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5
Western Illinois WIU 0-4
11
Winner Murray State MUR 2-3
Western Illinois WIU
0-4
5
Final
11
Murray State MUR
2-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 5 12 2
Murray State MUR 4 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 X 11 10 2

W: MCMURRAY, Trevor (1-1) L: Koch, Ian (0-2)

4
Western Illinois WIU 0-5
5
Winner Murray State MUR 3-3
Western Illinois WIU
0-5
4
Final
5
Murray State MUR
3-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Western Illinois WIU 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 9 1
Murray State MUR 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 X 5 9 0

W: WHALEY, Alec (2-0) L: Dunne, Ryan (0-1) S: ANDERSON, Tyler (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | WIU Athletic Communications

Thompson’s Five RBIs Headline Doubleheader vs. Murray State

Deion Thompson finished the day with five RBIs.

MARION, Ill. – For the second time in as many weeks, inclement weather intervened in Western Illinois' baseball schedule, forcing the team into a doubleheader. The Leathernecks took on Murray State inside Rent One Park on Sunday, and dropped the results, 11-5 and 5-4.
 
Junior infielder Deion Thompson's name echoed throughout the park as he finished the day with a team-high five RBIs.

"Baseball is not a game where you can chase results," said head coach Ryan Brownlee. "When you play consistent baseball for every pitch, the end result takes care of itself. We got beat in free bases, situational hitting and making the defense handle the ball with runners in scoring position. When we limit free bases and handle the bat, we will end up on the right side of the scoreboard."
 
GAME 1
 
On his very first at-bat, Thompson knocked his eighth career home run – the Leathernecks' first of the season – over the left field wall. The two-RBI shot pulled Western within two, 4-2, at the middle of the second inning, and marked its closest margin of the game.
 
The Leathernecks left 10 base runners stranded, in comparison to the Racers' seven, including three in the eighth inning where Dillon Sears brought home Mitch Ellis for the team's fifth and final run.
 
Ian Koch (0-2) received the starting nod and pitched 4.0 innings. He gave up eight hits and seven earned runs before he was relieved by Sam Cottingham-Beard.
 
Three Racers crossed home plate with Cottingham-Beard on the mound, but only one was an earned run. Drue Galassi's RBI-single to center field cut Western's deficit in half at 8-4 at the top of the sixth, before an error in the home-half of the inning allowed two Racers to score.
 
Thompson finished the game 2-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs, while Sears and Ellis each added three hits. Cottingham-Beard pitched 4.0 innings, yielding just two hits, while striking out four.
 
GAME 2
 
Western captured a two-run inning in the bottom of the sixth of game two to hold its first advantage at 2-1. The inning began with Galassi drawing a walk, and was crowned by RBI-singles from Thompson and Bailey Montgomery.
 
In the home-half of the frame, Caleb Hicks tied things at 2-2 with a leadoff home run to right center, and the Racers regained their lead before the conclusion of the inning with a sacrifice fly.
 
Relentless through the very end of the game, Western made things interesting in the eighth inning.
 
Johnathan Fleek singled to right field and scored on an RBI-triple by Galassi, and Thompson grounded out but put enough on the attempt to bring home Galassi.
 
Pete Minella's scoreless inning setup the Leathernecks to strike in the ninth, but the team concluded the game with a runner stranded at second base.
 
Ryan Dunne pitched 5.0 innings in the loss, giving up five hits and three runs, while striking out seven.

"Ryan Dunne looked more comfortable out there today," Brownlee continued. "Deion Thompson and Drue Galassi are getting closer. Bailey Montgomery and Dillon Sears have given us quality at-bats, and Mitch Ellis is giving us all he has right now. Tomorrow is a new day and another opportunity for us to grow and improve."
 
Monday's series finale is scheduled for 1 p.m., and will be held on the campus of Murray State at Reagan Field.
 
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