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Racers’ Omaha Run Ends
Arkansas’ Gage Wood No-Hits Murray State in 3-0 Hogs Win At some point, the memories of the journey will outweigh the haunting of how it ended. Arkansas starter Gage Wood threw perhaps the greatest game in College World Series history, a no-hitter with no walks and 19 strikeouts (a CWS record), as the Razorbacks ended Continue reading
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Murray State Makes Omaha Dream a Reality
Racers Edge Duke, 5-4; Advance to College World Series Before Peyton Manning used it for his pre-snap calls with the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos, the word Omaha really only ever meant one thing. The pinnacle of college baseball. And the dream of all 300-some teams that start each season in February, hoping their baseball Continue reading
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Racers Storm Back, Demolish Duke in Game 2
Murray State Plays Monday for the Right to Go to Omaha A day after an uncharacteristic Game 1 where Murray State failed to get even 1 extra-base hit, the Racers went into full demolition mode Sunday, devastating the Duke Blue Devils, 19-9, in Game 2 of the Durham Super Regional. The teams will play Monday Continue reading
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Murray State Survives Slugfest; Downs Jackets
Racers Score Late to Upend #18 Georgia Tech, 13-11 Murray State head coach Dan Skirka talked on ESPN+ during Friday’s win over Ole Miss about how his team needed to act like a predator and not prey. Saturday, the Racers hunted down their second straight big-time opponent, defeating Georgia Tech, 13-11, at the NCAA Oxford Continue reading
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The Road to Regionals: Murray State
MVC Champs Bring Deep Lineup and Bullpen to Oxford Friday After what Missouri Valley Conference baseball teams have done in the NCAA Tournament the past 2 years, it isn’t enough to just note that Murray State is this year’s MVC representative in Regionals. Yes, the Racers are headed to Oxford, Miss., to take on host Continue reading
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Racers Rule the Roost, Capture MVC Title
Murray State Downs Missouri State, 10-5, to Win MVC Championship When rain cut their final regular-season series from 3 games to 1, won by Murray State over Missouri State, it was natural to wonder what would have happened had the other 2 games been played. Especially given it decided the 1 and 2 seeds for Continue reading
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Racers on Brink of MVC Championship
Murray State into Final After Holding Off UIC, 5-2 The top seed in the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship has done nothing yet to show they don’t belong in that spot. The Murray State Racers downed 4th-seeded UIC, 5-2, Friday night to advance unblemished to the championship game. Down 2-1 in the 7th inning, the Continue reading
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A Look at Valley Stars, Teams Among NCAA Leaders
Regular season complete; MVC Tournament begins Tuesday With another Missouri Valley Conference baseball regular season in the books, it’s time to see where the MVC’s players and teams ranked nationally in a myriad of NCAA categories. Unsurprisingly, there’s more offensive representation than pitching, given some of the run totals and wild games we saw in Continue reading
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Beware of Bears: Missouri State Takes Pole After 1st Weekend
MSU Alone Atop Valley After Sweeping Bradley Missouri State swept its way into the top spot in the Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings after the opening weekend of conference play. Not surprisingly, the Bears did so with a powerful offense, scoring 40 runs in 3 games to take a trio of victories over visiting Bradley. Continue reading
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About THE AUTHOR
Ed Morgans is a Valley grad (UE ’95) and a huge college baseball fan. With no official MVC site for baseball, I’m trying to cover it as best I can from central Pennsylvania. Doing my best to shine a light on a conference full of great baseball. Thanks for reading! – Ed
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