Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
19-22
Southern Illinois
19-22
Racers Unable to Handle Salukis
5/1/2019 9:49:00 PM | Baseball
The Murray State baseball team found themselves in a familiar spot down 7-1 late in the game, but they were unable to mount a comeback Wednesday night, falling to Southern Illinois, 8-3.
The Racer offense was unable to string together hits as they had just five for the game while the Salukis were able to take advantage of nine walks by Murray State pitchers and five Racer errors.
The Salukis put an unearned run on the board in the first to take an early lead, but MSU answered with a run in the second to tie it up. Jordan Cozart doubled to lead off the inning and was moved over to third on a groundout by Sean Darmafall before coming into score on a sacrifice fly by Jaron Robinson.
Southern Illinois took the lead in the third with two runs and extended their lead with three runs in the fourth and another in the sixth to go up 7-1.
After coming back from two separate 7-1 deficits over the weekend to Eastern Kentucky, the Racers looked like they might do it again as they scored two runs in the seventh with a bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch, but that was all Murray State would get the rest of the way.
The Racers return to action this weekend with a three-game series at Morehead State. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 4 p.m. CST.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Begner, Blake (4-5)
L: Thomas, Justin (3-1)
Batting:
2B: Cozart, Jordan 1 ; Darmafall, Sean 1 ; Holly, Jordan 1
RBI: Robinson, Jaron 1 ; Holly, Jordan 1
SF: Robinson, Jaron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cozart, Jordan 1 ; Darmafall, Sean 1 ; Robinson, Jaron 1
CS: Slunder, Jake 1
HBP: Robinson, Jaron 1
Batting:
2B: Vasic, Nikola 1 ; Epps, Grey 1
RBI: Vasic, Nikola 1 ; LaRue, Will 1 ; Walters, Ian 2 ; Lyon, Alex 3 ; Ulick, Austin 1
SF: Vasic, Nikola 1 ; Lyon, Alex 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vasic, Nikola 1 ; LaRue, Will 3 ; Weber, J.T. 1 ; Ulick, Austin 1 ; Epps, Grey 1 ; Fugitt, Addison 1
SB: LaRue, Will 3 ; Walters, Ian 1 ; Fugitt, Addison 1
CS: Lyon, Alex 2 ; Weber, J.T. 1
HBP: LaRue, Will 1 ; Walters, Ian 1 ; Fugitt, Addison 1
PO: Lyon, Alex 1
