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Errors Costly For Both Teams In MSU Split With SEMO
4/24/2022 8:32:00 PM | Softball
Teams win one each by capitalizing on other’s mistakes
The Murray State softball team split its doubleheader with Southeast Missouri State Sunday afternoon at Racer Field in Murray, Kentucky, winning the first game, 4-0, but falling in game two, 5-2.
In A Nutshell
It was a tale of two games for the Racers Sunday. In game one, Murray State finally broke up a pitcher's duel between the Racers' Hannah James and Southeast Missouri's Rachel Rook in the sixth when they scored the only four runs of the game. However, they got help from the Redhawks in scoring those runs, adding two singles to two walks, two errors and a hit by pitch from SEMO.
In the second game, it was the Racers helping out the Redhawks. SEMO tallied three hits in the third and also made Murray State pay by capitalizing on three Racer errors with a total of four runs. The Redhawks added an insurance run in the top of the fifth, which was answered by the Racers in the bottom of the frame, but it was not enough as MSU fell, 5-2.
Fast Facts
• The split leaves the Racers tied atop the OVC standings with eight scheduled home games left in the regular season. Murray State travels to Austin Peay Wednesday for a double header, before heading to Tennessee Tech for a three-game series Saturday and Sunday. The following week, the Racers return home to close out the regular season with a series against Morehead State, also on Saturday and Sunday. The remaining schedule for Belmont includes a doubleheader at Tennessee State and three-game sets at home against Eastern Illinois and at Southeast Missouri to close the season.
• The game two loss put an end to a 17-game unbeaten streak at home for the Racers. The streak for MSU began with game two of a doubleheader against Loyola Chicago March 10, after losing their home opener earlier in the day to the Ramblers, 3-4 in nine innings.
• Lilly Fischer had a big day for Murray State Sunday going a combined 3-for-4 with two runs, a double and three walks.
• Hannah James recorded her fourth 10-plus strikeout game of the season by fanning 10 Redhawks in the first game. She finished the opener by allowing just no runs on just two hits with only one walk for her eighth solo shutout and 12th overall of the season.
• Logan Braundmeier added to her school single-season double record in game two with her 22nd two-bagger of the season. She is now three from tying the OVC record of 25 and seven from tying the NCAA DI record. In addition, she also tattooed her team-high eighth home run of the season in the contest.
What's Next
The Racers return to action Wednesday in a Popeyes Battle of the Border Doubleheader at Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 2 p.m.
