Baseball Head Coach Rob McDonald will not return to coach his 12th season at Murray State, announced today by Director of Athletics Allen Ward. McDonald’s overall record throughout his tenure at Murray State is 247-347-2, with a 123-160-2 conference record. During his most successful season in 2009, McDonald led the ’Breds to finish 34-27-1 and Read More
There were no positives to take away from Tuesday’s loss for ’Breds Head Coach Rob McDonald. “It was just a really bad game about any way you want to look at it,” McDonald said. “Our pitching was not nearly what we need, and we didn’t help them out defensively.” Murray State (7-7, 2-1) fell to Read More
In its first two conference games, the Murray State baseball team moved back above a .500 record by earning a pair of wins in the double-header against Morehead State. After having to delay the series twice due to poor field conditions caused by weather earlier in the week, the ’Breds earned similar victories over the Read More
It took three innings for the ’Breds to warm up but when they did, the visiting Cougars could not slow them down. Murray State (2-1) put up nine runs in the bottom of the fourth inning after being held hitless through the first three by NAIA opponent Mid-Continent (3-2). The ’Breds added three runs in Read More
The underdog mentality is all too familiar to the Murray State Thoroughbreds. After a disappointing 21-33 season and a 10th place finish in the OVC, the ’Breds are already underdogs coming into a new season. Perhaps it’s fitting then, for senior pitcher Cameron Finch to anchor Murray State’s pitching staff. Finch has also been labeled Read More
The Murray State ‘Breds faced off against the Jacksonville State Gamecocks Sunday afternoon for the last game of a three-game series in which Jacksonville State took home all three wins. Losing 14-11 on Friday and 7-6 Saturday in extra innings, the ‘Breds proved they came to play Sunday after taking a strong lead of 5-1 Read More
After many multiple run innings the ‘Breds fell 14-11 to Jacksonville State. The game produced a high number of hits for both teams and Murray State out hit the Gamecocks 19-18. Every player in the lineup for Murray State had at least one hit. However the ‘Breds could not overcome a strong eighth inning for Read More
The Murray State ‘Breds will face Jacksonville State at home this weekend to close out a four-game homestead. The ‘Breds are coming off of a 12-6 win at home against Evansville Wednesday. This ended a seven-game losing streak and was the second win recorded against Evansville since 2005. “We came out a lot looser and Read More