HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Chase Boster struck out a career-high 11 batters and Ryne Dean and Aaron Bossi hit home runs as Marshall beat Florida International 5-3 Wednesday night in the first round of the Conference USA tournament.
Boster (8-2) won his sixth game in a row and became the Thundering Herd’s all-time leader with 20 wins. Burris Warner got the final four outs for his 11th save, causing a double play to end it.
The second-seeded Herd (33-19) takes on the host team, No. 3 Southern Mississippi in Thursday’s last game, scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night’s game did not start until 10:05 p.