Murray State
19-17, 0
Illinois State
10-20, 0
How Sweep It Is, Racers Take All Three from Illinois State
4/16/2023 3:57:00 PM | Baseball
Murray State baseball completed the road sweep with an 8-6 win on Sunday
Dustin Mercer continued to scorch the ball in the series with two more hits in the game, one being a double and the other being an opposite field home run. On the series, Mercer had 10 hits and nine RBIs with three home runs.Â
Riley Hawthorne also led the Racers at the plate with two hits including an opposite-field homer of his own while driving in three RBIs. Drew Vogel continued his strong showing at the plate in the series with a two-hit performance and an RBI.Eight different Racers collected a hit in the outing against the Red Birds.
Cade Vernon earned the win, allowing six runs across 5.0 innings pitched with five strikeouts. Nathan Holler was lockdown out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit across 3.0 innings pitched while striking out three and issuing no walks. Ben Krizen picked up his fifth save of the season while tossing a scoreless frame in the ninth inning on a groundout and two fly outs.Â
The Racers move to 7-5 in Missouri Valley Conference play and hold sole possession of fourth place currently. MSU will be back at Johnny Reagan Field on Tuesday at 5 p.m. when they host Alabama A&M.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Vernon, Cade (2-4)
L: Hibbard, Jayson (0-1)
S: Krizen, Ben (5)
Batting:
2B: Mercer, Dustin 1 ; McCullough, Brennan 1
HR: Mercer, Dustin 1 ; Hawthorne, Riley 1
RBI: Mercer, Dustin 2 ; McCullough, Brennan 1 ; Vogel, Drew 1 ; Hawthorne, Riley 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Bland, Logan 1 ; Mercer, Dustin 2 ; McCullough, Brennan 1 ; Estes, Parker 1 ; Vogel, Drew 1 ; Lyke, Ethan 1 ; Hawthorne, Riley 1
SB: Mercer, Dustin 1 ; McCullough, Brennan 3
CS: Vogel, Drew 1
HBP: Vogel, Drew 1
Batting:
2B: Lawrence, Luke 1 ; Nichols, Greg 1
HR: Pacella, Daniel 1
RBI: Kubo, Shaydon 1 ; Pacella, Daniel 3 ; Nichols, Greg 1 ; Strong, Nick 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rasmussen, Auggie 1 ; Pacella, Daniel 1 ; Flores, Adrian 1 ; Nichols, Greg 1 ; Robinson, Shai 1 ; Strong, Nick 1
SB: Nichols, Greg 1
HBP: Rasmussen, Auggie 1
