BOONE, N.C. – The Appalachian State baseball team pounded out a season-high 13 hits in an 8-5 win over Marshall in Saturday's 2018 home opener.
App State (4-4) used a balanced offensive attack and a couple of big innings to take down the Thundering Herd (4-3) of Conference USA. All nine Mountaineer starters recorded at least one hit, including two-hit efforts from catcher Riley Smith, first baseman Conner Leonard, left fielder Beau Myers and center fielder Alex Leshock.
Left-hander starter Andrew Vaccacio (1-2) earned his first career win with the Black and Gold, as the junior college transfer allowed just two runs with eight strikeouts in six innings of work.