Friday, May 26
Terre Haute, Ind.
10:00 a.m.
Missouri State University
33-22
4
vs
3
Murray State
31-28
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Murray State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Bears Strike Out 15 Racers, Advance with 4-3 Win
May 26, 2023 | Baseball
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – Missouri State struck out 15 Murray State batters and scored the winning run on a Racer error in the top of the ninth inning Friday to stave off elimination in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
The second-seeded Bears (33-22) fought off multiple comeback attempts by the No. 5 Racers (31-28) and stranded Murray runners in scoring position in each of the final three innings to advance to the 5 p.m. Central game on Friday against the loser of Indiana State and Evansville.
Missouri State grabbed the win in the ninth as a leadoff walk to Nick Rodriguez and Mason Hull single put runners on the corners with one out. Murray's reliever got the second out and Izzy Lopez, who entered as a defensive replacement in the seventh, worked a full count before a hard-hit ball to third was misplayed and then thrown high by the Murray State defender, allowing Lopez to reach safely and Rodriguez to score the go-ahead run.
Trey Ziegenbein (4-4) then worked around a one-out double in the ninth to finish the win, recording his fourth K for the final out, an inning after fanning two Racers with runners on second and third to shut down a threat.
The Bears loaded the bases with no out in the second and scored twice on a Cody Kelly sac fly and Hull RBI single, then got a sac fly from Taeg Gollert in the fifth for a 3-1 lead.
The Racers rallied in the fifth and sixth frames, scoring once in each inning while throwing out Rodriguez at home on a Kelly double in the sixth to prevent the Bears from maintaining the lead. Kelly exacted revenge in the seventh by turning an unassisted double play at first with the go-ahead Murray run on third.
Jake Eddington set the tone in the start, striking out a career-high 10 batters while allowing two runs on five hits in five innings.
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The second-seeded Bears (33-22) fought off multiple comeback attempts by the No. 5 Racers (31-28) and stranded Murray runners in scoring position in each of the final three innings to advance to the 5 p.m. Central game on Friday against the loser of Indiana State and Evansville.
Missouri State grabbed the win in the ninth as a leadoff walk to Nick Rodriguez and Mason Hull single put runners on the corners with one out. Murray's reliever got the second out and Izzy Lopez, who entered as a defensive replacement in the seventh, worked a full count before a hard-hit ball to third was misplayed and then thrown high by the Murray State defender, allowing Lopez to reach safely and Rodriguez to score the go-ahead run.
Trey Ziegenbein (4-4) then worked around a one-out double in the ninth to finish the win, recording his fourth K for the final out, an inning after fanning two Racers with runners on second and third to shut down a threat.
The Bears loaded the bases with no out in the second and scored twice on a Cody Kelly sac fly and Hull RBI single, then got a sac fly from Taeg Gollert in the fifth for a 3-1 lead.
The Racers rallied in the fifth and sixth frames, scoring once in each inning while throwing out Rodriguez at home on a Kelly double in the sixth to prevent the Bears from maintaining the lead. Kelly exacted revenge in the seventh by turning an unassisted double play at first with the go-ahead Murray run on third.
Jake Eddington set the tone in the start, striking out a career-high 10 batters while allowing two runs on five hits in five innings.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ziegenbein, Trey (4-4)
L: Elsing, Alex (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Nivens, Spencer 1 ; Kelly, Cody 1
RBI: Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Kelly, Cody 1 ; Hull, Mason 1
SF: Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Kelly, Cody 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stewart, Zack 1 ; Cratic, Cam 1 ; Rodriguez, Nick 1 ; Bergman, Carter 1
SB: Nivens, Spencer 1
HBP: Cratic, Cam 1
Batting:
2B: McCullough, Brennan 1 ; E. KRIZEN 1
RBI: McCullough, Brennan 1 ; Vogel, Drew 1 ; E. KRIZEN 1
SH: E. KRIZEN 1
SF: E. KRIZEN 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bland, Logan 2 ; Hawthorne, Riley 1
SB: McCullough, Brennan 1
HBP: Bland, Logan 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
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