Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
17-27
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
18-27
Breds Drop Another 9th-Inning Heartbreaker
4/30/2013 7:45:00 PM | Baseball
The Murray State baseball team suffered yet another ninth-inning heartbreaker Tuesday afternoon as Arkansas-Pine Bluff scored three runs to walk off with an 8-7 victory in the first game of a two-game series at the Tori Hunter Baseball Complex.
Trailing by two heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Golden Lions loaded the bases with no outs. A balk was called on the next batter, but the ball got away from the catcher and allowed a second runner to score from second. An intentional walk and a base hit loaded the bases, and Jacob Whitney drew a walk to plate the winning run.
The Breds (17-27) got off to a quick start in the first inning as Ty Stetson singled and Brandon Elliott doubled. Brandon Eggenschwiler drove in both runners with a bloop single down the left-field line.
The Golden Lions (18-26) answered back in the home-half of the first with four base hits. Warren Stehn and Kirby Campbell each drove in a run with their singles.
MSU regained the lead in the fourth as Noah Zipko and Rick Linton singled to start the inning. Taylor Mathews advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt and Paul Ritzheimer walked to load the bases. Stetson followed by delivering a double just inside the bag at first to plate all three runners.
UAPB (18-26) got single runs in the 4th and 5th innings to pull within one run at 5-4. But, the Breds had another big hit in them as Zipko singled and Linton was hit by a pitch. Mathews followed with a triple into the right-field corner to score both runners.
The Golden Lions got one of the runs back in the seventh as a throwing error on a stolen base allowed the unearned run to score.
Andrew Bramley (1-3) took the loss after allowing three runs without retiring a batter. Stanten Jones (5-5) picked up the victory after allowing one hit and striking out five over 2.1 innings.
Stetson went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in extending his hit streak to 18 games. Eggenschwiler went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBIs, while Linton went 3-for-3 with a walk and a hit by pitch. Elliott and Zipko each added two hits.
The two teams play the second game of the series tomorrow afternoon at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jones, Stanten (5-5)
L: Bramley, Andrew (1-3)
Batting:
2B: Stetson, Ty 1 ; Elliott, Brandon 1
3B: Mathews, Taylor 1
RBI: Stetson, Ty 3 ; Eggenschwiler, Brandon 2 ; Mathews, Taylor 2
SH: Mathews, Taylor 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Stetson, Ty 1 ; Elliott, Brandon 1 ; Zipko, Noah 2 ; Linton, Rick 2 ; Ritzheimer, Paul 1
SB: Ritzheimer, Paul 1
HBP: Zipko, Noah 1 ; Linton, Rick 1
Batting:
2B: Campbell, Kirby 1
RBI: Wieland, Mike 1 ; Stehn, Warren 1 ; Campbell, Kirby 1 ; Whitney, Jacob 1 ; Phillips, P 1
SH: Oertle, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: De Mera, Cody 2 ; Oertle, Tyler 3 ; Alcantar, Isias 1 ; Campbell, Kirby 1 ; Ludwig, Mike 1
SB: De Mera, Cody 1 ; Calhoun, Dylan 1
CS: Calhoun, Dylan 1
HBP: Ludwig, Mike 1
