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MURRAY STATE BASEBALL Baseball Contact: Justine Ertl • O: 270-809-7044 • C: 262-825-6326 • Email: [email protected] Murray State Media Relations, 217 Stewart Stadium, Murray, Ky. 42071 • www.GoRacers.com 2021 SCHEDULE GAME 31-33 FEBRUARY 22 at Lipscomb ___________ L, 4-2 Murray State vs Belmont 22 at Lipscomb ___________ L, 8-2 Apr. 17-18, 2021 - E.S. Rose Park 24 at Middle Tennessee ___ W 12-7 26 Purdue Ft Wayne _____ L 10-6 First Pitch:Thursday-4 p.m.; Friday (DH)-1 p.m., Stadium: E.S. Rose Park (Capacity: 500) 26 Purdue Ft Wayne ______ W 9-5 ~5 p.m. Dimensions: 330 (LL), 400 (CF), 330 (RL) 27 Purdue Ft Wayne _____ _W 5-4 Series History: 17-24 (L4) Live Video: goracers.com 27 Purdue Ft Wayne _____ _W 3-2 Last Meeting: Loss, 8-1, May 22, 2019 in Marion, Live Stats: goracers.com Illinois (OVC Tournament) MARCH 2 Arkansas State ________ W 9-6 MURRAY STATE RACERS BELMONT BRUINS 5 at #1 Arkansas __________ L 7-6 2021 Overall Record: 16-14 2021 Overall Record: 13-16 6 at #1 Arkansas _________ L 11-6 Conference Record: 7-5 (OVC) Conference Record: 7-8 (OVC) 7 at #1 Arkansas __________ L 6-0 Last 5/Last 10: 3-2/6-4 Last 5/Last 10: 2-3/6-4 9 at #10 Louisville _________ L 8-3 Streak: W1 Streak: L1 12 at Eastern Illinois* ______ W 9-2 Website: www.goracers.com Website: www.belmontbruins.com 13 at Eastern Illinois* _____ L14-10 Head Coach: Dan Skirka, 3rd year Head Coach: Dave Jarvis, 24th year 13 at Eastern Illinois* _____ W15-5 Career Record: 50-51 Career Record: 986-761-2 (39 years) 16 at Kentucky __________ W 13-8 Record at MSU: Same Record at Belmont: 661-609-2 (24 years) 19 Jacksonville State* ____ W 3-2 FIRST PITCH INSIDE THE MATCHUP 20 Jacksonville State* __ L 16-11 After the cancellation of their midweek game, Since Belmont joined the OVC in 2013, the Racers 20 Jacksonville State* ___W 11-0 MSU is looking to bounce back after dropping and the Bruins have met 24 times on the diamond 23 Arkansas State _________L 3-1 their first conference series of the year, losing two with BU holding a 17-7 advantage. Combined with 26 at Memphis ___________ W 9-5 of three to Southeast Missouri over the weekend. the games played before 2013, Belmont leads 27 at Memphis ____________ L 6-1 Belmont is also coming off a conference series loss Murray State, 24-17. In 2019, the Bruins swept the 28 at Memphis ___________ W 4-2 falling to Jacksonville State in two of three games. Racers in the regular season and then beat MSU in the first round of the OVC tournament, 8-1. APRIL 1 at Tennessee Tech* _____ W 4-2 MURRAY STATE PROJECTED LINEUP 2 at Tennessee Tech*(DH) __ W 7-2 19 - Jake Slunder 2 at Tennessee Tech*(DH) ___L 4-5 .271-3-20 8 - Brock Anderson 6 Bellarmine __________W 12-8 10 - Ryan Perkins .263-9-26 9 Southeast Missouri* ____L 8-3 .236-3-24 9 Southeast Missouri* __ L 12-8 10 Southeast Missouri* __ W11-6 17 at Belmont*(DH) _______ 1 p.m. 12 - Jordan Cozart 18 at Belmont* ___________ 1 p.m. 2 - Jordan Holly .310-8-26 21 at Bellarmine __________ 3 p.m. .258-2-4 23 Eastern Kentucky* ____ 5 p.m. 24 Eastern Kentucky*(DH) 2 p.m. 30 at Morehead State*(DH) _ 1 p.m. 11 - Bryson Bloomer 24 - Wes Schad .277-6-22 .205-0-2 MAY 1 at Morehead State* _____ 1 p.m. 2 at Morehead State ______ 1 p.m. 4 Belmont ____________ 5 p.m. 7 UT Martin* ____________ TBA 8 UT Martin*(DH) ________ TBA 11 Southern Illinois _____ 5 p.m. 25 - Tanner Booth / 4 - Alex Crump 7 - Brennan McCullough 14 SIU Edwardsville* _______ 6 p.m. .250-4-9 / .327-1-7 .242-0-9 15 SIU Edwardsville*(DH) ___ 1 p.m. 2021 Statistics 18 Middle Tennessee ____ 5 p.m. AVG. - HR - RBI 20 Austin Peay* _________ 5 p.m. 21 Austin Peay* _________ 2 p.m. Home games in Bold played at Reagan Field PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS * designates Ohio Valley Conference games SATURDAY, APR. 17 - GAME 1 SATURDAY, APR. 17 -GAME 2 SUNDAY, APR. 18 Pitcher W-L ERA K/BB Pitcher W-L ERA K/BB Pitcher W-L ERA K/BB Shane Burns 1-1 4.83 24/28 Jack Wenninger 3-3 4.35 23/17 Sam Gardner 1-4 7.71 27/13 Joshua South 3-2 3.80 35/10 Andy Bean 3-1 3.32 37/12 TBA 2021 MURRAY STATE BASEBALL QUICK FACTS GAME NOTES GENERAL Weekly Roundup Name of School ______ Murray State University The Racers started the week hosting Bellarmine, PLAYERS TO WATCH City/Zip __________________ Murray, Ky. 42071 facing the Knights for the first-time in school Founded ___________________________ 1922 history. After falling behind 8-1 in the sixth inning, Enrollment _________________________ 9,466 the Murray State offense used two big innings Nickname _________________________ Racers behind a trio of two-run home runs overcome the School Colors _______________ Navy and Gold deficit and win 12-8. Conference ____________________ Ohio Valley President ___________________Dr. Bob Jackson Director of Athletics ______________ Kevin Saal Murray State remained at home for a three-game series against the Southeast Missouri Redhawks. HISTORY The Racers held their first-ever ‘Players Weekend’ First Year of Baseball __________________ 1924 with special jerseys featuring their nicknames on Overall All-Time Record __ 1,458-1,378-18 (.510) the back and honored their five 2021 Seniors in a No. Years in CWS _____________________ None pregame ceremony before Saturday’s game. Years in NCAA Regional __________________ 3 Years _____________________1975, 1979, 2003 On Friday, the Racers were swept in a pair of Last Postseason Opponent _____Southern Miss contests, 8-3 and 12-8 as the Redhawks handed Result ____________________________ L, 0-18 MSU their first conference series loss. In game one, the Racers could not come up with a shut down STADIUM FACTS inning after they plated runs as the Redhawks Home Field ___________________ Reagan Field took a 2-1, 3-2 and 5-3 leads. Capacity ____________________________ 550 Field Dimensions ______ 330-LF, 400-CF, 330-RF Fence Height ________ 10 feet (25 feet in center) Game two saw the Racers fall behind by seven Playing Surface ________________Natural Grass runs in the first inning but slowing battled their Bryson Bloomer led the team in way back, cutting it to a two-run deficit. The batting average (.529), hits (9) and Redhawks then went off for five runs to smother COACHING STAFF double (3) last week. He also had four Head Coach ...................................................Dan Skirka the Racers hopes. Ryan Perkins finished a triple multi-hit games last week. Record at MSU (Years) ............................... 34-37 (3rd) shy of the cycle and collected his 200th career hit Overall Record (Years) ............................... 34-37 (3rd) in the game, a double. Skirka’s Office Phone ............................270-809-4892 Office Fax ..................................................270-809-6812 Behind a solid pitching performance from Sam Best Time to Call .............................................Mornings Gardner on Senior Day, the Racers scored in all but Assistant Coaches ............................... Tanner Gordon two innings to take the final game of the series, .................................................................. Charles Bradley ..................................................................Seth McLemore 11-6. Jordan Cozart hit is team-leading 12th home run, tying him for 5th in the nation. TEAM INFORMATION The Racers hit nine home runs during the week to 2020 Overall Record ............................................... 10-7 OVC Record (Finish) .........................................2-1 (NA) keep them atop the OVC leaderboard in homers. Home Record (OVC) ...................................... 7-0 (11-4) Road Record (OVC)........................................ 3-7 (5-10) Cemented in History Neutral Record .............................................................0-0 Ryan Perkins has been a fixture in a Racer uniform, Letterwinners Returning/Lost...........................22/12 becoming just the sixth player in Murray State Position Starters Returning/Lost ...........................9/0 Pitchers Returning/Lost ...........................................8/6 history to play in 200 career games and collected Newcomers .................................................................... 15 200 career hits. The five-year starter is in the top 10 for games played, at bats, runs, home runs, MEDIA RELATIONS RBIs, total bases, walks and HBPs. He also sits Media Relations Assistant........................ Justine Ertl within striking distance of the top 10 in hits and Office Phone ............................................270-809-7044 doubles. In 2017, Perkins was named to the All- Cell Phone ................................................262-825-6326 OVC Freshman Team and a Freshman All-American Email..........................................jertl@murraystate.edu by Collegiate Baseball News. Ryan Perkins is third Perkins surpassed 200 career hits on Fax ...............................................................270-809-6814 in the nation among active players with 37 career Friday versus SEMO becoming just Press Box Phone .....................................270-809-5650 home runs, fifth in runs (165), ninth in total bases the sixth Racer to play in 200 career (360) tenth in RBIs (153) games and collect 200 career hits. MURRAY STATE UPCOMING SCHEDULE MONDAY - 19 TUESDAY - 20 WEDNESDAY - 21 THURSDAY - 22 FRIDAY - 23 SATURDAY - 24 SUNDAY - 25 at Bellarmine vs Eastern Kentucky vs Eastern Kentucky 3 p.m. 5 p.m. 2 p.m. & ~6 p.m. Louisville, Ky. Murray, Ky. Murray, Ky. Alumni Weekend Johnny Reagan Day 2021 GAME NOTES • at Belmont - Apr. 16-17, 2021 2021 MURRAY STATE BASEBALL MURRAY STATE STARTING LINEUP BY