Murray State takes 2 games in historic run at NCAA baseball regional

The Murray State Racers scored a 13-11 victory over the Georgia Tech Yellowjackets to make a spot for themselves in the finals of the NCAA Tournament Oxford Regional at Swayze Field in Mississippi.

This comes after the No. 4 seed Racers pulled off a 9-6 victory Friday over the Ole Miss Rebels for their first NCAA regional win since 1979.

The Racers surpassed the 1975 team with their 41st victory of the season as they pushed their postseason winning streak to six games.

Jonathan Hogart's 18th homer of the season in the seventh inning gave the Racers the lead for good, and Isaac Silva retired 14 straight Georgia Tech batters. Dylan Zentko and Graham Kelham teamed up to pitch 4 2/3 innings with only run one run given and six strikeouts. Kelham picked up his six save of the season.

The first meeting in the history of the Racers and Yellowjackets program started off with Georgia Tech, scoring three runs in the first, but the Racers answered with five runs of their own in the bottom of the first. MSU took a 10-3 lead in the fourth inning, but Tech answered with seven runs of their own at the top of the fifth to tie the game 10-10.

On Sunday, the Racers (41-13) await the winner of Ole Miss and Georgia Tech in a 5 p.m. game which will be MSU's chance to advance to the NCAA Super Regional for the first time.


(Photo MSU Athletics/David Eaton)