Dominating from start to finish, the Marshall University baseball team defeated West Virginia University 7-1 Tuesday in the Mountaineers first trip to Huntington since 1988.
“This team came out with a fire and an edge about them that they weren’t going to lose,” Marshall head coach Jeff Waggoner said. “The way we ran the bases; the way the pitchers tagged the zones; the approaches at the plate, that was just a fun team to be around today.”
The Thundering Herd got off to a quick start in the first inning. Sophomore pitcher Ryan Capuano pitched a 1-2-3 inning defensively in the top of the inning while junior shortstop Geordon Blanton hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead into the second – a lead that would never waiver.