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Breds Rally Before Falling 12-11
3/31/2012 6:38:00 PM | Baseball
BOX SCORE
In a game that saw Murray State rally from a five-run deficit, it was Tennessee Tech that had the final say as they walked off with a 12-11 victory Saturday afternoon at Bush Stadium.
With the game tied going to the bottom of the ninth, Tevis Sherfield delivered a one-out pinch-hit single up the middle. After a walk to Austin Wulf and an error of the bat of Dylan Bosheers loaded the bases, Ben Burgess delivered the walk-off single to left field.
The Breds (14-14, 1-4 OVC) got the bats going early as Ty Stetson singled to left center and Brandon Elliott followed with a single through the left side. After a successful sacrifice bunt by Travis Isaak, Jacob Rhodes drove in both runners with a single to left.
The Golden Eagles (11-15, 3-2 OVC) got on the board in a big way as they used four hits, a costly throwing error and four walks to push across in the second. They got RBI hits from James Abraham and Wulf, surrounding a throwing error on an attempted double-play at second. TTU also scored a pair of runs on bases-loaded walks, and got a sacrifice fly from Evan Frazier.
MSU got two runs back in the third as Rhodes doubled just inside the bag at first and scored on Cody Larson's double to right field. Dylan Wheeler followed with an RBI single to left center.
The Breds continued to get back in the game in the fourth as Noah Zipko started the inning with a double just inside the bag at third, After moving to third on a groundout, a wild pitch allowed Zipko to score.
TTU extended its lead in the fifth as Abraham delivered an RBI single to left and Wulf plated two runs with a double to left center.
MSU got the three runs back in the sixth as Stetson singled to left center and Elliott walked. Isaak drove in both runners with a double to right center. As Rhodes took ball four, the ball was dropped by the catcher and Isaak raced for third. The throw went into left field, allowing Isaak to score.
The Breds finally managed to regain the lead in the eighth as Isaak doubled off the fence in right field and went to third on the throwing error. Rhodes drove in Isaak with a single through the right side. Mike Kozlowski followed with a grounder to short that was bobbled and then thrown into the dugout to put runners on the corners. After Larson moved the runner to second with a sacrifice bunt, Wheeler drove in both runners with a single up the middle.
The Golden Eagles tied the game in the home-half of the inning on a Burgess solo home run just over the fence in the short porch in left center.
Will Handlin (3-1) took the loss after allowing a run on two hits in two-thirds of an inning. Cullen Park (2-3) picked up the victory after allowing three runs on six hits over four innings.
Isaak led the Breds 18-hit attack as he went 3-for-4 with three doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored. Rhodes and Wheeler each went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. As a team, MSU collected a season-high seven doubles and are nine hitters in the lineup recorded at least one hit.
The two teams close out the three-game series tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m.
In a game that saw Murray State rally from a five-run deficit, it was Tennessee Tech that had the final say as they walked off with a 12-11 victory Saturday afternoon at Bush Stadium.
With the game tied going to the bottom of the ninth, Tevis Sherfield delivered a one-out pinch-hit single up the middle. After a walk to Austin Wulf and an error of the bat of Dylan Bosheers loaded the bases, Ben Burgess delivered the walk-off single to left field.
The Breds (14-14, 1-4 OVC) got the bats going early as Ty Stetson singled to left center and Brandon Elliott followed with a single through the left side. After a successful sacrifice bunt by Travis Isaak, Jacob Rhodes drove in both runners with a single to left.
The Golden Eagles (11-15, 3-2 OVC) got on the board in a big way as they used four hits, a costly throwing error and four walks to push across in the second. They got RBI hits from James Abraham and Wulf, surrounding a throwing error on an attempted double-play at second. TTU also scored a pair of runs on bases-loaded walks, and got a sacrifice fly from Evan Frazier.
MSU got two runs back in the third as Rhodes doubled just inside the bag at first and scored on Cody Larson's double to right field. Dylan Wheeler followed with an RBI single to left center.
The Breds continued to get back in the game in the fourth as Noah Zipko started the inning with a double just inside the bag at third, After moving to third on a groundout, a wild pitch allowed Zipko to score.
TTU extended its lead in the fifth as Abraham delivered an RBI single to left and Wulf plated two runs with a double to left center.
MSU got the three runs back in the sixth as Stetson singled to left center and Elliott walked. Isaak drove in both runners with a double to right center. As Rhodes took ball four, the ball was dropped by the catcher and Isaak raced for third. The throw went into left field, allowing Isaak to score.
The Breds finally managed to regain the lead in the eighth as Isaak doubled off the fence in right field and went to third on the throwing error. Rhodes drove in Isaak with a single through the right side. Mike Kozlowski followed with a grounder to short that was bobbled and then thrown into the dugout to put runners on the corners. After Larson moved the runner to second with a sacrifice bunt, Wheeler drove in both runners with a single up the middle.
The Golden Eagles tied the game in the home-half of the inning on a Burgess solo home run just over the fence in the short porch in left center.
Will Handlin (3-1) took the loss after allowing a run on two hits in two-thirds of an inning. Cullen Park (2-3) picked up the victory after allowing three runs on six hits over four innings.
Isaak led the Breds 18-hit attack as he went 3-for-4 with three doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored. Rhodes and Wheeler each went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. As a team, MSU collected a season-high seven doubles and are nine hitters in the lineup recorded at least one hit.
The two teams close out the three-game series tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: PARK, Cullen (2-3)
L: Handlin, Will (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Isaak, Travis 3 ; Rhodes, Jacob 1 ; Larson, Cody 1 ; Zipko, Noah 1 ; Ritzheimer, Paul 1
RBI: Isaak, Travis 2 ; Rhodes, Jacob 3 ; Larson, Cody 1 ; Wheeler, Dylan 3
SH: Isaak, Travis 1 ; Larson, Cody 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stetson, Ty 2 ; Elliott, Brandon 2 ; Isaak, Travis 2 ; Rhodes, Jacob 2 ; Kozlowski, Mike 1 ; Larson, Cody 1 ; Zipko, Noah 1
CS: Wheeler, Dylan 1
HBP: Isaak, Travis 1
Batting:
2B: WULF, Austin 1 ; STEPHENS, Zach 1 ; MORRIS, Michael 1
HR: BURGESS, Ben 1
RBI: WULF, Austin 3 ; BURGESS, Ben 3 ; STEPHENS, Zach 1 ; FRAZIER, Evan 1 ; ABRAHAM, James 2 ; GUYEAR, Zephan 1
SF: FRAZIER, Evan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WULF, Austin 1 ; BOSHEERS, Dylan 1 ; BURGESS, Ben 1 ; STEPHENS, Zach 1 ; MORRIS, Michael 2 ; ABRAHAM, James 2 ; HAYES, Chad 2 ; GUYEAR, Zephan 1 ; SHERFIELD, Tevis 1
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