Murray State University Athletics
Tuesday, April 2
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Photo by: Dan Hasko
Saluki Pitching Stymies Racer Bats in Midweek Competition
4/2/2019 9:11:00 PM | Softball
Murray State softball traveled to Carbondale, Illinois for a midweek contest against the Salukis of Southern Illinois University. The Racers, who entered the game riding a three-game winning streak, would come up short in the non-conference competition, falling 4-0 at Charlotte West Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
The Racers would have a promising start to the day after they opened the ballgame with a pair of singles to put a runner in scoring position with nobody out in the top of the first frame. The Salukis would avoid danger early on, however, thanks in part to a fantastic defensive effort to turn a double play during the following at-bat. A fly ball to right field off the bat of Lillie Goetz would be deep enough to move the runner from second to third, but a good throw after the initial out would catch the other Racer runner going from first to second to record the second out of the inning. Now with just a runner on third and two outs, the Racers were unable to push across a run in the first inning of action.
SIU would put up the first score of the game when Katelyn Massa sent a 1-0 delivery over the wall in left to give her side a 1-0 lead with nobody out in the home half of the second. The Salukis would build on the momentum in the very next batter, as Megan Brown got a good piece of a two-strike pitch as Southern Illinois would hit back-to-back home runs to open the scoring on the day.
The Salukis would continue to find their rhythm offensively through the rest of the frame, putting up all four of their runs in the second inning of the game.
At the plate, Murray State would go hitless after the second inning, due in large part to a dazzling pitching performance from SIU sophomore Holly Marousek. She would earn the complete game victory for the Salukis, surrendering just three hits in the ballgame.
Ellison Barrett would have a good showing in the circle for Murray State, tossing 4.1 innings in relief for the Racers without surrendering an earned run. She would record three strikeouts on the afternoon.
Brenna Finck, Jensen Striegel, and Lexi Jones would each collect hits in the ballgame, while Jones would be responsible for the lone Racer extra-base hit with her double in the second inning.
Murray State will return to action on Saturday as they host Tennessee Tech in an OVC doubleheader at Racer Field in Murray, Kentucky.
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The Racers would have a promising start to the day after they opened the ballgame with a pair of singles to put a runner in scoring position with nobody out in the top of the first frame. The Salukis would avoid danger early on, however, thanks in part to a fantastic defensive effort to turn a double play during the following at-bat. A fly ball to right field off the bat of Lillie Goetz would be deep enough to move the runner from second to third, but a good throw after the initial out would catch the other Racer runner going from first to second to record the second out of the inning. Now with just a runner on third and two outs, the Racers were unable to push across a run in the first inning of action.
SIU would put up the first score of the game when Katelyn Massa sent a 1-0 delivery over the wall in left to give her side a 1-0 lead with nobody out in the home half of the second. The Salukis would build on the momentum in the very next batter, as Megan Brown got a good piece of a two-strike pitch as Southern Illinois would hit back-to-back home runs to open the scoring on the day.
The Salukis would continue to find their rhythm offensively through the rest of the frame, putting up all four of their runs in the second inning of the game.
At the plate, Murray State would go hitless after the second inning, due in large part to a dazzling pitching performance from SIU sophomore Holly Marousek. She would earn the complete game victory for the Salukis, surrendering just three hits in the ballgame.
Ellison Barrett would have a good showing in the circle for Murray State, tossing 4.1 innings in relief for the Racers without surrendering an earned run. She would record three strikeouts on the afternoon.
Brenna Finck, Jensen Striegel, and Lexi Jones would each collect hits in the ballgame, while Jones would be responsible for the lone Racer extra-base hit with her double in the second inning.
Murray State will return to action on Saturday as they host Tennessee Tech in an OVC doubleheader at Racer Field in Murray, Kentucky.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Marousek, Holly (2-1)
L: Makowsky, Taylor (4-2)
Batting:
2B: Jones, Lexi 1
Batting:
HR: Massa, Katelyn 1 ; Brown, Megan 1
RBI: Wood, Ashley 1 ; Jansen, Jenny 1 ; Massa, Katelyn 1 ; Brown, Megan 1
SF: Jansen, Jenny 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Baranski, Susie 1 ; Massa, Katelyn 1 ; Brown, Megan 1 ; Pulley, Bailee 1
HBP: Vermejan, Maddy 1 ; Sikes, Sidney 1
Game Leaders
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Players Mentioned
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