Racers Secure OVC Series Over UT Martin

Friday, April 15

Murray, Ky.

4 p.m.

Murray State

17-16, 3-8

UT Martin

8-23, 1-10

UT-Martin

Murray State

Photo by: Dave Winder-Murray State Athletics

4/15/2022 8:45:00 PM | Baseball

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Racers Baseball Picks up 4-2 Win to Take the Series Victory from UTM

Murray State (17-16) baseball picked up their second consecutive victory over UT Martin 4-2 on Friday evening at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. The win gives the Racers their first OVC series win this season and moves the team to 15-6 at home on the year.

Starting pitcher Hayden Wynja was impressive on the hill for Murray State, tossing five scoreless innings while allowing just two Skyhawks hits and striking out six. The southpaw picked up his third win of the season to bring his record to 3-3. Jordyn Naranjo picked up his second save of the year with 0.2 scoreless to close the door. Racers starting pitchers have combined for 12.0 innings pitched with zero earned runs through the first two games of the series against UT Martin.

Jacob Pennington shined at the plate for MSU with a double and a solo blast to lead the offense. The redshirt sophomore now has four round-trippers on the year while batting .337 across 83 at-bats. Jake Slunder picked up two more hits in the game, including a double to right-center field to bring his season batting average to .328. The graduate outfielder also picked up two stolen bases in the contest for his 12th and 13th swipes in 2022. Murray State baserunners have grabbed 73 stolen bases this season which would rank tied for sixth nationally entering today.

Game Notes

Racers starting pitchers have combined for 12.0 scoreless innings this series while allowing just five hits and striking out 12
Jacob Pennington blasted his fourth homer of the year to right field
MSU has stolen 73 bags on the year which would rank in the top 10 nationally entering gameplay on April 15
The win gave Murray State their first OVC series win of 2022

The Racers and Skyhawks will be in action for the series finale on Saturday at 1 pm

Hear from today's starting pitcher @Hadoneous following another strong outing from Racers pitching⬇️ pic.twitter.com/HndMGHHZxn
— Murray State Baseball (@RacersBaseball) April 16, 2022