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Gold Takes Racers World Series 3-1
10/25/2014 9:40:00 AM | Baseball
Murray State Baseball wrapped up its Racer Fall World Series Saturday with the Gold team taking the series 3-1 after a come-from-behind 5-4 win in game four at Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky.
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In an amazing 8th inning, the Gold team erased a 4-0 deficit with five runs, including a grand slam by Tyler Bearden to beat the Navy team 5-4.
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Chad Gendron picked up the win for the Gold with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief on three hits. He also had one strikeout. Brock Downey picked up the save for the Gold with a scoreless ninth inning, He gave up one hit and struck out a pair.
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The Navy team struck first on an RBI ground out in the 3rd inning by Jake Fuller. Â In the 4th, the Navy team got a 2-RBI single from Derek Yoder and another RBI hit by Clay Kelly to take a 4-0 lead.
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Down to their final six outs, the Gold team got a pair of walks by Downey and Nick Moore to lead off the inning. That set the table for Tyler Lawrence who plated a run on a base hit to cut the Navy lead to 4-1. Matt McGowan singled to load the bases with one-out for Tyler Bearden who gave the Gold team the lead with a grand slam home run over the fence in left centerfield.
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Tyler Lawrence was named the series MVP. The Racer sophomore catcher batted .727 and had an on-base-percentage of .812. He had two doubles, a triple, scored four runs and drove in three runs.
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Sheldon Baxter was named the pitcher of the Cy Young award of the series throwing seven innings of shutout ball and posting one win. He only gave up three hits.
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The Racers are now finished with their fall season and look forward to the spring of 2015 when they open (Feb. 13) at Southern Mississippi.
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In an amazing 8th inning, the Gold team erased a 4-0 deficit with five runs, including a grand slam by Tyler Bearden to beat the Navy team 5-4.
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Chad Gendron picked up the win for the Gold with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief on three hits. He also had one strikeout. Brock Downey picked up the save for the Gold with a scoreless ninth inning, He gave up one hit and struck out a pair.
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The Navy team struck first on an RBI ground out in the 3rd inning by Jake Fuller. Â In the 4th, the Navy team got a 2-RBI single from Derek Yoder and another RBI hit by Clay Kelly to take a 4-0 lead.
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Down to their final six outs, the Gold team got a pair of walks by Downey and Nick Moore to lead off the inning. That set the table for Tyler Lawrence who plated a run on a base hit to cut the Navy lead to 4-1. Matt McGowan singled to load the bases with one-out for Tyler Bearden who gave the Gold team the lead with a grand slam home run over the fence in left centerfield.
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Tyler Lawrence was named the series MVP. The Racer sophomore catcher batted .727 and had an on-base-percentage of .812. He had two doubles, a triple, scored four runs and drove in three runs.
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Sheldon Baxter was named the pitcher of the Cy Young award of the series throwing seven innings of shutout ball and posting one win. He only gave up three hits.
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The Racers are now finished with their fall season and look forward to the spring of 2015 when they open (Feb. 13) at Southern Mississippi.
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