{"id":3544,"date":"2025-02-27T17:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T22:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2026-03-25T10:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:24:11","slug":"jack-cook-field-is-set-for-its-second-season-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/2025\/02\/27\/jack-cook-field-is-set-for-its-second-season-home-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Cook Field is Set for its Second Season Home-Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall Baseball Preview<br \/>\nBy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/wmul\/shane-darling\/\">Shane Darling<\/a>, FM88 Sports<br \/>\nFeb. 27, 2027<br \/>\nHUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) \u2014\u00a0Marshall baseball (2-6) is back at its own diamond tomorrow as it hosts Fairleigh Dickinson University (0-7) for a 3 p.m. opening pitch.<\/p>\n<p>It has been 285 days since Jack Cook Field hosted a Marshall University regular season game, but after picking up a 2-2 series sweep against ACC foe Georgia Tech, the Thundering Herd is ready to defend its home turf once again.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first of a three-game weekend series between the Herd and the Knights, with Friday and Saturday beginning at 3 p.m., and the series finale on Sunday set to begin at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Marshall\u2019s sophomore infielder AJ Havrilla had a staggering seven-RBI effort in Marshall\u2019s most recent matchup, a 12-8 victory against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Graduate student reliever Tim Baird had five strikeouts in three perfect innings to earn the win. Sophomore right-hander Griffin Miller notched five innings on the bump in Saturday\u2019s win to give him his first victory of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Fairleigh Dickinson has had rough start to the season, being swept in three-games series against UNC Asheville and Middle Tennessee State University, as well as a mid-week loss against St. Peter\u2019s. Freshman infielder Johnathon Gomez leads the Knights with 12 hits and seven RBIs.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the game will not be broadcast live on WMUL-FM, but FM88 Sports Ethan Peltier will be live-tweeting the matchup on the FM 88 Sports Team X (formerly known as Twitter) account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall Baseball Preview By Shane Darling, FM88 Sports Feb. 27, 2027 HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (WMUL-FM) \u2014\u00a0Marshall baseball (2-6) is back at its own diamond tomorrow as it hosts Fairleigh Dickinson University (0-7) for a 3 p.m. opening pitch. 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