Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Murray State baseball struggled last weekend when it was swept by the Creighton Bluejays in three straight games, but it redeemed itself Monday with a win against Indiana University Purdue at Fort Wayne, or IPFW. Just one week after the Racers scored 71 runs in four games, they came up Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor With the help of junior outfielder Brandon Gutzler, the Racers were able to win three of four games over Northern Illinois University last weekend. Murray State is second in the nation for runs scored with 91 and are behind Vanderbilt’s 92. Murray State scored 71 runs in four games Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor While Spring Training for MLB is slowly beginning, the college baseball season is here. Murray State started its season in Daytona Beach, Florida, in which the Racers only won one of their three games. It was the first time in history where the two teams played each other. Both Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Murray State baseball will kick off its season Feb. 19 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Bethune-Cookman. The Racers finished last season with a 16-40 overall record and an 11-19-conference record in the OVC. Head Coach Kevin Moulder is in his second season as head coach and will send out Read More
Column by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Baseball has been America’s pastime since before Major League Baseball was founded in 1903. Much of the game is the same today; sadly one thing changed, the development of the designated hitter. It took the American League 70 years to decide to take the pitcher out of the lineup and Read More
Story by Mark McFarland, Assistant Sports Editor Six Murray State athletic teams added 27 student-athletes to their teams this past week, with the baseball team adding 13 players alone. BASEBALL Head Coach Kevin Moulder and the coaching staff were able to add 13 players, five of whom come from the St. Louis area, for the upcoming 2017 Read More
Story by Blake Bernier, Staff writer Following a nine-game road stretch and 10 consecutive losses, the Racers faced the defending OVC champions and No. 1 team in the OVC, Southeast Missouri State on April 24-26. SEMO (29-15, 19-5) came into the game Friday ranked seventh in the nation in runs scored per game and the Redhawks Read More
Story by Blake Bernier, Staff writer It’s been a tough stretch for the Racers. They have lost 10 consecutive games. There are only 12 OVC games remaining in the season and the Racers (14-28, 9-9) are clinging to seventh place in the conference. Only eight teams are invited to compete in the OVC Tournament. “We’ve got Read More