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In Head Coach Kevin Moulder's third season at his alma mater, the Racers return student-athletes at all nine positions that started last season for Murray State Baseball, including First Team All-OVC selections Tyler Lawrence and Ramsey Scott, as well as Adam Bauer who was named to the second team and Jaron Robinson who was named to the All-Freshman Team.
Lawrence hit .355 (ninth in the OVC) with eight home runs, 32 extra-base hits and collected 58 RBIs while scoring 52 runs in 2016. Lawrence's 22 doubles on the year set a new program record and were the 12th-most in the country. Lawrence had a team-best 24 multi-hit games and 12 games with multiple RBIs. In OVC-only games, Lawrence hit .365 with 14 doubles, three homers, drove in 30 and scored 34 runs. His .493 on-base percentage in conference games was the second-highest in the league.
Scott hit .335 on the season and ranked second in the league with 63 RBIs, fifth in homers with 13 and his .612 slugging percentage ranked seventh-best in the OVC. In conference games, Scott led the league with 40 ribbies and was fourth with eight home runs. His .388 batting average was the sixth-best in the OVC. Scott ranked second on the team with 23 multi-hit and 16 multi-RBI games in 2016.
Bauer led the OVC and finished seventh nationally with 67 runs scored. Bauer hit nine triples a season ago, setting a new program record at MSU, while the 67 runs were the third-most in school history. Bauer also reached base safely in the first 50 games of the season, which was a new Racer record. At the time his streak ended, it was the longest active streak in the country. Bauer finished the year hitting .341 and was second on the team with 75 hits to go along with five home runs and 40 RBIs.
Robinson hit .255 on the year and had nine extra-base hits, 17 RBIs and scored 27 runs. In conference games, Robinson hit .261 with six doubles. Robinson had nine games with two or more hits and four games with multiple RBIs in 2016 while making 45 starts at shortstop.
On the pitching staff, MSU returns starters Ryan Dills, Austin Dubsky and Jack Hranec who all started 12 games on the hill in 2016. Tyler Anderson and John Lollar are the top returners out of the bullpen for MSU.
Joining the Racers in 2017 will be 15 freshmen newcomers.
The Racers will be holding team scrimmages in the fall that are free for fans to watch. The team will be heading to their annual fall Blue-Gold World Series scrimmages. The dates for this best-of-five series will be announced later.
In Head Coach Kevin Moulder's third season at his alma mater, the Racers return student-athletes at all nine positions that started last season for Murray State Baseball, including First Team All-OVC selections Tyler Lawrence and Ramsey Scott, as well as Adam Bauer who was named to the second team and Jaron Robinson who was named to the All-Freshman Team.
Lawrence hit .355 (ninth in the OVC) with eight home runs, 32 extra-base hits and collected 58 RBIs while scoring 52 runs in 2016. Lawrence's 22 doubles on the year set a new program record and were the 12th-most in the country. Lawrence had a team-best 24 multi-hit games and 12 games with multiple RBIs. In OVC-only games, Lawrence hit .365 with 14 doubles, three homers, drove in 30 and scored 34 runs. His .493 on-base percentage in conference games was the second-highest in the league.
Scott hit .335 on the season and ranked second in the league with 63 RBIs, fifth in homers with 13 and his .612 slugging percentage ranked seventh-best in the OVC. In conference games, Scott led the league with 40 ribbies and was fourth with eight home runs. His .388 batting average was the sixth-best in the OVC. Scott ranked second on the team with 23 multi-hit and 16 multi-RBI games in 2016.
Bauer led the OVC and finished seventh nationally with 67 runs scored. Bauer hit nine triples a season ago, setting a new program record at MSU, while the 67 runs were the third-most in school history. Bauer also reached base safely in the first 50 games of the season, which was a new Racer record. At the time his streak ended, it was the longest active streak in the country. Bauer finished the year hitting .341 and was second on the team with 75 hits to go along with five home runs and 40 RBIs.
Robinson hit .255 on the year and had nine extra-base hits, 17 RBIs and scored 27 runs. In conference games, Robinson hit .261 with six doubles. Robinson had nine games with two or more hits and four games with multiple RBIs in 2016 while making 45 starts at shortstop.
On the pitching staff, MSU returns starters Ryan Dills, Austin Dubsky and Jack Hranec who all started 12 games on the hill in 2016. Tyler Anderson and John Lollar are the top returners out of the bullpen for MSU.
Joining the Racers in 2017 will be 15 freshmen newcomers.
The Racers will be holding team scrimmages in the fall that are free for fans to watch. The team will be heading to their annual fall Blue-Gold World Series scrimmages. The dates for this best-of-five series will be announced later.
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