Murray State University Athletics
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Racers Complete Weekend Sweep Over Skyhawks
4/16/2022 5:17:00 PM | Baseball
Murray State Moves to 4-8 in OVC Play After an 8-1 Win Over UTM on Saturday
Murray State (18-16) baseball defeated UT Martin 8-1 on Saturday afternoon at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. Racers starting pitching combined for 17 innings on the weekend with zero earned runs and helped complete the Racers first sweep since Illinois State on March 10 and 11.Â
Adrien Reese toed the rubber for MSU and tossed five shutout innings while allowing just two Skyhawks hits and striking out three. Reese now holds a 2-2 record on the year and has pitched 28.2 innings this season. Jacob Pennington threw three innings in relief, allowing just one run and striking out three before Matt Boynton slammed the door with a scoreless ninth inning.Â
Seth Gardner and Jordan Holly led the Racers offense with two hits each. Gardner also collected two RBIs in the performance while Holly drove in one, scored a run of his own, and swiped two bags. Alex Crump smacked his sixth double of the season while scoring three times for Murray State. Third baseman Bryson Bloomer grabbed two RBIs and a stolen base in the contest to go with a base hit.
Game Notes
Adrien Reese toed the rubber for MSU and tossed five shutout innings while allowing just two Skyhawks hits and striking out three. Reese now holds a 2-2 record on the year and has pitched 28.2 innings this season. Jacob Pennington threw three innings in relief, allowing just one run and striking out three before Matt Boynton slammed the door with a scoreless ninth inning.Â
Seth Gardner and Jordan Holly led the Racers offense with two hits each. Gardner also collected two RBIs in the performance while Holly drove in one, scored a run of his own, and swiped two bags. Alex Crump smacked his sixth double of the season while scoring three times for Murray State. Third baseman Bryson Bloomer grabbed two RBIs and a stolen base in the contest to go with a base hit.
Game Notes
- Murray State starting pitching pitched 17.0 innings on the weekend while allowing zero earned runsÂ
- The Racers stole three more bases in the contest to bring the season total to 76
- MSU collected their first sweep since March 10 and 11 after taking all three games over UT Martin this weekend
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Reese, Adrien (2-2)
L: SMITH, Jacob (1-4)
Batting:
2B: LAFOLLETTE, Wil 1
RBI: LAFOLLETTE, Wil 1
Base Running:
RUNS: WHITLEY, Ethan 1
SB: MERITHEW, Chance 1
HBP: SMITH, Will 1 ; CULUMOVIC, Jack 1

Batting:
2B: Gardner, Seth 1 ; Crump, Alex 1
RBI: Slunder, Jake 2 ; Sammons, Cade 1 ; Bloomer, Bryson 2 ; Gardner, Seth 2 ; Holly, Jordan 1
SF: Slunder, Jake 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Slunder, Jake 1 ; Sammons, Cade 1 ; Bloomer, Bryson 1 ; Vogel, Drew 1 ; Crump, Alex 3 ; Holly, Jordan 1
SB: Bloomer, Bryson 1 ; Holly, Jordan 2
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