Murray State University Athletics
Saturday, April 20
Central Park
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Photo by: Meagan Short
Softball Drops Game 1 to TSU; Cruises In Game 2
4/20/2013 3:49:00 PM | Softball
| Game 1 Box Score (PDF) | Game 2 Box Score (PDF) | Season Stats (PDF)
Tennessee State used a big sixth inning to rally and top the Murray State softball team, 5-3, in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at Central Park, but the Racers kicked their offense into overdrive and took game two, 7-1.
In the first game, the Tigers (13-30, 3-13) struck first in the top of the third when Brianna Roberts doubled down the right field line to start the inning. Two batters later, Roberts was brought home by Tayler Shimizu with a RBI groundout to make it 1-0 Tennessee State.
In the fourth, the Racers (18-23, 9-9) used an RBI single from Ellyn Troup that scored Alexa Becker and a long fly ball from Leslie Bridges that scored Casey Castile to take a 2-1 lead. MSU pushed the lead out to 3-1 in the fifth when a single to left field from Mo Ramsey allowed Shelbey Miller to cross the plate.
However, the Tigers' bats came alive in the sixth and it started with back-to-back doubles from Jennifer Givens and Kiarra Freeman. Kacie Daugherty tied the game at three in the next at bat when she joined the party and hit a double of her own. The game would not be tied for long, as two batters later Lindsey Burgess sent one just over the wall in left field to make it 5-3.
Tiger pitcher Shea Morris helped close out the game for her team as after the Ramsey hit in the fifth, she went on to retire the next seven Racers in order. The win moved her to 8-16 on the year, as she went the full seven innings and allowed three runs on six hits with nine strikeouts and a walk.
Despite the loss, Shelbey Miller had a career game as she went 3-for-3 with a run and two doubles. The three hits and two doubles were both career highs for Miller. Freeman led TSU in the contest by going 3-for-3, while Givens and Burgess followed at 2-for-3.
Kosmecki took the loss for Murray State in game one and fell to 6-16 on the year. She finished the game with five runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and a walk.
In game two, Tennessee State once again outhit the Racers in the contest, this time by a margin of 8-4. The difference, however, was Murray State's ability to take the Tigers' two errors, six walks and four hit batters and convert them into runs.
The Racers opened up the flood gates in the third when they scored four runs on just two hits. Christian Cox was first to cross the plate in the frame when she did so on an error during Miller's at bat and was followed by Miller who scored on a RBI ground out from Becker. In the next at bat, Castile made it 4-0 when she scored herself and Ramsey with her seventh long ball of the season.
Murray State made it 5-0 in the fourth when Christian Cox was hit by TSU's Olivia Gamache with the bases loaded. In the fifth, MSU added two more runs on an RBI single from Sarah Anderson and another error by the Tigers that allowed Leslie Bridges to score.
Daughtery cut the lead to 7-1 with two outs in the seventh when she hit a RBI single that drove in Givens. However, that would be as close as TSU would get as Murray State pitcher CheyAnne Gaskey struck out Burgess in the next at bat to end the game.
Gaskey's strikeout of Burgess gave her 10 for the game, marking just the fourth time in school history a Racer has fanned 10 or more batters in one contest. The game is Gaskey's second 10-plus strikeout performance of the season, as she struck out a school-record 14 against Saint Louis in February. She finished the game with just one run on eight hits and only two walks to move to 11-6 on the year.
Sarah Anderson led Murray State in the game by going 2-for-3 with a RBI. Christian Cox went 1-for-1 in the contest with a run and a RBI, but reached base in each of her other plate appearances on q walk and a hit by pitch.
Daugherty and Audrey Sensing led TSU in game two by tallying two hits each, with Daugherty also recording a RBI and a walk. Gamache fell to 4-15 with the loss after she gave up two earned runs on four hits over six complete innings.
On Sunday, the Racers will travel to Belmont to wrap-up the OVC East portion of their 2013 schedule with a doubleheader. First pitch against the Bruins at Rose Park in Nashville is scheduled for Noon. Live stat and live video links for both games can be found at GoRacers.com
Tennessee State used a big sixth inning to rally and top the Murray State softball team, 5-3, in game one of Saturday's doubleheader at Central Park, but the Racers kicked their offense into overdrive and took game two, 7-1.
In the first game, the Tigers (13-30, 3-13) struck first in the top of the third when Brianna Roberts doubled down the right field line to start the inning. Two batters later, Roberts was brought home by Tayler Shimizu with a RBI groundout to make it 1-0 Tennessee State.
In the fourth, the Racers (18-23, 9-9) used an RBI single from Ellyn Troup that scored Alexa Becker and a long fly ball from Leslie Bridges that scored Casey Castile to take a 2-1 lead. MSU pushed the lead out to 3-1 in the fifth when a single to left field from Mo Ramsey allowed Shelbey Miller to cross the plate.
However, the Tigers' bats came alive in the sixth and it started with back-to-back doubles from Jennifer Givens and Kiarra Freeman. Kacie Daugherty tied the game at three in the next at bat when she joined the party and hit a double of her own. The game would not be tied for long, as two batters later Lindsey Burgess sent one just over the wall in left field to make it 5-3.
Tiger pitcher Shea Morris helped close out the game for her team as after the Ramsey hit in the fifth, she went on to retire the next seven Racers in order. The win moved her to 8-16 on the year, as she went the full seven innings and allowed three runs on six hits with nine strikeouts and a walk.
Despite the loss, Shelbey Miller had a career game as she went 3-for-3 with a run and two doubles. The three hits and two doubles were both career highs for Miller. Freeman led TSU in the contest by going 3-for-3, while Givens and Burgess followed at 2-for-3.
Kosmecki took the loss for Murray State in game one and fell to 6-16 on the year. She finished the game with five runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and a walk.
In game two, Tennessee State once again outhit the Racers in the contest, this time by a margin of 8-4. The difference, however, was Murray State's ability to take the Tigers' two errors, six walks and four hit batters and convert them into runs.
The Racers opened up the flood gates in the third when they scored four runs on just two hits. Christian Cox was first to cross the plate in the frame when she did so on an error during Miller's at bat and was followed by Miller who scored on a RBI ground out from Becker. In the next at bat, Castile made it 4-0 when she scored herself and Ramsey with her seventh long ball of the season.
Murray State made it 5-0 in the fourth when Christian Cox was hit by TSU's Olivia Gamache with the bases loaded. In the fifth, MSU added two more runs on an RBI single from Sarah Anderson and another error by the Tigers that allowed Leslie Bridges to score.
Daughtery cut the lead to 7-1 with two outs in the seventh when she hit a RBI single that drove in Givens. However, that would be as close as TSU would get as Murray State pitcher CheyAnne Gaskey struck out Burgess in the next at bat to end the game.
Gaskey's strikeout of Burgess gave her 10 for the game, marking just the fourth time in school history a Racer has fanned 10 or more batters in one contest. The game is Gaskey's second 10-plus strikeout performance of the season, as she struck out a school-record 14 against Saint Louis in February. She finished the game with just one run on eight hits and only two walks to move to 11-6 on the year.
Sarah Anderson led Murray State in the game by going 2-for-3 with a RBI. Christian Cox went 1-for-1 in the contest with a run and a RBI, but reached base in each of her other plate appearances on q walk and a hit by pitch.
Daugherty and Audrey Sensing led TSU in game two by tallying two hits each, with Daugherty also recording a RBI and a walk. Gamache fell to 4-15 with the loss after she gave up two earned runs on four hits over six complete innings.
On Sunday, the Racers will travel to Belmont to wrap-up the OVC East portion of their 2013 schedule with a doubleheader. First pitch against the Bruins at Rose Park in Nashville is scheduled for Noon. Live stat and live video links for both games can be found at GoRacers.com
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Shea Morris (8-16)
L: Kosmecki, Shelby (6-16)
Batting:
2B: Jennifer Givens 1 ; Kiarra Freeman 1 ; Kacie Daugherty 1 ; Ashley Haynes 1 ; Brianna Roberts 1
HR: Lindsey Burgess 1
RBI: Jennifer Givens 1 ; Kacie Daugherty 2 ; Lindsey Burgess 2
SH: Tayler Shimizu 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jennifer Givens 1 ; Kiarra Freeman 1 ; Audrey Sensing 1 ; Lindsey Burgess 1 ; Brianna Roberts 1
SB: Kiarra Freeman 2
CS: Jennifer Givens 1 ; Kiarra Freeman 1
Batting:
2B: Miller, Shelbey 2
RBI: Ramsey, Mo 1 ; Troup, Ellyn 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Miller, Shelbey 1 ; Becker, Alexa 1 ; Castile, Casey 1
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