Racers Take Road Win Over Morehead State

Friday, March 25

Morehead, Ky.

2 p.m.

Murray State

14-6, 1-0

Morehead State

7-14, 0-1

Murray State

Morehead State

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

3/25/2022 8:53:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Murray State Defeated the Eagles 7-6 to Begin the 2022 OVC Campaign

Murray State (14-6) baseball took care of business over Morehead State 7-6 to open conference play at Sonny Allen Field in Morehead, Kentucky. The victory was the first road win of the season after falling to Alabama and Kentucky earlier in the season. The win makes the Racers 1-0 in OVC play this season with two more games with the Eagles scheduled for this weekend.

The Racers offense impressed from top to bottom with nine Murray State batters collecting a hit in the contest while combining for 13 total. Team captain Bryson Bloomer led the Racers with a pair of hits including a solo blast for his first home run of the season. The third baseman would also score two runs of his own. Jordan Holly continued to show his offensive firepower with two more hits on the day to raise his average to .364 on the season. Graduate catcher Alex Crump flashed two hits and two RBIs to go along with a walk in the game while also scoring a run of his own.

Redshirt junior Hayden Wynja picked up his second consecutive win while tossing five innings and striking out eight. The southpaw allowed just four hits and walked just one in his outing while improving his record to 2-1 on the year. Relief ace Jacob Pennington was the lone arm used out of the Racers bullpen. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee native went four innings while striking out six and allowing just two runs. In six appearances on the season, Pennington holds a 1.93 ERA in 23.1 innings pitched and has struck out 22 batters.

Murray State and Morehead State will face-off again on Saturday for game two of the series with first pitch scheduled for 1 pm Central Time.