Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
8-17
Arkansas State
10-11
Racers Downed By Red Wolves
3/24/2015 7:07:00 PM | Baseball
After the Red Wolves (10-11) opened the game with a run in the first, Pokey Harris knotted things up in the bottom half of the inning as he led-off for the Racers with his first career home run to make the score 1-1. ASU was able to regain the lead with a pair of two-out runs in the second inning to go up 3-1.
Murray State took its first lead of the game with a three-run bottom of the third as Dalton West, Tyler Lawrence and Anthony Bayus all recorded RBIs in the inning to give the Racers a 4-3 edge. A Matt McGowan RBI single in the fourth pushed the MSU lead to 5-3.
However, a four-run fifth inning propelled Arkansas State to a 7-5 lead and the Red Wolves wouldn't look back, adding two runs in the seventh and five more in the ninth. Lawrence recorded his second RBI of the loss in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Jake Fuller. It was Lawrence's fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
The Racers collected 10 hits of their own in the game, five of which came in the final two innings when ASU was well in control. Taylor Mathews was the only Racer with more than one hit in the game as he went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Harris scored a pair of runs the loss.
John Lollar got the start and no decision in the game for MSU. Lollar allowed four earned runs off seven hits in four innings of work while walking four batters and striking-out a career-best six. Tanner Edge was saddled with the loss moving him to 0-2 on the year. Edge allowed two runs, both unearned in an inning of work. Tyler Anderson, Sheldon Baxter, Paul Miller and Cameron Wallace all pitched relief as well for Murray State Tuesday.
The Racers return to OVC play this weekend with a three-game series in Charleston, Ill., against Eastern Illinois. First pitch for Saturday is set for 3 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jackson, Cody (2-0)
L: Edge, Tanner (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Burgess, Matt 1 ; Ring, Tanner 1 ; Massanelli, Collin 1 ; Schrimpf, Joe 2
3B: Massanelli, Collin 1
HR: Burgess, Matt 1
RBI: Baker, Austin 2 ; George, Zach 1 ; Burgess, Matt 3 ; Massanelli, Collin 1 ; Schrimpf, Joe 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Baker, Austin 1 ; George, Zach 2 ; Burgess, Matt 1 ; Levy, Stuart 1 ; Ring, Tanner 2 ; Massanelli, Collin 2 ; Brown, Jeremy 2 ; Schrimpf, Joe 2 ; Wilcoxson, Eric 1
HBP: George, Zach 1 ; Burgess, Matt 1 ; Brown, Jeremy 1
Batting:
2B: Lawrence, Tyler 1
HR: Harris, Pokey 1
RBI: Harris, Pokey 1 ; West, Dalton 1 ; Lawrence, Tyler 2 ; Bayus, Anthony 1 ; McGowan, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Harris, Pokey 2 ; West, Dalton 1 ; Mathews, Taylor 1 ; Linton, Rick 1 ; Fuller, Jake 1
SB: Bayus, Anthony 1 ; Mathews, Taylor 1
