Baseball loses game, win streak against Morehead St.

The Marshall University baseball team dropped a midweek non-conference contest to Morehead State, 3-2, on Tuesday afternoon at the Kennedy Center.

Marshall's seven-game win streak came to end and the Herd now sits at 20-21 overall.  Morehead improved to 23-19 on the season.

The Herd broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth by plating a pair of runs.  Nathan Gomez doubled in Victor Gomez for the first run of the day. 

Kris Hecktor singled in Nathan Gomez on a base hit to center field, but that was the all the Marshall offense could muster against three different Eagles pitchers.

J.D. Ashbrook knocked in the Eagles' first run in the fifth on a fielder's choice to slice the Herd advantage in half.

Morehead sent two runs home on a Marshall error in the seventh to take a 3-2 lead and never looked back, knocking off the Herd for the second time this season.

Cody Gibson (1-2) worked 4.2 innings out of the bullpen, allowing just two hits while striking out three to pick up his first win of the season.  Hunter Hewitt recorded the final out of the afternoon to pick up his third save of the season.

James White III fired the first four innings for the Herd, a career high, allowing two hits and two walks.  Ben Jurevicius was tagged with the loss out of the bullpen. The junior went three innings, but gave up three runs, one unearned.

Three was the magic number for the Eagles as the Herd couldn't find timely hits and fell in the end. 

Hecktor was the lone bright spot at the plate, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Marshall travels to Ohio State today for a non-conference game at 6:35 p.m. The Herd and the Buckeyes have squared off once this season, with Marshall picking up the win in a 17-1 rout of the former top-25 team.