Softball Snaps Skid; Splits DH With Morehead

Sunday, April 7

Central Park

12 p.m.

Murray State

12-21, 0

Morehead St.

14-13, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Morehead St.	0	1	0	3	4	1	0	9	11	2
Murray St.	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Morehead St.	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	7	0
Murray St.	0	0	0	9	0	0	X	9	14	0

Photo by: Tab Brockman

4/7/2013 7:15:00 PM | Softball

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The Murray State softball team saw its six-game winless streak come to an end when it split a doubleheader with Morehead State on Sunday afternoon at Central Park in Murray. The Eagles took game one, 9-2, but the Racers stormed back to snap the streak by taking game two, 9-4.

In the opener, the Racers (13-21, 6-7) were first on the board in the first when Alexa Becker hit her team-high ninth home run of the season to give her team the early advantage. The Eagles (14-14, 2-8), however, tied the game in the top of the next inning when Anna Sommer drove in Amber Riddle with an RBI-single.

In the fourth, Morehead pushed the lead out to 4-1 with a RBI-double from Riddle and a pair of RBI-singles from Stephanie Etter and Adrena Anderson. In the fifth, the Eagles put the game out of reach when Sommer struck again, this time in the form of a grand slam to make it 8-1.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Racers made it 8-2 when Shelbey Miller scored Audrey Woodby, who reached n a double to lead off the inning, with a single up the middle. However, the Eagles erased the run in the sixth and capped the scoring at 9-2 with their second home run of the day, this one from Kayla Ashbrook.

In addition to Becker, Woodby and Miller, Mo Ramsey, Ellyn Troup and Sarah Anderson accounted for Murray State's six hits in the game by each notching one. Riddle led Morehead State in the contest by finishing at 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI, while Sommer went 2-for-3 with two runs, five RBIs and a walk.

After allowing seven runs on seven hits over 4.1 innings, Shelby Kosmecki took the loss in the circle for MSU to fall to 5-14. For the Eagles, Katie Pfost moved to 8-7 on the year by allowing only two runs on six hits with no walks and six strikeouts in the complete game win.

In game two, after two scoreless innings, the Eagles broke the tie in the top of the third with a two-RBI home run from Riddle. Morehead State's lead, however, did not last for long.

In the fourth, the Racers tallied nine runs on nine hits to take a commanding 9-2 lead. The Racers had 12 plate appearances in the inning, with seven of the nine Racers in the lineup tallying hits. Of the seven MSU players that got hits in the frame, two, Anderson and Troup, recorded two hits.

In the sixth, Katie Raile cut the lead to 9-4 when she scored two teammates with a single down the right field line. However, that would be as close as the Eagles would get, as Racer pitcher CheyAnne Gaskey retired the side in order in the seventh to end the game.

Gaskey allowed just four runs on seven hits with eight strikeouts in the complete-game effort to move to 8-6 on the year. Kelcey McMurray took the loss for Morehead State, falling to 2-5 on the season after she allowed five runs on nine hits over three complete innings.

Offensively, Sarah Anderson led the Racers in the contest by going a perfect 3-for-3 with a run, a double and a RBI, while Troup went 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and an RBI. Miller, Becker and Woodby also tallied two hits in the game, while Ramsey, Casey Castile and Christian Cox each had one.

On Wednesday, the Racers will welcome NAIA foe Bethel (Tenn.) to Central Park for a doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.