Murray State University Athletics
Murray State
7-5
Arkansas State
9-4
Racers Take Midweek Tilt Over Arkansas State, Look Ahead To Road Matchup With North Alabama
3/5/2024 8:07:00 PM | Baseball
A big seven-run fourth inning propelled Murray State to a victory.
Arkansas State opened the scoring with a leadoff homer to start the game. Murray State followed it up in the bottom half of the first scoring two runs on an RBI single from Riley Hawthorne after Dustin Mercer doubled and Jonathan Hogart reached on a fielding error by the shortstop.
The Red Wolves scored two more in the second on their second homer of the game and an RBI double. The Racers answered back starting with an RBI double by Logan Bland to tie the game at three runs. Drew Vogel then stepped up and laced a two-RBI triple to the center field wall, scoring Bland and Ethan Krizen after Krizen reached base on a hit-by-pitch.
Mercer extended the Racers' lead in the fourth with a two-run shot over the right field wall. Two batters later, Carson Garner capped off a seven-run inning with his own two-run homer for his seventh of the season, giving MSU a 9-3 lead.
After a scoreless fifth inning, Hogart blasted his first home run in a Racers uniform to extend MSU's lead to seven. Murray State's scoring was capped on an RBI groundout by Preston Shelton and an RBI base hit from Vogel.
The Red Wolves attempted to rally with a three-run home run and an RBI double to make it a five-run ball game. Nathan Holler then made a bullpen appearance to force Arkansas State into a bases-loaded groundout with two outs on a full count.
Alex Elsing earned the win out of the bullpen, tossing 2 1/3 innings allowing just one run on five hits and two walks with a strikeout.
Nine different Racers recorded a base hit with three having a multi-hit game.
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North Alabama Scouting Report
North Alabama enters Wednesday's contest after dropping two of their three games to UAB over the weekend. The Lions are 3-8 on the season and 1-2 since facing the Racers in Murray.
Kyle Machado is the team's leader in batting average, base hits, RBIs and tied for the most home runs with two.
The Lions' pitching staff is led by Brycen Parrish, who is carrying a 1.54 ERA through four appearances in 11 2/3 innings. He has totaled 19 strikeouts while allowing just two earned runs on 12 hits and four walks.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Elsing, Alex (1-0)
L: Greiner, Coby (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Burris, Blake 1 ; Campbell, Cason 1 ; Hill, Jayden 1
HR: French, Wil 1 ; Tollett, Cason 1 ; Tucker, Cade 1
RBI: French, Wil 1 ; Burris, Blake 1 ; Tollett, Cason 1 ; Campbell, Cason 1 ; Tucker, Cade 3
Base Running:
RUNS: French, Wil 2 ; Tollett, Cason 1 ; Jaslove, Austen 2 ; Campbell, Cason 1 ; Tucker, Cade 1
CS: French, Wil 1
HBP: Campbell, Cason 1
Batting:
2B: Mercer, Dustin 1 ; Garner, Carson 1 ; Howell, Taylor 1 ; Krizen, Ethan 2 ; Bland, Logan 1
3B: Vogel, Drew 1
HR: Mercer, Dustin 1 ; Hogart, Jonathan 1 ; Garner, Carson 1
RBI: Vogel, Drew 3 ; Mercer, Dustin 2 ; Hogart, Jonathan 1 ; Hawthorne, Riley 2 ; Garner, Carson 2 ; Bland, Logan 1 ; Chaudoin, Preston 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Vogel, Drew 1 ; Mercer, Dustin 2 ; Hogart, Jonathan 2 ; Hawthorne, Riley 1 ; Garner, Carson 1 ; Howell, Taylor 1 ; Orberson, John 1 ; Krizen, Ethan 2 ; Bland, Logan 1
SB: Hawthorne, Riley 1
HBP: Krizen, Ethan 1
