Marshall baseball plays its second Atlantic Coast Conference opponent of the season on Wednesday when it welcomes the Virginia Tech Hokies to Appalachian Power Park in Charleston.
The Thundering Herd is coming off a series win in conference play against the FIU Panthers last weekend. In the first game, the Herd was defeated after going to ten innings. FIU right fielder Chris Williams hit a three-run home run to right field for the only runs of the game adn Panthers relief pitcher Everett Hurst kept Marshall off the scoreboard in the bottom half of the inning.
In game two, Marshall outscored the Panthers 16-5 with six runs coming in the third inning.