Murray State
0-1
Southern Mississippi
1-0
McMurray Solid, but Racers Fall to Southern Miss in Season Opener
2/14/2020 7:03:00 PM | Baseball
The Murray State baseball team dropped its season opener to Southern Mississippi, 6-0, Friday evening in Hattiesburg.
"That's a Friday night fight in college baseball, battle of the aces," said head coach Dan Skirka. "Trevor McMurray was phenomenal tonight, exactly what we expect from our senior captain. Their guy was good as well. They made some plays defensively and only walked 2, that's how you win on Friday. We need to find a way to scratch some runs across, but it felt good to get outside and kick the season off. I fully expect us to get better every time out."
In his fourth straight opening day start, Trevor McMurray was solid, throwing five scoreless innings with four strikeouts while allowing just three hits on 85 pitches.
The two teams could not muster much offense for the first six innings of the game, but in the seventh, the Golden Eagles broke through with six runs, taking advantage of five walks in the inning.
The Racers only mustered one hit in the game which came off the bat of David Hudleson in the third inning. Brock Anderson also reached base twice with a hit-by-pitch and walk.
The two teams will resume their series tomorrow at 4 p.m. Shane Burns will get the start for the Racers on the mound.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Och, Ryan (1-0)
L: Cook, Braydon (0-1)
Base Running:
HBP: Anderson, Brock 1
Batting:
RBI: Norris, Fisher 1 ; Guidry, Matthew 1 ; McGillis, Will 2 ; Lynch, Danny 1
SH: Stanley, Andrew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Montenegro, Gabe 1 ; Norris, Fisher 1 ; Guidry, Matthew 1 ; Blaylock, Brant 1 ; LeBlanc, Hunter 1 ; Trimble, Reed 1
SB: Blaylock, Brant 1 ; Lynch, Danny 1
