Softball Splits Final Day At Evansville

Sunday, March 10

Evansville, Ind.

10 a.m.

Murray State

6-10

Bowling Green

8-6

Murray St.

Bowling Green

Photo by: Bill Simmonds/ Miss. St. Athletics

3/10/2013 2:15:00 PM | Softball

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The Murray State softball team split a pair of games on Sunday on the final day of the Evansville Invitational in Indiana. The Racers won the first game against Blowing Green, 6-4, but fell in the finale, 8-1, to host Evansville.

In game, one the Falcons (8-6) were first on the board in the game when Hannah Fulk led off the bottom of the first with a home run to give her team an early 1-0 advantage. Alexa Becker answered in the top of the next inning with a two-run blast of her own, giving the Racers (6-10) their own 2-1 lead.

With the bases loaded in the top of the fifth, Sarah Anderson became just the seventh Racer in school history to hit a grand slam, pushing MSU's lead out to 6-2. Anderson's blast will go down as the 11th grand slam in school history and the first in 2013.

Bowling Green cut the lead to just two in the bottom of the sixth when Marissa Shook homered to left field, making the score 6-4. Shook's long ball was the fourth of the game, making all runs scored in the contest coming by way of the home run.

Casey Castile led off the seventh with a double, but the Racers were unable to score her, giving the Falcons a shot at the win. Bowling Green led off their half inning with a hit of their own, but pitcher CheyAnne Gaskey and the Murray State defense shut down the next three batters for the win.

Castile led the Racers in the game by going 4-for-4 with three doubles, a run and a stolen base. Mo Ramsey, Leslie Bridges, Erica Howard, Becker and Anderson all tallied one run each in the contest to give Murray State its fourth nine-hit game of the season.

Gaskey picked up the win in the contest, allowing only one run on six hits with three strikeouts and two walks. Gaskey is now 3-4 on the season with a team-low 2.61 ERA and an opponent's batting average of .268.

In the second game, the Evansville offense found its stroke and reeled off 12 hits in the contest. The Purple Aces (5-9) scored five of their eight runs on the afternoon via three home runs from three different players. Evansville scored four runs in the first, two in the third and two in the sixth to cap their scoring at eight.

Ellyn Troup accounted for both Murray State runs in the game, as she went 2-for-3 on the afternoon. She scored the first run on an RBI double from Sarah Anderson in the second and crossed the plate the second time on a solo home run in the seventh.

Shelby Kosmecki took the loss for MSU in the contest, falling to 3-6 on the year. She allowed six runs on six hits with two strikeouts over 2.1 innings.

On Saturday, the Racers will begin their 2013 OVC campaign at home against Southeast Missouri. First pitch for both Saturday's doubleheader and Sunday's single-game finale at Central Park is set for Noon.