Marshall Completes Sweep of Memphis with 11-1 Route

Sunday, March 30

Charleston, W. Va.

10:00 AM

University of Memphis

11-15, 3-3

Marshall

12-12, 3-3

Memphis

Marshall

Ryan Holland struck out six in a losing effort on Sunday.

Marshall Completes Sweep of Memphis with 11-1 Route

Mar 30, 2008 | Baseball

Box Score

March 30, 2008

Box Score

CHARLESTON, W. Va. -

Marshall 11, Memphis 1 (7)

Memphis (11-15; 3-3 C-USA) 	000 000 1 -  1  2 1
Marshall (12-12; 3-3 C-USA)	100 352 x - 11 12 1

Marshall starter Dan Straily struck out three and held Memphis to just one hit in a strong six-inning performance to lead Marshall to a seven-inning 11-1 win in the Conference series finale on Sunday morning. The loss completed the sweep for the Herd and extended the Tigers' losing streak to five games.

Straily was masterful, giving up a first inning single to Brett Bowen. He then retired Memphis in order in the third, fourth and fifth innings, before Eric Farrell reached on an infield error. However, holding an 11-0 leading heading into the seventh and the C-USA get-away-day run rule in effect, he was denied the complete-game shutout in favor of reliever Chad Johnson.

Johnson promptly gave up a single up the middle to Chad Zurcher and walked Bowen and Trey Wiedman to load the bases. Robby Graham grounded out to first to drive in Zurcher to get Memphis on the board. But the Tiger bats could not extend the game as Johnson retired the side without giving up another run. The MU reliever gave up a run on one hit and walked three.

It took Marshall just three hitters to break through the scoring column in the first. Adam Yeager drove a single up the middle and stole second to set up an RBI-single by Nate Lape.

After battling to a 1-0 contest through three innings, the Herd put the game away with a combined 10 runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth stanzas. A two-run double by Josh Valle powered a three-run fourth. Four walks, a hit batsman and a two-run single by Brandon Casamassima made it 9-0 after five innings of play.

Yeager, who finished the day 4-for-4, led off the sixth with a ground-rule double and a two-run single off the bat of Victor Gomez gave the Herd the 10-run lead, plus a run cushion for the run-rule final.

Zurcher and Bowen were the lone Tigers to produce hits in the contest. Memphis starter Ryan Holland was tagged with the loss. He struck out six in 4.1 innings.

The road gets no easier for the young Tigers as they will now prepare to take on Ole Miss in a home-and-home midweek series. Memphis will host Ole Miss in the annual clash at AutoZone Park on Tues., April 1. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The Tigers and Rebels will play in Oxford, Miss. the following day, also at 6:30 p.m.