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Garner Powers Racers Past Bellarmine
4/8/2025 6:40:00 PM | Baseball
Murray State scores 10 in Tuesday victory over Bellarmine
The Murray State Baseball team, (20-8, 5-4 MVC), defeated Bellarmine, (8-24, 4-8 ASUN), 10-0 in seven innings at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky Tuesday afternoon. The Racers have now won five straight games.
Carson Garner hit a pair of home runs and drove in four runs to give Murray State a 4-0 lead after three innings. Conner Cunningham added an RBI triple in the fourth inning and later scored on a wild pitch to extend the Racers lead to 6-0.
Nico Bermeo provided the Racers with three hits to lead Murray State in the hit column for the afternoon.Â
Jacob Hustedde earned the win for MSU. The sophomore struck out a career high six batters in a season high 4.2 innings pitched. Â
The Racers improve to 5-0 all time against Bellarmine.Â
Murray State will be back in action Wednesday against Kentucky State at Johnny Reagan Field. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
For more information on the Murray State Baseball team, visit GoRacers.com and follow @RacersBaseball on Twitter and Instagram.
Game Notes:
Carson Garner hit a pair of home runs and drove in four runs to give Murray State a 4-0 lead after three innings. Conner Cunningham added an RBI triple in the fourth inning and later scored on a wild pitch to extend the Racers lead to 6-0.
Nico Bermeo provided the Racers with three hits to lead Murray State in the hit column for the afternoon.Â
Jacob Hustedde earned the win for MSU. The sophomore struck out a career high six batters in a season high 4.2 innings pitched. Â
The Racers improve to 5-0 all time against Bellarmine.Â
Murray State will be back in action Wednesday against Kentucky State at Johnny Reagan Field. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.
For more information on the Murray State Baseball team, visit GoRacers.com and follow @RacersBaseball on Twitter and Instagram.
Game Notes:
- Carson Garner has reached base safely in 16 consecutive games. His first inning solo home run was his 175th career hit in his career at Murray State.
- The Racers are 11-2 on the season when scoring 10 or more runs in a game.
- Murray State starting pitchers have struck out at least five batters in each of the Racers' last five games.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Hustedde, Jacob (1-0)
L: Carson Brower (1-1)

Batting:
3B: Cunningham, Conner 1
HR: Garner, Carson 2
RBI: Hogart, Jonathan 2 ; Garner, Carson 4 ; Cunningham, Conner 1 ; Guthrie, Kingsley 1 ; Bermeo, Nico 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hogart, Jonathan 1 ; Garner, Carson 2 ; Patterson, Parker 1 ; McCoy, Jackson 1 ; Bingham, Gunnar 1 ; Cunningham, Conner 2 ; Guthrie, Kingsley 1 ; Bermeo, Nico 1
CS: Bermeo, Nico 1
HBP: McCoy, Jackson 1 ; Cunningham, Conner 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
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