Baseball Walk-Off Winners in Extra Innings

Saturday, May 14

Murray, Ky.

5 p.m.

Murray State

28-21

Western Illinois

6-41

Western Illinois

Murray State

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

5/14/2022 9:06:00 PM | Baseball

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Murray State Baseball Picked up an 8-7 win over Western Illinois in 10 Innings

Murray State (28-21) picked up the win over Western Illinois 8-7 in 10 innings in walk-off fashion on Friday at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. The win secures the series for the Racers with game three set for Sunday at 1 p.m.

Ryan Fender put together another impressive performance on the hill for MSU. Fender went 5.1 hitless innings pitched while striking out five and allowing one run. The outing is his third in a row allowing just one run while compiling 12 strikeouts across the appearances. The Racers pitching staff combined for 12 strikeouts in tonight's game with Allen Roulette striking out three in 1.1 innings pitched and Alec Whaley striking out four across two innings. Whaley would earn the win to move to 5-2 on the season.

Outfielders Jake Slunder and Carson Garner would lead the Murray State offense with three hits apiece in the game. Slunder hit his seventh triple of the season to take sole possession of second nationally in the category. Garner would perform in the clutch with a game-tying double off of the left center wall to plate Drew Vogel in the bottom of the ninth. Bryson Bloomer hit his 12th home run of the season to lead the team while also collecting two more RBIs to bring his season total to 62.

Drew Vogel would double while collecting an RBI and a run scored in the contest and hit a hard ground ball to the WIU shortstop in the 10th inning to ultimately score Jordan Holly for the winning run. Holly got a hit and scored two runs of his own in the contest.

Game Notes

Ryan Fender tossed 5.1 hitless innings while striking out 5 Leatherneck batters
Racers pitching combined for 12 strikeouts in the contest
Bryson Bloomer hit his 12th home run of the year while picking up his 61st and 62nd RBIs
Jake Slunder hit his seventh triple of the year to push him to second nationally

Murray State and WIU square off one more time this weekend with game three of the series scheduled for 1 p.m. Coverage of the contest can be found on ESPN+.