Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
7-7, 0-1
SIU Edwardsville
5-6, 1-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIU Edwardsville | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 0 |
| Murray State | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: FULKERSON, Brock (1-1)
L: Carner, Chance (0-2)
S: MCREAKEN, Mason (3)
Batting:
2B: ROSS, Jordan 1
HR: CORDOVA-SMITH,Peyton 1
RBI: ROSS, Jordan 3 ; FEHR, Bret 2 ; CORDOVA-SMITH,Peyton 1 ; GOECKS, Aaron 1 ; TURSI, Mario 1
SH: MCCUNN, Jared 1
SF: FEHR, Bret 1 ; GOECKS, Aaron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ROSS, Jordan 1 ; CORDOVA-SMITH,Peyton 2 ; WEIMER, Brock 1 ; GILTZ, Eric 1 ; LAYTON, Jackson 3 ; TURSI, Mario 1 ; MONASMITH, Chris 1
HBP: WEIMER, Brock 1 ; TURSI, Mario 1 ; MONASMITH, Chris 1
Batting:
HR: Wehby, Gavin 1
RBI: Wehby, Gavin 2 ; Gutzler, Brandon 2 ; Sims, Davis 1 ; Scott, Ramsey 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wehby, Gavin 3 ; Gutzler, Brandon 2 ; Robinson, Jaron 2
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Scott's Walk Off Homer Propels Racers to Split
3/9/2018 8:52:00 PM | Baseball
Ramsey Scott's third home run of the season, in the bottom of the ninth inning, walked Murray State off with a 6-5 victory over SIU Edwardsville Friday night at Reagan Field, as MSU was able to split an OVC-opening doubleheader with the Cougars. SIUE won game one 10-7 in 10 innings earlier in the day.
Scott took the 1-1 pitch over the right field wall with two outs in the inning to break the 5-5 tie and give MSU (8-7, 1-1 OVC) its first conference victory of the season. Scott went 1-for-4 with an RBI in both games of the day.
The Cougars (5-7, 1-1 OVC) forced the game to the bottom of the ninth after a two-out single up the gut tied the game at 5-5 in the top half of the inning. The Racers trailed for much of game two Friday, but were able to tie the game up at 4-4 in the sixth on a pinch-hit double by Caleb Hicks down the left field line that scored Ryan Perkins and Davis Sims. Mike Farnell's RBI single through the right side of the infield gave MSU the lead in the bottom of the eighth before SIUE could tie things later on.
MSU was able to score the first run in both games Friday as game two saw a Bryan Chilton RBI single to left gave the Racers a 1-0 lead in the second. SIUE was able to take the lead and extend it to 4-1 after a pair of runs in the third and fourth innings. Grant Wood would score on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fourth to cut the deficit to 4-2.
SIUE out-hit the Racers 10-7 in the second game. Perkins and Wood both went 1-of-2 at the plate in the victory with Wood scoring three runs. Farnell and Hicks both went 1-for-1 in the nightcap while Sims also collected a hit.
Tyler Anderson took the win for the Racers as he pitched the ninth inning, allowing one run while striking out two batters. Blake Clynes pitched four innings in the start and gave up four runs on six hits while Jake Jones was stellar in relief, pitching four scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out a career-high six batters.
As exciting as game two was for the Racers, game one on the day was just as disappointing as SIUE got a two-out, three-run double in the top of the 10th to get the opening victory. MSU was able to tie the game at 7-7 with a three-run bottom of the seventh as Brandon Gutzler, Scott and Sims all had RBI hits in the inning.
Gavin Wehby opened the game in style for the Racers as he hit a leadoff home run to center field in the first inning, his first homer with the Racers. After SIUE answered in the second with a solo shot of its own, MSU was able to retake the lead with three runs in the third as Gutzler and Wehby collected RBIs and Gutzler later scored on ground out in the inning.
SIUE was able to get a run back in the fifth to make it 4-2 Racers before a five-run sixth pushed the Cougars in the lead 7-4. The final three runs of that inning were unearned as the sixth was extended due to an MSU error.
Peyton Hayes again took the no decision in his start as he pitched five innings and allowed four runs on five hits. Hayes also struck-out five batters in the outing. Alec Whaley pitched an inning of a relief and gave up the three unearned runs. Chance Carner took the loss as he pitched 3.1 innings and allowed just one run on no hits while walking one and striking out three. Caleb Hicks recorded two outs in relief in game one.
Offensively, Gutzler, Sims and Wehby all had two-hit games as Gutzler and Sims both went 2-for-5 while Wehby was 2-of-3 with three runs scored. Both Gutzler and Wehby had two ribbies in the loss.
Game three and the series finale between the Racers and Cougars is set for 1 p.m., Saturday, weather permitting at Reagan Field.
