Huntington, W. Va. — Marshall pitcher and former LCHS standout Bryce Blevins tossed a complete game to help the Thundering Herd to a 4-3 victory over #13 Southern Miss on Friday at Jack Cook Field.
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FORMER LCHS STARS WILL LAFFERTY, LEFT, AND BRYCE BLEVINS
Blevins who is now 3-3 on the season went all nine innings, allowed five hits and two earned runs, had six strikeouts and walked one as the Herd improved to 15-15 on the year and 4-6 in Sun Belt Conference action.
Marshall trailed 3-0 in the bottom of the sixth before Tyler Kamerer lined a shot into right centerfield with the bases loaded for a triple and scored on the play as the Golden Eagles misplayed the throw from the outfield to give the Thundering Herd the 4-3 lead.
After getting the lead Blevins went into shutdown mode and only allowed a single in the last three innings to closeout the victory.
Because of incoming weather the two teams played a doubleheader on Saturday with the Golden Eagles winning game one 4-3 to even the series at one game each.
In the final game of the series the Thundering Herd shutout Southern Miss 6-0 to win the series.
Marshall is now 16-16 on the season and 5-7 in conference play.
The Herd will return to action on Wednesday at Ohio University before returning to Sun Belt Conference play at Jack Cook field against Appalachian State on Friday at 6:00, Saturday at 5:00, and Sunday at 1:00.
Lafferty sliding into home in a recent game.
Former Bulldog Will Lafferty is a redshirt freshman utility player for the Herd and has appeared in ten games this season and has one hit in three at bats and scored six runs.
Player’s comments
Marshall Utility player Will Lafferty
“… I think we’ve got a chance to keep surprising a lot of people. We’ve done it a few times now this year, and I think we will continue to be more and more consistent. I’m really excited to see how the rest of this season plays out. Southern Miss was a huge series for us and we just proved what we already knew we could do.”
