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HUNTINGTON, W.V. – The Eastern Kentucky University baseball team fell to Marshall, 5-1, on Wednesday afternoon in its final tune-up before this weekend’s crucial three-game series with conference foe Murray State. The Colonels drop to 19-14 (6-6 OVC) with the loss while Marshall improves to 15-20 (5-7 C-USA).

Sophomore Matt Fyffe (3-3) started on the hill for EKU and picked up the loss, pitching just one inning while allowing three runs on one hit, a three-run shot to Victor Gomez. He recorded all three outs of the first inning off strikeouts.

Freshman Eric Sanders recorded 1.2 innings of work and allowed one run on one hit. Freshman Greg Terry went an inning and a third and held the Thundering Herd to no runs on one hit. Senior Alex Napier pitched 1.2 innings and surrendered one run and two hits before junior Jim Clancy held Marshall scoreless over the last 2.1 innings of the game.

Shane Farrell (1-6) pitched a complete game for the Thundering Herd and, in doing so, recorded his first win of the season. The sophomore allowed just one run on six hits over the nine innings of work.

Sophomore Ryan Faidley paced EKU at the plate, going 2-for-3 with the Colonels’ lone RBI. Senior Aaron Barrows also collected two hits on the day.

Gomez led Marshall with his three RBI. Josh Valle, meanwhile, batted 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI.

After going down 3-0 early because of Gomez’s three-run blast in the first, EKU got one run back in the second. Freshman Dustin Dunlop started the inning with a base hit through the right side of the infield and then went to third on a groundout by fellow freshman #A.J. Jamison#. Faidley then ripped a single into right fieldthat scored Dunlop and made it 3-1.

With Farrell dealing from the mound, however, the Thundering Herd added two insurance runs – one in the third and another in the sixth – to pull away from the Colonels.

EKU returns to action this weekend when it hosts Murray State at Turkey Hughes Field. The Colonels are currently alone in fourth place in the conference while Murray State sits in sixth place with a record of 20-14 (3-5 OVC).

First pitch on Saturday is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. Sunday’s single game is also scheduled for a 1:00 p.m. start time.