Racers Drop Two At Coach B Classic

Saturday, March 1

Chattanooga, Tenn.

9 a.m.

Murray State

7-6

Miami (OH)

4-5

Miami (OH)

Murray St.

3/1/2014 3:07:00 PM | Softball

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The Murray State softball team dropped a pair of game on the opening day of the 2013 Southern Illinois Coach B Classic at Jim Frost Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Racers fell 7-1 to Miami of Ohio in the opener and 3-2 to Kansas in the finale.

Game 1 – Miami (OH) 7 (4-5), Murray St. 1 (7-6)
Miami's Taylor Shuey led off Saturday's game against the Murray State softball team with a home run and it did not get any better for the Racers from there. MSU went on to drop the day's opening game, 7-1.
Shuey was one of three RedHawks to go yard on the day as they finished the game with 12 hits. Murray State had its share of hits as well in the game, finishing with 11, but could not push runs across the plate.

The Racers' only run in the game came in the third when Shelbey Miller began the inning with a double. After a single by Mo Ramsey in the next at bat, Miller came home on a botched play by Miami that also allowed Alexa Becker to reach on a fielder's choice.

Ramsey was one of three Racers to tally two hits in the contest, along with Maggie Glass and Jessica Twaddle. Also picking up hits for MSU in the game were Miller, Becker, Casey Castile, Erica Howard and Mallory Young.

CheyAnne Gaskey fell to 3-4 on the year in the circle with the loss, allowing five runs on seven hits with two walks over 2.2 inning worth of work. J.J. Francis closed out the game for the Racers and was able to slow Miami down, giving up just two runs on five hits in the final 4.1 frames.

Game 2 – Kansas 3 (10-5), Murray St. 2 (7-7)
In game two, the Racers suffered a heartbreaking loss when Kansas walked-off on a fielder's choice for the 3-2 victory.

The Jayhawks were first on the board in the second inning with a pair of unearned runs on two fielder's choices. However, Murray State cut the lead in half in the third on a triple by Miller in which she also scored due to a KU error.

Murray State went on to knot the game at two in the seventh with a lead-off home run from Twaddle, her second in three games. In the bottom of the inning, Kansas took advantage of a bases loaded, no outs situation when Taylor McElhaney scored on a Murray State error to win the game in walk-off fashion.

The Racers outhit the Jayhawks, 6-4, in the contest and were led by Twaddle with two. Miller, Ramsey and Leslie Bridges rounded out the hits column for MSU with one each. The game also saw Becker's 22-game reached base safely streak come to an end. The streak, which dated back to last season, was the second longest in school history.

Mason Robinson (3-2) took the complete game loss for the Racers in which she allowed no earned runs on four hits over six innings.

The Racers will return to Frost Stadium on Sunday for their final two games in the Coach B Classic. Murray State will open the day with a rematch against Kansas at 11 a.m., followed by a date with Southern Illinois at 3 p.m.