The No. 16 WVU Baseball team faces the Marshall Thundering Herd on Wednesday, April 30. The game is set for a 6 p.m. ET first pitch at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston.
WVU holds a 37-5 record this season. The Mountaineers sit in first place in the Big 12 Conference with a 16-3 record.
The team has won 14 consecutive Big 12 games. This includes sweeping four straight conference series against Utah, Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF. WVU has a .881 winning percentage, which ranks first nationally.
WVU is ranked No. 16 in the D1Baseball poll. Other national polls list the team as high as No. 4.
Skylar King leads West Virginia with a .361 batting average. Jace Rinehart has a team-best 43 RBI. Rinehart and Logan Sauve share the team lead with seven home runs each.
The WVU bullpen includes Reese Bassinger and Chase Meyer, who are on the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List. Carson Estridge has recorded five saves, matching Bassinger for the team lead. Gavin Van Kempen (2-0, 5.25 ERA) is the probable starting pitcher for the Mountaineers.
Marshall enters the matchup with a 23-22 record under coach Greg Beals. The Herd recently swept South Alabama in a weekend series.
Peyton Jackson (2-2, 1.47 ERA) is scheduled to start for Marshall. Eddie Leon leads the Herd with a .278 batting average. Ethan Murdoch has nine home runs and 33 RBI. Charlie Krebs has a 2.62 ERA in 34.1 innings pitched. Maika Niu leads Marshall with 47 hits and four triples, while Elijah Vogelsong has drawn 38 walks.
This game concludes the season series between the two programs. WVU won the first two meetings earlier this year, with scores of 7-0 in Morgantown and 5-4 in Huntington.
The game is available for viewing on ESPN+. An alternative ESPN+ stream is also offered. Fans can listen on the Mountaineer Sports Network. Live stats for WVU are available, along with live stats for Marshall.
