Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
21-25, 8-15
Eastern Kentucky
26-22, 15-8
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Whaley, Alec (4-2)
L: PERRY, A. (4-2)
S: Farnell, Mike (1)
Batting:
2B: Wehby, Gavin 1 ; Sims, Davis 1 ; Gutzler, Brandon 1 ; Robinson, Jaron 1
HR: Wood, Grant 1 ; Stevens, Kyle 1
RBI: Wehby, Gavin 2 ; Wood, Grant 2 ; Sims, Davis 1 ; Gutzler, Brandon 4 ; Scott, Ramsey 1 ; Stevens, Kyle 1
SF: Sims, Davis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wehby, Gavin 3 ; Wood, Grant 1 ; Sims, Davis 2 ; Farnell, Mike 2 ; Stevens, Kyle 2 ; Robinson, Jaron 1
CS: Wehby, Gavin 1 ; Wood, Grant 1 ; Perkins, Ryan 1
Batting:
HR: HOWIE, N. 1
RBI: JOHNSON, W. 2 ; HOWIE, N. 3 ; HOLDERBACH 2 ; ROMANIK, T. 1 ; BOTSOE, C. 1 ; HARRIS IV, D 1
SF: HOLDERBACH 1
Base Running:
RUNS: JOHNSON, W. 1 ; KERR, R. 1 ; HOWIE, N. 2 ; HOLDERBACH 1 ; MCFARLAND 1 ; ABBOTT, J. 1 ; NIXON, C. 1 ; HARRIS IV, D 2
SB: NIXON, C. 1
HBP: KERR, R. 1 ; ABBOTT, J. 1
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Racers Rally to Sweep Twinbill
5/6/2018 8:49:00 PM | Baseball
On a wild day of baseball, Murray State came away with a big doubleheader sweep over Eastern Kentucky Sunday to win the series. The Racers came from behind in both games, winning game one 7-6 and the lightning and rain shortened game two, 11-10.
In the first game of the day, EKU (26-23, 15-9 OVC) jumped out to the early lead, scoring in each of the first three innings and led 4-0. Davis Sims got the Racers (22-25, 9-15) on the board for the first time with a solo home run to right field, his fifth home run of the season. Later in the inning, Ramsey Scott blasted his eighth homer of the year and got MSU within one, 4-3.
After the Racers tied the score at 4-4 in the fifth on a Brandon Gutzler RBI single, the Colonels reclaimed the lead with a solo homer in the bottom half of the inning. In the sixth, the Racers got their first lead of the day on a two-run single by Grant Wood to center field that put MSU out front 6-5. The lead wouldn't last long however, as EKU would tie the score at 6-6 in the bottom of the inning.
The Racers would score the game-winning run in the ninth when Gavin Wehby scored from third base on EKU's fourth error of the game. The Colonels' right fielder dropped a two-out fly ball to allow Wehby to score. From there, Chance Carner shut the door on the Colonels to seal the win game one.
Carner pitched two hitless innings of relief to pick up his second win on the year. Carner came on with two runners on and nobody out in the eighth and got the Racers out of the jam as he struck-out a pair of batters in the inning. Luke Brown started the game and allowed five runs in five innings of work. Peyton Hayes also appeared in relief.
MSU was out-hit 12-5 in the contest and was led at the plate by Wood who went 2-for-5. Wehby scored a pair of runs in game one.
In game two, the two teams sat through a near two and a half hour rain and lightning delay with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh and final inning. After waiting, the field was determined unsafe to play to finish out the game, with the Racers leading 11-10.
MSU led 11-9 entering the seventh. The Colonels got a run with one out to make the score 11-10 before striking out for out number two, when the lightning came. Mike Farnell picked up his first career save as he got the final two outs of the contest and struck out two batters. Alec Whaley got the win as he pitched three innings of relief.
Wehby had a monster day at the plate in game two, going 4-for-4 with three runs scored and a pair of RBIs. Davis Sims was 2-for-2 with two runs while Brandon Gutzler, Jaron Robinson and Kyle Stevens all went 2-for-4 at the plate in the second game. Farnell was 1-of-2 with two walks and two runs offensively as well.
This time, MSU jumped out to the early 4-0 lead as the Racers got four runs in the first. Wood's fourth homer of the season drew first blood, a two-run shot to right center. Gutzler would get an RBI hit later in the inning while Farnell scored from third on an EKU error.
After EKU got a run back in the bottom half of the first, Sims recorded a sacrifice fly RBI to right center that put MSU out front again by four, 5-1. The Colonels would take the lead however in the second as they scored five runs to take a 6-5 lead.
In the fourth, MSU reclaimed the lead for good with a three-run inning. Stevens' second home run of the year tied the game at 6-6 and later in the inning, Wehby would get an RBI double and come around to score on an RBI fielder's choice by Gutzler to make it 8-6.
MSU pushed the lead to 9-6 on another RBI hit from Wehby before EKU would cut the deficit to just 9-8 with two runs of their own in the fifth. In the sixth, Gutzler doubled down the left field line to score two and put MSU ahead 11-8. EKU responded with a run of its own in the bottom of the sixth.
The doubleheader sweep are the Racers' first two conference road victories of the season as MSU records the series victory for the second consecutive week. The Racers are off until Friday now due to finals. Morehead State comes to town for the final home series of 2018 beginning Friday at 6 p.m.
