4,217 in attendance for No. 21 WVU beating Marshall, 8-4

Leo Valenti (right, No. 13) was 2-for-4 against WVU with an RBI and a double, while Tyler Ratliff (left, No. 24) was 1-for-3 with 2 walks and a run scored in the 8-4 loss. (HI file photo)CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It was a perfect night for baseball. Temps in the mid-80s earlier in the sunny day had cooled into the 70s by game time as clouds rolled in, but the rain predicted for late in the evening still had not made its way into Charleston or Huntington by game’s end. One of the largest home crowds in Marshall baseball history, 4,217 in all dressed in green and white and blue and gold, mixed in together throughout Appalachian Power Park and got a dandy game in the series between Marshall and West Virginia since coaches Jeff Waggoner of MU and Randy Mazey of WVU brought back the annual game between the state’s only two Division I NCAA Universities.

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