Racers Take Second Sport of Sequence In opposition to The Redbirds, 6-1 – Illinois State College Athletics

W: Karlye Graber (8-9) L: McLeod, Paige (4-11)
Sport Recap: Softball | 5/3/2025 8:08:00 PM | Mike Williams
at Murray State
5/4/2025 | 12:00 PM CT
MURRAY, Ken. – On one other wet day in Kentucky, the beginning of the second sport of the sequence between Illinois State and Murray State was delayed for the second day in a row. That break appeared to favor the Racers (21-26, 11-15 MVC), who held the Redbirds (22-29, 15-11 MVC) to 2 hits on the day and got here away with a 6-1 win to even the sequence at one sport apiece.
BIRDS BITS (vs. Murray State)
Offensive Highlights: 
Tatum Wolford: 1-for-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Addison Masching: 1-for-3, 1 2B
Pitching Breakdown:
Paige McLeod (L, 4-11): 4.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 Okay
Hannah Meeks: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 Okay
HOW IT HAPPENED
The sport was scoreless till the underside of the fifth inning, when the Racers put up a crooked quantity and scored six runs to take a lead over the Redbirds. The Redbirds would reply with a run within the prime of the sixth inning on a house run off the bat of Tatum Wolford, her third of the season, to trim the Murray State result in 6-1. Nevertheless, that might be as shut as ISU would get as Murray State held on for the win within the second sport of the sequence in Kentucky.     
ON DECK
The Redbirds and Racers will play the ultimate and deciding sport of the sequence on Sunday in Murray, with first pitch scheduled for 12 p.m. CT.
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at Murray State
5/4/2025 | 12:00 PM CT
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