WEDNESDAY'S SCORES
Murray State 7, @Alabama A&M 3
@Missouri 12,
SIUE 2
MURRAY STATE 7, ALABAMA A&M 3
MADISON, Ala. - Murray State (15-8) baseball defeated Alabama A&M 7-3 on Wednesday afternoon at Toyota Field. The game was the first at an off-campus site on the year as the game was hosted by the Rocket City Trash Pandas, the double-a affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels.
The Racers got the scoring started in the second thanks to a solo blast through the wind to right field for Brennan McCullough. McCullough would finish the day 3-5 with a home run and a double while scoring three runs. Jacob Pennington continued the second inning offense for MSU with a sacrifice fly to score Carson Garner. Graduate second baseman would then continue the scoring for Murray State with one of the most exciting plays in baseball in a steal of home.
MSU would tack on two more runs in the third with RBI singles from Carson Garner and Holly. Freshman catcher Blake Hale notched an RBI in the fifth inning, scoring McCullough from third.
Drew Vogel's two-RBI single in the eighth capped the scoring for the Racers while scoring Bryson Bloomer and Pennington on the play.
Right-hander Malik Pogue earned the win in relief after tossing three scoreless, hitless innings. Alex Jarrell earned the start for MSU and went 3.1 innings while allowing just one Bulldog run. Cade Killingsworth was effective in relief while throwing 2.2 innings and allowing just one hit and one run.
MISSOURI 12, SIUE 2
COLUMBIA, Mo. - A seven-run second inning helped vault Missouri to a 12-2 win over SIUE in seven innings Wednesday at Taylor Stadium.
The Cougars got on the board first when Brett Johnson blasted his league-leading 10th home run of the year off the right field foul pole in the first to put SIUE on top 1-0.
After retiring the first two hitters in the first, SIUE starter Coby Rogers walked five consecutive hitters to put Mizzou up 2-1.
The Tigers added six runs on two hits, four more walks and a pair of errors to chase Rogers in the second. He allowed eight runs before exiting. Mizzou added another run on a bunt single off Alec Kubik, but the run was charged to Rogers.
Mizzou scored single runs in the third and the fourth against Kubik, who worked 2 1/3 innings. He allowed two total hits, struck out one and walked three.
Quinn Waterhouse worked the fifth and sixth innings without allowing a hit. He struck out two.
Matthew Klein led off the SIUE seventh with a walk and advanced to second on a groundout. Klein scored when Richie Well doubled to the wall in center field to make it 11-2.
Missouri used two more walks in the bottom of the inning to score a run for the 10-run edge.
In all SIUE pitchers issued 16 walks. The Tigers had just four hits. SIUE had only three hits.