Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
12-16, 3-3
Jacksonville State
21-9, 5-2
Jacksonville State Slugs Way to Victory Over Breds
4/9/2011 5:19:41 PM | Baseball
Frey and Fuson each hit home runs
Jacksonville State belted three home runs in handing Murray State a 20-7 defeat in the opening game of a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series Saturday afternoon at Reagan Field.
The Gamecocks (21-9, 5-2 OVC) got on the board in the second inning as Kyle Bluestein hit a solo home run to right center. Following a pair of hits, Coty Blanchard delivered a sacrifice fly to center field and Jake Sharrock sliced an RBI-double just inside the right-field line.
The Breds (12-16, 3-3 OVC) answered back in the home-half of the inning as Jacob Rhodes singled to right field and went to second on a passed ball. A single to center from Paul Ritzheimer put runners on the corners for Cody Larson two-run triple into the gap in right center.
JSU loaded the bases with two out in the third and a wild pitch plated one run before Michael Bishop delivered a two-run single to center field.
The Gamecocks broke the game wide open in the fourth and fifth innings as they plated seven runs, including two-run home runs by Ben Waldrip and Sam Eberle.
MSU got two runs back in the fifth as Larson singled to right center and scored on Elliot Frey's home run to left center.
The Breds added one more run in the sixth as Zach Noonan doubled to left field and went to third on a passed ball. Larson scored the runner with a single to center field.
MSU manufactured another run in the eighth as Noonan walked and went to second on Colton Moore single to right field. After a flyout moved Noonan to third, Wes Warren delivered a sacrifice fly to center field.
Clay Fuson got into the act in the ninth as he hit his first career home run, a solo shot to left field.
Tyler Beers (3-4) took the loss after allowing six runs on eight hits over 2.2 innings. Aaron Elias (5-1) picked up the victory after allowing five runs, four earned, on 10 hits over six innings.
Larson led the offense by going 3-for-3 with three RBIs. Rhodes and Ritzheimer each added two hits.
The two teams play the second game of the doubleheader approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the first game.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Aaron Elias (5-1)
L: Beers, Tyler (3-4)
Batting:
2B: Stephen Bartlett 1 ; Jake Sharrock 1 ; Kyle Bluestein 2 ; Blake Seguin 1 ; Michael Bishop 1
HR: Sam Eberle 1 ; Ben Waldrip 1 ; Kyle Bluestein 1
RBI: Coty Blanchard 1 ; Stephen Bartlett 2 ; Jake Sharrock 1 ; Sam Eberle 2 ; Ben Waldrip 2 ; Kyle Bluestein 3 ; Blake Seguin 3 ; Andrew Bishop 2 ; Michael Bishop 3
SF: Coty Blanchard 1 ; Michael Bishop 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jake Sharrock 1 ; Sam Eberle 3 ; Ben Waldrip 2 ; Erik Underwood 2 ; Jay Davis 1 ; Kyle Bluestein 4 ; Blake Seguin 3 ; Andrew Bishop 2 ; Michael Bishop 2
SB: Erik Underwood 1
HBP: Jake Sharrock 1
Batting:
2B: Noonan, Zach 1
3B: Larson, Cody 1
HR: Fuson, Clay 1 ; Frey, Elliot 1
RBI: Warren, Wes 1 ; Fuson, Clay 1 ; Larson, Cody 3 ; Frey, Elliot 2
SF: Warren, Wes 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rhodes, Jacob 1 ; Fuson, Clay 1 ; Ritzheimer, Paul 1 ; Noonan, Zach 2 ; Larson, Cody 1 ; Frey, Elliot 1
HBP: Isaak, Travis 1 ; Frey, Elliot 1
