Murray State at Middle Tennessee
February 24, 2021
First Pitch: Wednesday 3 p.m.
Series History: Murray State leads 99-81-1
Last Meeting: Apr. 10, 2019 (MSU Won 12-6)
Stadium: Reese Smith Jr. Field (2,600)
Dimensions: 330 (LF) | 390 (CF) | 330 (RF)
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Twitter In-Game: @RacersBaseball
Probable Starters
Jordyn Naranjo (LHP) (2020, 0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs Walker Armstrong (RHP) (2020, 0-1, 3.65 ERA)
First Pitch
After opening the 2021 season at Lipscomb, the Racers travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee to start the home-and-home series with Middle Tennessee on the road. MTSU holds a 39-53-1 advantage at Reese Smith Jr. Field.
Inside the Series
The Racers and Blue Raiders have met 181 times on the diamond, most recently twice in 2019. The Racers took MTSU to 13 innings in Murfreesboro, but fell 8-5. MSU revenged the extra innings loss eight days later in Murray, winning 12-6. Before that the two teams did not play each other since MTSU left the OVC after the 2000 season. Murray State currently holds a 99-81-1 overall advantage.
Opening Day Slugger
Brock Anderson cracked two home runs on Opening Day against Lipscomb. The dingers accounted for the Racers first four RBIs of the season. Anderson is slugging 1.333% after the games.
Fast Starts
Jordan Cozart, Brock Anderson and Jordan Holly have all gotten off to hot starts to the 2021 season. Cozart went 4-for-8 with a double while Anderson was 2-for-6 with two home runs, four RBIs, 1.333 slg % and one walk. Holly was 2-for-3 with two stolen bases, one run scored and one walk.
Familiar Look
The Racers lineup has a familiar feel to it with MSU returning eight of its position player starters from last year.
Racer Debuts
Three juco transfers made their Murray State debut against Lipscomb. Brennan McCullough started at DH in game one with Seth Gardner starting at DH in game two. Nathaniel Gorczyca pitched two innings, allowing two hits and two runs while striking out one.
Strikeout Woes
The Racers struck out a total of 21 times over the two games in Hoover, Ala. against Lipscomb.
New Faces
The Racers welcome 15 new players to the team this year, including seven freshman and eight JUCO transfers.
All-American Honors
Senior Jordan Cozart was named a 2020 Collegiate Baseball News Third-Team All-American and a 2021 Collegiate Baseball News Preseason Third-Team All-American.
BrockStar
Senior Brock Anderson was a repeat selection to the preseason All-OVC team. A year ago, Anderson led the team with 8 home runs and 23 runs batted in while hitting .274.
Scouting Middle Tennessee
The Blue Raiders were tabbed to finish fourth in the West Division of Conference USA Preseason Coaches Polls.
A season ago, Middle Tennessee concluded the 17-game season with an RPI of 48 and ranked highest in the state of Tennessee.
Middle Tennessee went 7-10 in the shortened 2020 season, earning wins over Lipscomb, Missouri State, Memphis and Coastal Carolina.
Nathan Sanders returns as the Blue Raiders top hitter from 2020. The Smyrna, Tennessee native played in all 17 games and led Middle Tennessee in at-bats (65), runs (13), hits (21) and total bases (31).
Newcomer Brett Coker was picked to the 2021 Preseason All-Conference USA team.
As a team, Middle Tennessee tallied 13 home runs, 66 RBI, 206 total bases, and had a .337 on-base percentage.
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