Tuesday, February 21
Murray, KY
3 p.m.
Murray State
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UT-Martin
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UT Martin
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1
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5
13
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Murray State
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10
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Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics
Racers Fall in Home Opener
2/21/2023 6:34:00 PM | Baseball
Murray State baseball was unable to find an answer for former conference foe UT Martin
Murray State baseball was unable to grab the win in their home opener on Tuesday, falling 5-2 to UT Martin at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. The Racer bats were able to collect 10 more hits overall and two extra-base hits in the contest.
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Riley Hawthorne, Charlie Corum and Cade Sammons led the way offensively with two hits apiece. Jacob Pennington smacked a double in his first at bat of the season after being the starting pitcher last Friday. Veterans Brennan McCullough and Seth Gardner each picked up an RBI on the day while Dustin Mercer scored his team-high fifth run of the season.
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Two pitchers made their Murray State debuts in Ethan Lyke and Cade Brown. Lyke was able to put together 3.1 innings pitched with zero earned runs while striking out two Skyhawk hitters. Brown tossed a scoreless, hitless inning in his first time in a MSU uniform.
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The loss to UT Martin snaps the Racers eight game winning streak over the Skyhawks that spanned back to May 10, 2019.
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The Racers will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Birmingham, Alabama to take on the UAB Blazers for a 2 p.m. first pitch.
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Riley Hawthorne, Charlie Corum and Cade Sammons led the way offensively with two hits apiece. Jacob Pennington smacked a double in his first at bat of the season after being the starting pitcher last Friday. Veterans Brennan McCullough and Seth Gardner each picked up an RBI on the day while Dustin Mercer scored his team-high fifth run of the season.
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Two pitchers made their Murray State debuts in Ethan Lyke and Cade Brown. Lyke was able to put together 3.1 innings pitched with zero earned runs while striking out two Skyhawk hitters. Brown tossed a scoreless, hitless inning in his first time in a MSU uniform.
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The loss to UT Martin snaps the Racers eight game winning streak over the Skyhawks that spanned back to May 10, 2019.
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The Racers will be back in action on Friday when they travel to Birmingham, Alabama to take on the UAB Blazers for a 2 p.m. first pitch.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: HOBSON, J. Henry (1-0)
L: Pogue, Malik (0-1)
S: CLEVELAND, Campbell (2)
Batting:
2B: RICE, Zac 2 ; DANFORD, Mac 1
RBI: RICE, Zac 2 ; CULUMOVIC, Jack 1 ; BEAMAN, Alec 1
Base Running:
RUNS: RICE, Zac 1 ; FERNANDEZ, Andrew 1 ; DANFORD, Mac 1 ; BEAMAN, Alec 1 ; HOBSON, Caleb 1
SB: RICE, Zac 2 ; HOBSON, Caleb 1
CS: RICE, Zac 1
Batting:
2B: Pennington, Jacob 1 ; Corum, Charlie 1
RBI: Gardner, Seth 1 ; McCullough, Brennan 1
SF: Gardner, Seth 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Mercer, Dustin 2
Game Leaders
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H
2
RBI
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AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
2
H
1
RBI
0
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