Tuesday, May 11
Murray, Ky.
5 p.m.
Southern Illinois University
33-15
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Murray State
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Murray State tops SIU in 11 innings
05/11/2021 | 9:15:00 | Baseball
MURRAY, Ky. - The Murray State baseball team got a walkoff RBI single from Jordan Cozart in the bottom of the 11th inning to beat SIU 5-4 on Tuesday night. SIU left 17 runners on base in the loss.
The Salukis (33-15) struck first with a two-run second inning. Murray State (27-20) scored four runs in the fifth inning to take a 4-2 lead, which would be the only inning the Racers scored in until the 11th.
SIU fought back to force extra innings. Cody Cleveland hit a sac fly in the sixth to get SIU within 4-3, and Kyle Back pitched a shutdown 1-2-3 bottom of the inning. The Salukis tied the game in the seventh with a two-out rally. Nick Neville (HBP), Philip Archer (single) and Evan Martin (HBP) all reached with two outs, and Ian Walters drew a walk to push hom the tying run.
Tanner Lewis induced a 4-6-3 double play in the bottom of the seventh, and the Salukis loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but Murray State pitcher Jacob Pennington got back-to-back strikeouts to end that threat.
SIU kept threatening -- the Salukis had two on and two out in the ninth, and the bases loaded with nobody out in the 11th -- but couldn't push across another run. Cozart's RBI single gave Murray its first win over SIU in the last six games between the schools.
The Salukis got several outstanding pitching efforts in the loss. Dylan Givens pitched 3.2 scoreless innings in his first start of the year. Kyle Back retired all five batters he faced. Tanner Lewis pitched two scoreless innings. Mike Hansell and Bubba Hall combined to keep Murray off the board in the ninth and 10th innings.
Offensively, SIU put pressure on the Racers all night but hit just 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position (.154). All nine spots in the order reached base at least once. Cody Cleveland (3-for-5), J.T. Weber (2-for-6), Tristan Peters (2-for-4), Philip Archer (3-for-6), and Ian Walters (2-for-4) all had multi-hit games. But of SIU's 14 hits, 13 of them were singles.
UP NEXT: SIU travels to Indiana State for a four-game series this weekend at Warn Field. The Sycamores are a lock to be an NCAA Tournament team and have a top-20 RPI in the nation.
The Salukis (33-15) struck first with a two-run second inning. Murray State (27-20) scored four runs in the fifth inning to take a 4-2 lead, which would be the only inning the Racers scored in until the 11th.
SIU fought back to force extra innings. Cody Cleveland hit a sac fly in the sixth to get SIU within 4-3, and Kyle Back pitched a shutdown 1-2-3 bottom of the inning. The Salukis tied the game in the seventh with a two-out rally. Nick Neville (HBP), Philip Archer (single) and Evan Martin (HBP) all reached with two outs, and Ian Walters drew a walk to push hom the tying run.
Tanner Lewis induced a 4-6-3 double play in the bottom of the seventh, and the Salukis loaded the bases with one out in the eighth, but Murray State pitcher Jacob Pennington got back-to-back strikeouts to end that threat.
SIU kept threatening -- the Salukis had two on and two out in the ninth, and the bases loaded with nobody out in the 11th -- but couldn't push across another run. Cozart's RBI single gave Murray its first win over SIU in the last six games between the schools.
The Salukis got several outstanding pitching efforts in the loss. Dylan Givens pitched 3.2 scoreless innings in his first start of the year. Kyle Back retired all five batters he faced. Tanner Lewis pitched two scoreless innings. Mike Hansell and Bubba Hall combined to keep Murray off the board in the ninth and 10th innings.
Offensively, SIU put pressure on the Racers all night but hit just 2-for-13 with runners in scoring position (.154). All nine spots in the order reached base at least once. Cody Cleveland (3-for-5), J.T. Weber (2-for-6), Tristan Peters (2-for-4), Philip Archer (3-for-6), and Ian Walters (2-for-4) all had multi-hit games. But of SIU's 14 hits, 13 of them were singles.
UP NEXT: SIU travels to Indiana State for a four-game series this weekend at Warn Field. The Sycamores are a lock to be an NCAA Tournament team and have a top-20 RPI in the nation.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: KUJAWA, Quinton (2-0)
L: O'Brien, Gage (1-1)
Batting:
3B: Cleveland, Cody 1
RBI: Cleveland, Cody 2 ; Walters, Ian 1 ; Ulick, Austin 1
SH: Ulick, Austin 1
SF: Cleveland, Cody 1 ; Ulick, Austin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Neville, Nick 1 ; Martin, Evan 1 ; Walters, Ian 2
SB: Archer, Philip 1
HBP: Neville, Nick 1 ; Martin, Evan 1 ; Massaglia, Vinni 1
Batting:
2B: BLOOMER, Bryson 1 ; COZART, Jordan 1 ; PERKINS, Ryan 1
RBI: BLOOMER, Bryson 2 ; COZART, Jordan 3
SH: HUDLESON, David 2
Base Running:
RUNS: SLUNDER, Jake 2 ; BLOOMER, Bryson 1 ; ANDERSON, Brock 1 ; HUDLESON, David 1
SB: PENNINGTON, Jacob 1
HBP: ANDERSON, Brock 1
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RBI
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6
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
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