Racers Surge Past IPFW

Monday, March 7

Reagan Field

3 p.m.

Murray State

6-7

IPFW

8-5

IPFW

Murray State

3/7/2016 6:10:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

Tyler Lawrence went 3-for-3 with six RBIs and two runs scored as he helped lead Murray State to a 9-4 victory over IPFW Monday at Reagan Field in Murray, Ky. The win snaps a four-game losing streak for the Racers.

The Racers (6-7) were able to jump on IPFW early with a five-run first inning. Lawrence opened the scoring with a two-run double to left center that scored Adam Bauer and Cody Gilbert. Ramsey Scott, who was the next batter, blasted his third home run of the season to right field pushing the MSU advantage to 4-0. Three batters after that, Kipp Moore delivered an RBI single through the left side of the infield to make it 5-0.

In the bottom of the second, Lawrence singled to center to score Brandon Gutzler to make it 6-0 and then in the fourth, blasted his fourth homer of the season to left center which made it 9-1 in favor of the Racers. The Mastodons (8-5) were able to make things closer with a three-run sixth inning but Blake Clynes was able to come on in the seventh inning and bring MSU home the final three innings.

Clynes picked up his second save of the year in the game as he pitched three hitless innings, walking one batter and striking-out four. John Lollar got the start and the win for the Racers as he pitched five strong innings. Lollar gave up two hits and one unearned run in his outing while punching-out a career-high seven batters.

In addition to Lawrence's production, Gutzler, Moore and Scott all added two hits each in the win with Bauer and Gutzler scoring twice each. MSU out-hit the Mastodons 12-3 in the contest and had five extra-base hits. All three of IPFW's hits were for extra bases.

MSU returns to action Wednesday as the Racers travel to Kentucky for a mid-week contest with the Wildcats at Cliff Hagan Stadium.