Murray State University Athletics
Saturday, April 22
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20-19, 7-6
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Photo by: David Eaton-Murray State Athletics
Racers Unable to Hold Off Aces
4/22/2023 6:09:00 PM | Baseball
Murray State fell 7-6 to Evansville on Saturday afternoon
Murray State baseball fell 7-6 to Evansville on Saturday afternoon at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. Starting pitcher Jacob Pennington had a strong performance for the Racers, allowing just one run across 6.2 innings pitched while striking out five.Â
Pennington lowered his season ERA to 2.83 across a team high 63.1 innings pitched and is allowing an opponent batting average of just .203 with 52 strikeouts.Â
Three MSU batters had a multihit performance in Cade Sammons, Drew Vogel, and Taylor Howell. Sammons launched his second home run of the season while Vogel and Howell each picked up a double in the contest.Â
Brennan McCullough hit his seventh home run of the year while adding two RBIs to bring his total to a team-high 37. Logan Bland added a single and an RBI to round out the scoring for MSU.Â
The Racers and Purple Aces will battle twice more across 18 innings in a double header on Sunday beginning at 12 p.m.
Pennington lowered his season ERA to 2.83 across a team high 63.1 innings pitched and is allowing an opponent batting average of just .203 with 52 strikeouts.Â
Three MSU batters had a multihit performance in Cade Sammons, Drew Vogel, and Taylor Howell. Sammons launched his second home run of the season while Vogel and Howell each picked up a double in the contest.Â
Brennan McCullough hit his seventh home run of the year while adding two RBIs to bring his total to a team-high 37. Logan Bland added a single and an RBI to round out the scoring for MSU.Â
The Racers and Purple Aces will battle twice more across 18 innings in a double header on Sunday beginning at 12 p.m.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shane Harris (3-2)
L: Krizen, Ben (0-2)
S: Nate Hardman (4)
Batting:
2B: Mark Shallenberger 1 ; Brendan Hord 1
HR: Kip Fougerousse 2
RBI: Kip Fougerousse 6
Base Running:
RUNS: Simon Scherry 1 ; Eric Roberts 2 ; Brent Widder 1 ; Kip Fougerousse 2 ; Danny Borgstrom 1
SB: Eric Roberts 1
Batting:
2B: Vogel, Drew 1 ; Howell, Taylor 1
HR: McCullough, Brennan 1 ; Sammons, Cade 1
RBI: Bland, Logan 1 ; McCullough, Brennan 2 ; Vogel, Drew 2 ; Sammons, Cade 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bland, Logan 1 ; Mercer, Dustin 1 ; McCullough, Brennan 2 ; Sammons, Cade 1 ; Howell, Taylor 1
SB: Garner, Carson 2 ; Sammons, Cade 1
Game Leaders
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