Murray State University Athletics
Friday, February 18
Birmingham, Ala.
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Photo by: Justine Ertl - Murray State Athletics
Big Bats in Opening Game at Blazer Classic as Racers Split Day
2/18/2022 5:13:00 PM | Softball
MSU Softball mercy-ruled Toledo before falling to North Dakota
Murray State softball split the opening day at the 2022 Blazer Classic, defeating Toledo in a mercy-rule five innings, 13-2 in the Racers first-ever meeting with the Rockets before falling 4-3 to North Dakota on Friday at Mary Bowers Field in Birmingham, Alabama.
Game One – Murray State 13, Toledo 2
The Racer bats exploded for 13 runs with three players collecting multi-hit games. The Racers top four in the order, Logan Braundmeier, Jensen Striegel, Sierra Gilmore and Gracie Osbron drove in all eight of the Racers' RBIs.
Gilmore got the scoring started in the top of the first with a sac fly to plating Braundmeier.
Getting her third start of the season, Hannah James struck out the side in the first inning.
In the second inning, Murray State scored five runs on six hits. Striegel picked up her first RBI of the season, lining a single to left to score Chloe Jacque with Braundmeier coming home on the play thanks to an error by the left fielder. Following a Rockets pitching change, Gilmore and Obsron launched back-to-back home runs to make to 6-0.
Toledo got one run back in the bottom half of the inning on a Macey Moore RBI single.
The Racers blew the game open in the third and fourth innings using five Racer hits and two Rocket errors to put up three runs in each to extend their lead to 12-1.
Toledo's Jenna Kroll led off the bottom half of fourth with a solo home run making it 12-2.
Osbron continued the hit parade with her third of the game, with Gilmore scoring on the play to bring it to 13-2.
James tossed the complete, mercy-rule game to earn her first win of the 2022 season. She allowed only three hits during the five-inning affair, striking out six.
Game Two – Murray State 3, North Dakota 4
North Dakota got off to a fast start in the first inning, putting up three runs.
Braundmeier got the Racers on the board in the third with an RBI single and Osbron closed the Fighting Hawks lead to one in the fourth.
UND made it 4-2 in the fifth inning in what proved to be the game-winning run as the Racers mounted a comeback in the seventh with Braundmeier driving in her second run of the game but fell just short as they dropped the second game of the day 4-3.
The Racers return to action tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. to face Toledo again and 5:30 p.m. against host UAB.
Game One – Murray State 13, Toledo 2
The Racer bats exploded for 13 runs with three players collecting multi-hit games. The Racers top four in the order, Logan Braundmeier, Jensen Striegel, Sierra Gilmore and Gracie Osbron drove in all eight of the Racers' RBIs.
Gilmore got the scoring started in the top of the first with a sac fly to plating Braundmeier.
Getting her third start of the season, Hannah James struck out the side in the first inning.
In the second inning, Murray State scored five runs on six hits. Striegel picked up her first RBI of the season, lining a single to left to score Chloe Jacque with Braundmeier coming home on the play thanks to an error by the left fielder. Following a Rockets pitching change, Gilmore and Obsron launched back-to-back home runs to make to 6-0.
Toledo got one run back in the bottom half of the inning on a Macey Moore RBI single.
The Racers blew the game open in the third and fourth innings using five Racer hits and two Rocket errors to put up three runs in each to extend their lead to 12-1.
Toledo's Jenna Kroll led off the bottom half of fourth with a solo home run making it 12-2.
Osbron continued the hit parade with her third of the game, with Gilmore scoring on the play to bring it to 13-2.
James tossed the complete, mercy-rule game to earn her first win of the 2022 season. She allowed only three hits during the five-inning affair, striking out six.
Game Two – Murray State 3, North Dakota 4
North Dakota got off to a fast start in the first inning, putting up three runs.
Braundmeier got the Racers on the board in the third with an RBI single and Osbron closed the Fighting Hawks lead to one in the fourth.
UND made it 4-2 in the fifth inning in what proved to be the game-winning run as the Racers mounted a comeback in the seventh with Braundmeier driving in her second run of the game but fell just short as they dropped the second game of the day 4-3.
The Racers return to action tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. to face Toledo again and 5:30 p.m. against host UAB.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: James, Hannah (0-0)
L: KNIGHT (0-0)
Batting:
2B: Braundmeier, Logan 1 ; Fischer, Lily 1
HR: Gilmore, Sierra 1 ; Osbron, Gracie 1
RBI: Braundmeier, Logan 2 ; Striegel, Jensen 1 ; Gilmore, Sierra 3 ; Osbron, Gracie 3
SH: Caple, Jordan 1
SF: Gilmore, Sierra 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Braundmeier, Logan 3 ; Striegel, Jensen 2 ; Gilmore, Sierra 3 ; Osbron, Gracie 1 ; Lackey, Erin 1 ; Carroll, Lindsey 1 ; Jacque, Chloe 2
SB: Braundmeier, Logan 1 ; Carcich, Kamryn 1 ; Jacque, Chloe 1
CS: Caple, Jordan 1
Batting:
2B: MARRA 1
HR: KROLL 1
RBI: KROLL 1 ; MOORE 1
Base Running:
RUNS: KROLL 1 ; MARRA 1
HBP: DENNER 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
3
AB
3
R
3
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
AB
1
R
3
H
1
RBI
3
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