The Marshall University baseball team’s late-game rally against in-state rival West Virginia University came up just short Wednesday in Morgantown as the Herd fell 9-8.
With the Herd (21-17, 10-8) trailing 4-3 heading into the seventh inning, West Virginia slapped in five runs in the seventh inning as Marshall cycled through three different pitchers in the inning.
However, in the top of eighth the Herd bats inflicted similar damage to the Mountaineer staff scoring five runs of its own.
Junior center fielder got things started for the Herd in the eighth with a leadoff single. After left fielder DJ Gee was walked, West Virginia made a pitching change with no outs and two runners on, but Marshall first baseman Tommy Lane kept up the offensive attack knocking a single to left field that scored Bird.