MURRAY – With an 8-3 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Marshals were able to hold off Murray in the Tigers three-run inning, securing the number one seed in the 4th District Tournament later this month with the win.
The Marshals opened with a four-run first inning that began on a single by Drake Anderson and walks to Jackson Beal and Cole Griggs. Cameron Ives hit a two-run double, Lucas Forsythe an RBI single and the fourth run came in on a CJ Johnson ground out.
Murray closed in on a three-run third inning with an RBI single by Ethan Back and two-run single by Jared Gray to cut the Marshall County lead to 4-3. The Marshals added a run in the top of fifth when Beal scored on a ground ball by Ives and extended their lead to 7-3 in the sixth inning on RBI singles by Anderson and Griggs.
A run scored by Forsythe on an error in the top of the seventh made it an 8-3 game but the Tigers weren’t done, putting runners on base on a double and two walks and scoring three runs on a bases loaded double by Casey Wilson. The Marshals put the game away with the final three outs coming on a double play and the final batter out swinging.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
| Marshall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Murray | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
HITTING
Marshall: Anderson 2/4 (RBI), Beal 1/2, Griggs 2/3 (RBI), Ives 1/4 (3 RBIs), Forsythe 1/3 (RBI), Johnson 1/4 (2 RBIs), Andersson 1/2
Murray: C Wilson (2-2B, 3 RBIs), Black 1/4 (RBI), Gray 2/4 (2 RBIs), Shelton 1/1 (2B)
PITCHING
Marshall: Goins 6.0 (4 hits, 3 runs), Ives 1.0 (2 hits, 3 runs)
Murray: Shelton 0.0 (2 hits, 4 runs), Shultz 5.0 (4 hits, 1 run), Faulkner 1.0 (2 hits, 2 runs)