Racers Comeback Falls Short

Tuesday, April 5

Murray, Ky.

5 p.m.

Murray State

15-12

Southern Illinois

21-8

Southern Illinois

Murray State

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

4/5/2022 10:08:00 PM | Baseball

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Murray State Dropped the Contest Versus Southern Illinois 8-5 in 11 innings

Murray State (15-12) baseball fell 8-5 in 11 innings to Southern Illinois on Tuesday night at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. After trailing 5-1 after three innings, the Racers stormed back to take the game into extra innings where the Salukis would push across three runs to secure the victory.

Outfielders Brennan McCullough and Jake Slunder led the Murray State bats with two hits apiece in the contest. McCullough drove in the first run of the game with an RBI-double in the first inningto score Jacob Pennington. Second baseman Riley Hawthorne got a hit to go along with two runs scored and a walk out of the nine spot in the lineup. Eight different Murray State hitters were able to earn a hit in the game.

Malik Pogue put together a special performance out of the Racers bullpen. Coming into the game in the fourth inning, Pogue tossed six scoreless frames to hault the Saluki bats and allow the MSU bats to stake a potential comeback. The Martin, Tennessee native allowed just four hits while walking just one in the appearance.

The Racers are now 1-1 in extra-inning games this season with the win coming over Illinois State in a 16-inning affair
Two of the last three clashes with SIU and MSU have gone to extras
Pogue becomes the second Racer relief pitcher this week to toss at least 5.0 scoreless innings after Jordyn Naranjo did so on Sunday vs Belmont

Murray State continues OVC play this weekend with a trip to Cape Girardeau, Missouri for a three-game series with Southeast Missouri.