Murray State University Athletics
Wednesday, April 26
Evansville, Ind.
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Racers Best Evansville - Record First Sweep Since 1958
4/26/2017 10:14:00 PM | Baseball
For the first time since 1958, the Murray State baseball team swept the season series from Evansville as the Racers earned their second win in as many nights against UE on Wednesday, defeating the Purple Aces 5-4 in Evansville.
MSU (20-21) was able to break a 4-4 tie in the top of the ninth thanks to some shaky defense by the Purple Aces and mother nature as Caleb Hicks reached on a pop up to the short stop that he misplayed and the wind blew back over his head, allowing Tyler Lawrence to score. For as shaky as the Purple Aces' (13-27) defense was, MSU's was up to the task as they Racers were able to turn a double play in the ninth to close out the victory.
Evansville got on the board first on the night thanks to a solo home run in the bottom of the first. In the third, MSU was able to push ahead for the first time as a Brandon Gutzler sacrifice fly to the warning track brought home Aaron Bence and tied the score at 1-1. Later in the inning, Lawrence would score thanks to one of six errors by UE in the game and the score was 2-1.
After the Purple Aces were able to tie the game in the bottom half of the third, they were able to take a 4-2 lead thanks to a pair of runs in the fifth. However, MSU would battle back as an Adam Bauer pinch hit, sacrifice fly RBI to left made it 4-3 and in the seventh, Kipp Moore was able to score on another UE throwing error.
Alec Whaley came on to get the save in the ninth for the Racers, the first of his career. Blake Clynes picked up the win as he pitched a scoreless eighth. Tyler Horsley and Justin Perkins also kept UE off the board in their relief appearances on the night. Trevor McMurray got the start and the no decision as he pitched 4.1 innings and allowed three earned runs off four hits while walking four and striking out five batters.
Lawrence had a nice night at the plate for the Racers, as he was the only one with multiple hits in the win. Lawrence went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs on the night while Bauer went 1-for-1 for the game. Bryan Chilton, Brandon Gutzler, Caleb Hicks and Davis Sims also had hits Wednesday.
MSU returns to conference play this weekend as it hits the road for a series at Belmont beginning Friday at 5 p.m.
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MSU (20-21) was able to break a 4-4 tie in the top of the ninth thanks to some shaky defense by the Purple Aces and mother nature as Caleb Hicks reached on a pop up to the short stop that he misplayed and the wind blew back over his head, allowing Tyler Lawrence to score. For as shaky as the Purple Aces' (13-27) defense was, MSU's was up to the task as they Racers were able to turn a double play in the ninth to close out the victory.
Evansville got on the board first on the night thanks to a solo home run in the bottom of the first. In the third, MSU was able to push ahead for the first time as a Brandon Gutzler sacrifice fly to the warning track brought home Aaron Bence and tied the score at 1-1. Later in the inning, Lawrence would score thanks to one of six errors by UE in the game and the score was 2-1.
After the Purple Aces were able to tie the game in the bottom half of the third, they were able to take a 4-2 lead thanks to a pair of runs in the fifth. However, MSU would battle back as an Adam Bauer pinch hit, sacrifice fly RBI to left made it 4-3 and in the seventh, Kipp Moore was able to score on another UE throwing error.
Alec Whaley came on to get the save in the ninth for the Racers, the first of his career. Blake Clynes picked up the win as he pitched a scoreless eighth. Tyler Horsley and Justin Perkins also kept UE off the board in their relief appearances on the night. Trevor McMurray got the start and the no decision as he pitched 4.1 innings and allowed three earned runs off four hits while walking four and striking out five batters.
Lawrence had a nice night at the plate for the Racers, as he was the only one with multiple hits in the win. Lawrence went 3-for-4 with a pair of runs on the night while Bauer went 1-for-1 for the game. Bryan Chilton, Brandon Gutzler, Caleb Hicks and Davis Sims also had hits Wednesday.
MSU returns to conference play this weekend as it hits the road for a series at Belmont beginning Friday at 5 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Clynes, Blake (2-1)
L: Porterfield, Hunter (0-1)
S: Whaley, Alec (1)
Batting:
RBI: Gutzler, Brandon 1 ; Hranec, Jack 1 ; Bauer, Adam 1
SF: Bauer, Adam 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bence, Aaron 1 ; Moore, Kipp 1 ; Lawrence, Tyler 2 ; Hicks, Caleb 1
SB: Bence, Aaron 1 ; Moore, Kipp 2
Batting:
2B: Tokarek, Travis 1
HR: Williams, Korbin 1
RBI: Williams, Korbin 1 ; Tanous, Andrew 1 ; Tokarek, Travis 2
SH: Crews, Kenton 1
SF: Tokarek, Travis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Crews, Kenton 1 ; Williams, Korbin 2 ; Hair, Trey 1
SB: Crews, Kenton 1 ; Hair, Trey 1
HBP: Hair, Trey 1 ; Krob, Brendan 1
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