 0 7 23 5 .500 .386 M7 WKU* TBA C Reynaldo Pastrana 38-36 .237 135 17 32 4 0 5 19 0 .378 .313 M9 at Ohio 6 p.m. 1B Tommy Lane 43-41 .247 154 18 38 7 0 1 21 1 .312 .368 M12 at Louisiana Tech* 7 p.m. DH Billy Sager 32-24 .287 94 9 27 3 1 2 13 1 .404 .333 M13 at Louisiana Tech* 3 p.m. SS Leo Valenti 44-44 .259 139 23 36 6 2 2 15 2 .374 .340 M14 at Louisiana Tech* 2 p.m. M18 CHARLOTTE* 7 p.m. Potential Weekend starting pitchers M19 CHARLOTTE* 6 p.m. Pos. Player W-L ERA APP GS IP H R ER BB SO CG B/AVG M20 CHARLOTTE* 1 p.m. LHP Joshua Shapiro 2-4 4.47 10 9 52.1 62 39 26 31 41 0 .304 M24-28 Conference USA Tournament RHP Wade Martin 3-3 4.31 11 11 64.2 63 36 31 21 60 0 .252 LHP Jacob Niggemeyer 2-3 6.00 12 5 36.0 49 33 24 12 24 1 .327 Home Games in BOLD @HerdBaseball HerdZone.com Marshall Thundering Herd Roster No. Name Pos. Class Ht./Wt. B/T Hometown/Last School 2 Andrew Zban (Zuh-ban) OF SO 6-1/205 L/R Huntington, W.Va./Huntington HS 3 Sam Finfer INF/C/OF SR 6-2/205 L/R Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue College 4 Will Ray INF JR 6-0/195 L/R Evansville, Ind./Olney Central College 5 Matt Reed RHP/C RS JR 6-3/195 S/R Purcellville, Va./Clemson University 7 Kody Matthews INF JR 5-9/190 R/R Roseburg, Ore./Missouri Western State 8 Dakota Robbins C/INF RS JR 6-1/200 L/R Miami, Fla./Seminole State 9 Billy Sager (Say-Grr) OF RS SR 5-10/180 L/L Kenova, W.Va./Potomac State College 10 Zac McNeel RHP FR 6-4/185 R/R Barboursville, W.Va./Cabell Midland HS 11 Brad O’Connor RHP JR 6-4/195 R/R Springfield, Ore./Lane CC 12 Hunter Sexton RHP FR 6-1/220 R/R Jackson, Ohio/Jackson HS 13 Leo Valenti (Vuh-len-tee) INF SR 5-11/200 R/R Olympia, Wash./Pierce JC 14 Joshua Shapiro (Sha-peer-o) LHP SO 6-0/185 L/L Columbus, Ohio/Bexley HS 15 Brandon Romero RHP RS JR 5-11/215 R/R Miami, Fla./Ronald Reagan HS 16 Reynaldo Pastrana C SO 6-2/215 R/R Miami, Fla./Southwest Senior HS 17 Parker Beine (By-Knee) RHP RS SO 6-2/185 R/R Millstadt, Ill./Jefferson College 18 Damian Rodriguez OF SO 6-0/205 L/R Laredo, Texas/Trinidad State 19 Tommy Lane INF SR 6-7/245 L/R Pendleton, Ore./Mt. Hood JC 20 Nicholas Newton RHP JR 6-1/185 R/R Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty HS 21 Tucker Linder RHP RS JR 6-5/210 R/R Tallmadge, Ohio/Galveston JC 22 Jacob Niggemeyer RHP JR 6-5/230 R/R Powell, Ohio/Iowa Western 23 Cory Garrastazu (gare-uh-stah-zoo) OF RS JR 6-5/200 L/R Miami, Fla./Barbara Goleman 24 Tyler Ratliff INF/RHP JR 6-2/210 R/R Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams HS 25 Matt Harrison INF/OF FR 6-4/240 R/R Cross Lanes, W.Va./Nitro HS 26 Wade Martin RHP SO 6-0/210 R/R Wheelersburg, Ohio/Wheelersburg HS 27 Shane Hanon OF RS SO 6-2/210 R/R Gig Harbor, Wash./Edmonds CC 31 Michael Gizzi RHP JR 6-4/195 R/R Winter Park, Fla./State College of Florida 34 Mark Meyer RHP FR 6-7/185 R/R Dalton, Ohio/Tuslaw HS 35 Sam Boone RHP JR 6-8/240 R/R Shoreline, Wash./Shoreline CC 36 Patrick Murphy LHP SO 6-1/200 L/L Massillon, Ohio/Canton Central Catholic HS 44 Jacob Bradley RHP FR 6-2/215 R/R Charleston, W.Va./Nitro HS Coaching Staff 30 Jeff Waggoner Head Coach 55 Josh Newman Assistant Coach/Head Recruiting Coordinator 32 Victor Gomez Assistant Coach 33 Heath Storey Assistant Coach Brian Karlet Director of Player Development Alphabetical Roster 26 Wade Martin 8 Dakota Robbins 7 Kody Matthews 18 Damian Rodriguez 17 Parker Beine 10 Zac McNeel 15 Brandon Romero 35 Sam Boone 34 Mark Meyer 9 Billy Sager 44 Jacob Bradley 36 Patrick Murphy 12 Hunter Sexton 3 Sam Finfer 20 Nicholas Newton 14 Joshua Shapiro 23 Cory Garrastazu 22 Jacob Niggemeyer 13 Leo Valenti 31 Michael Gizzi 11 Brad O’Connor 2 Andrew Zban 27 Shane Hanon 16 Reynaldo Pastrana 25 Matt Harrison 24 Tyler Ratliff 19 Tommy Lane 4 Will Ray 21 Tucker Linder 5 Matt Reed @HerdBaseball HerdZone.com 2017 Marshall Trends individual Overall 21-23 Hit 2 Home Runs Sam Finfer vs.