Murray State University Athletics
Racers Seal 30th Win of 2022
5/19/2022 10:19:00 PM | Baseball
Murray State Baseball Defeated Tennessee Tech 7-2 on Thursday Evening
Hayden Wynja was again one of the headliners for Murray State as the left-handed pitcher put together another terrific performance on the mound. Wynja would go 6.2 innings pitched with one earned run while allowing just four Golden Eagle hits and striking out seven. The southpaw has lowered his ERA to 3.47 this season and has struck out 81 batters and has allowed an opponent batting average of .219. Before allowing a solo home run in the seventh inning, Wynja had thrown 26.0 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run.Â
Jacob Pennington would put together a solid outing in relief going 2.1 innings pitched while allowing just one earned run.
The Racers offense did the majority of their damage with a big second inning. Drew Vogel, Brennan McCullough, and Dustin Mercer would combine for three straight doubles before Carson Garner and Alex Crump his back-to-back home runs to push across five runs in the inning. Mercer highlighted the MSU offense tonight with three hits in the contest with two RBIs and a run scored. McCullough and Garner each collected two RBIs in the game as well.Â
Game Notes
- Murray State has won 30 games in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1975-76
- After starting OVC play 0-8, MSU has gone 11-3 in the last 14 conference games
- Hayden Wynja's streak of zero earned runs peaked at 26.0 consecutive innings
- Dustin Mercer put together a three-hit performance
- Carson Garner and Alex Crump hit back-to-back home runs in the second inning
Hear from Coach Skirka following tonight's historic win for Racers baseball🔊 pic.twitter.com/IB2wbiHfAX
— Murray State Baseball (@RacersBaseball) May 20, 2022
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Wynja, Hayden (7-3)
L: CALITRI, Peyton (5-5)
Batting:
HR: LACY, Gabe 1 ; JONES, Luke 1
RBI: LACY, Gabe 1 ; JONES, Luke 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LACY, Gabe 1 ; JONES, Luke 1
CS: TURNER, Austin 1

Batting:
2B: Vogel, Drew 1 ; McCullough, Brennan 2 ; Mercer, Dustin 1
HR: Garner, Carson 1 ; Crump, Alex 1
RBI: McCullough, Brennan 2 ; Mercer, Dustin 2 ; Garner, Carson 2 ; Crump, Alex 1
SF: Mercer, Dustin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bloomer, Bryson 1 ; Vogel, Drew 2 ; McCullough, Brennan 1 ; Mercer, Dustin 1 ; Garner, Carson 1 ; Crump, Alex 1