Bats Explode Once Again Versus Salukis

Wednesday, March 22

Carbondale, Ill.

5 p.m.

Murray State

12-8

Southern Illinois

11-10

Murray State

Southern Illinois

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

3/22/2017 9:15:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Murray State was able to bust out for a six-run and five-run inning and scored 10 of its 13 runs with two outs as the Racers slugged their way to a 13-10 victory over Southern Illinois Wednesday night in Carbondale.

The win is MSU's (12-8) third in a row over the Salukis (11-10) and 5-of-6 overall in the series. It also marks the second time in three seasons that the Racers have swept the season series. MSU was also able to come from behind for the second consecutive game against the Salukis as SIU scored three runs in the bottom of the first to jump out to an early lead.

Brandon Gutzler and Ryan Perkins provided the first offense of the night for the Racers with RBI singles to make it 3-2 in the top of the third. That's when Davis Sims delivered the Racers' second grand slam of the season as he blasted his third home run of the season and put MSU out front 6-3.

After SIU scored three in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game at 6-6, the two teams exchanged runs in the fifth inning to put the score at 7-7. In the sixth, the Racers racked up their second big inning of the night as Tyler Lawrence collected an RBI groundout and Jaron Robinson scored on a passed ball to make it 9-7. Perkins then tied the team lead with his sixth homer of the year as he sent a laser over the right field wall to push the lead to 11-7. A Jack Hranec RBI single up the middle finished the scoring in the inning and it was 12-7 at that point.

MSU was able to score again in the top of the eighth and then the Salukis were able to make things interesting with two runs in the bottom of the eighth and then began the ninth with back-to-back doubles to cut the score down to 13-10. Chad Gendron settled into his outing at that point and shut the door on the comeback.

Perkins led the way at the dish with a 4-for-6 day with three runs and three RBIs. Sims went 3-for-5 with a pair of runs and those four ribbies on the long ball. Hranec and Kipp Moore also had 2-for-5 days in the win with Moore scoring twice.

The Racers used a total of eight pitchers on the night with Tyler Horsley picking up his first career victory. Horsley pitched 1.1 innings and didn't allow a hit while striking out a batter.

MSU remains in the state of Illinois this weekend as it returns to OVC action beginning Friday at Eastern Illinois. The three-game series begins at 3 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Horsley, Tyler (1-0)

L: Harrison, Bradley (0-2)

Murray State

Batting:

2B: Gutzler, Brandon 1 ; Sims, Davis 1

HR: Perkins, Ryan 1 ; Sims, Davis 1

RBI: Gutzler, Brandon 1 ; Lawrence, Tyler 1 ; Perkins, Ryan 3 ; Sims, Davis 4 ; Hranec, Jack 2

SH: Bauer, Adam 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Moore, Kipp 2 ; Bauer, Adam 1 ; Gutzler, Brandon 2 ; Lawrence, Tyler 2 ; Perkins, Ryan 3 ; Sims, Davis 2 ; Robinson, Jaron 1

HBP: Moore, Kipp 1

Southern Illinois

Batting:

2B: Kopach,Connor 1 ; Farmer,Will 1 ; Hutchins,Nick 1 ; Sabo,Ryan 1 ; Mucha,Dyllin 1

HR: Farmer,Will 1

RBI: Kopach,Connor 2 ; Farmer,Will 2 ; Blackfan,Logan 1 ; Hand,Jake 1 ; Mucha,Dyllin 3

Base Running:

RUNS: Kopach,Connor 1 ; Farmer,Will 2 ; Lambert,Greg 1 ; Blackfan,Logan 1 ; Hutchins,Nick 1 ; Hand,Jake 1 ; Smith,Ryan 1 ; Sabo,Ryan 1 ; Mucha,Dyllin 1