2025 Murray State Racers baseball team

2025 Murray State Racers baseball
2025 Murray State Racers baseball
Missouri Valley Conference co-champions; Missouri Valley Conference tournament champions; Oxford Regional champions; Durham Super Regional champions
College World Series, T–7th
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	44–17 (17–8 MVC)
Head coach	Dan Skirka (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Steve Adkins; Hunter Wolfe; Anthony Ortega;
Home stadium	Reagan Field

2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	8	.680	42	–	14	.750
Missouri State ‍†‍‍	17	–	8	.680	30	–	25	.545
Southern Illinois ‍‍‍	16	–	11	.593	37	–	20	.649
UIC ‍‍‍	16	–	11	.593	22	–	33	.400
Illinois State ‍‍‍	15	–	12	.556	28	–	28	.500
Belmont ‍‍‍	13	–	14	.481	26	–	34	.433
Indiana State ‍‍‍	12	–	15	.444	24	–	31	.436
Bradley ‍‍‍	12	–	15	.444	16	–	35	.314
Evansville ‍‍‍	10	–	17	.370	17	–	37	.315
Valparaiso ‍‍‍	5	–	22	.185	10	–	40	.200

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Murray State Racers baseball team represented Murray State University in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Racers played their home games at Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. The team was led by head coach Dan Skirka in his 7th season in the position.

The Racers won their first Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament, earning a spot in the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. They won the Oxford Regional and Durham Super Regional, reaching their first College World Series in program history. They finished tied for 7th in the tournament after losing to UCLA and Arkansas.

Schedule and results

2025 Murray State Racers Baseball Game Log (44–15)

Regular season (35–13)

February (5–0)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	MVC record
February 14 (DH-1)	vs. Western Illinois		Capaha Field Cape Girardeau, Missouri	W 10–5	Lyke (1–0)	Tripure (0–1)	Wajda (1)		200	1–0	—
February 14 (DH-2)	vs. Western Illinois		Capaha Field	W 16–0 (7)	Silva (1–0)	Dubois (0–1)			200	2–0	—
February 24	Western Kentucky		Reagan Field Murray, Kentucky	W 2–1 (12)	Kelham (1–0)	Wright (0–1)			120	3–0	—
February 25	UT Martin		Reagan Field	W 18–7 (7)	Schutte (1–0)	Stropshire (0–1)			250	4–0	—
February 28	at Little Rock		Gary Hogan Field Little Rock, Arkansas	W 9–8	Wajda (1–0)	Davis (1–1)	McLendon (1)		234	5–0	—

March (10–8)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	MVC record
March 1	at Little Rock		Gary Hogan Field	W 21–2	Silva (2–0)	Bunting (1–2)			310	6–0	—
March 2	at Little Rock		Gary Hogan Field	W 6–4	Zentko (1–0)	Davis (1–2)			267	7–0	—
March 5	at No. 17 Ole Miss		Swayze Field Oxford, Mississippi	L 7–8 (10)	Hooks (1–0)	Wajda (1–1)			8,504	7–1	—
March 7	Western Illinois		Reagan Field	W 10–9	McLendon (1–0)	Humphrey (0–3)			270	8–1	—
March 8	Western Illinois		Reagan Field	L 3–5	Buhl (2–0)	Zentko (1–0)	Stotlar (1)		400	8–2	—
March 9	Western Illinois		Reagan Field	L 1–3	Romano (1–0)	Schutte (1–1)	Stotlar (2)		300	8–3	—
March 11	Lindenwood		Reagan Field	W 12–11 (10)	Wajda (2–1)	Subbert (0–1)			300	9–3	—
March 12	Lindenwood		Reagan Field	W 11–9	Elmy (1–0)	Sell (0–1)	McLendon (2)		250	10–3	—
March 14	at Southern Indiana		USI Baseball Field Evansville, Indiana	W 5–4	Lyke (2–0)	Gonzalez (0–2)	Wajda (2)		239	11–3	—
March 16 (DH-1)	vs. Southern Indiana		Marion Stadium Marion, Illinois	W 17–6 (7)	Silva (3–0)	Kimball (2–3)	McLendon (3)		101	12–3	—
March 16 (DH-2)	vs. Southern Indiana		Marion Stadium	L 7–8	Kennedy (2–0)	Wajda (2–2)			101	12–4	—
March 18	at Kentucky		Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, Kentucky	W 5–4	Lebron (1–0)	Harris (1–1)	Zentko (1)		2,529	13–4	—
March 21	Evansville		Reagan Field	L 5–6	Hansmann (1–0)	Lyke (2–1)	Peart (1)		150	13–5	0–1
March 22	Evansville		Reagan Field	L 10–15	Fieger (1–2)	Wajda (2–3)			260	13–6	0–2
March 23	Evansville		Reagan Field	W 9–5	Zentko (2–1)	Byberg (0–3)			260	14–6	1–2
March 28	at Illinois State		Duffy Bass Field Normal, Illinois	W 19–8 (7)	Elmy (2–0)	Harper (2–1)			611	15–6	2–2
March 29 (DH-1)	at Illinois State		Duffy Bass Field	L 1–7	Perry (2–3)	Schutte (1–2)	Donnison (1)		568	15–7	2–3
March 29 (DH-1)	at Illinois State		Duffy Bass Field	L 10–13	Rybarczyk (1–0)	Silva (3–1)			568	15–8	2–4

April (15–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	MVC record
April 1	North Alabama		Reagan Field	W 5–3	Ugo (1–0)	Howard (0–2)	Lebron (1)		250	16–8	—
April 6	Bradley		Capaha Field^†	W 5–0	Schutte (2–2)	Lutz (1–6)			120	17–8	3–4
April 7 (DH-1)	Bradley		Capaha Field^†	W 12–0 (7)	Silva (4–1)	Vaughn (0–3)			100	18–8	4–4
April 7 (DH-2)	Bradley		Capaha Field^†	W 3–2	Elmy (3–0)	Politte (1–5)	Zentko (2)		100	19–8	5–4
April 8	Bellarmine		Reagan Field	W 10–0 (7)	Hustedde (1–0)	Brower (1–1)			115	20–8	—
April 9	Kentucky State		Reagan Field	W 38–1 (7)	Oakley (1–0)	Wooldridge (1–4)			300	21–8	—
April 11	UIC		Reagan Field	W 3–1	Elmy (4–0)	Schueler (2–6)	Zentko (3)		275	22–8	6–4
April 12	UIC		Reagan Field	L 4–10	Egan (2–1)	Schutte (2–3)	Hawkins (1)		350	22–9	6–5
April 13	UIC		Reagan Field	W 11–9	Silva (5–1)	Bak (0–3)	Kelham (1)		350	23–9	7–5
April 15	Southeast Missouri State		Reagan Field	W 4–3	Oakley (2–0)	Klein (0–2)			300	24–9	—
April 17	at Valparaiso		Emory G. Bauer Field Valparaiso, Indiana	W 11–10	Lebron (2–0)	Cottrill (0–2)			127	25–9	8–5
April 18	at Valparaiso		Emory G. Bauer Field	W 16–2	Schutte (3–3)	Deliyannis (3–5)			209	26–9	9–5
April 19	at Valparaiso		Emory G. Bauer Field	W 5–1	Silva (5–1)	Boynton (1–4)			189	27–9	10–5
April 22	at North Alabama		Mike D. Lane Field Florence, Alabama	W 10–3	Oakley (3–0)	Stogner (0–2)			162	28–9	—
April 25	at Indiana State		Bob Warn Field Terre Haute, IN	W 9–3	Schutte (4–3)	Suriel (0–4)	Kelham (2)		596	29–9	11–5
April 26	at Indiana State		Bob Warn Field	L 1–11	McEwen (6–2)	Silva (5–2)			931	29–10	11–6
April 27	at Indiana State		Bob Warn Field	W 2–1	Elmy (5–0)	Parson (1–3)	Kelham (3)		831	30–10	12–6
April 29	at Southeast Missouri State		Capaha Field Cape Girardeau, Missouri	L 3–11	Pennington (1–1)	Parenteau (0–1)			465	30–11	—
^†Due to weather in Murray, all three games of the Bradley series were moved to a neutral site. Murray State still functioned as the home team and batted second in all three games.^[2]

May (5–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	MVC record
May 2	Southern Illinois		Reagan Field	W 8–3	Schutte (5–3)	Nigut (7–2)	Kelham (4)		300	31–11	13–6
May 4	Southern Illinois		Reagan Field	W 3–2 (10)	Kelham (2–0)	Frizzi (3–3)			300	32–11	14–6
May 4	Southern Illinois		Reagan Field	L 0–11 (8)	Holguin (3–0)	Elmy (5–1)			250	32–12	14–7
May 9	at Belmont		E. S. Rose Park Nashville, TN	W 7–3	Schutte (6–3)	Ruzicka (5–3)	Kelham (5)	ESPN+	135	33–12	15–7
May 10	at Belmont		E. S. Rose Park	W 8–1	Silva (6–2)	Brown (2–5)	Oakley (1)	ESPN+	268	34–12	16–7
May 11	at Belmont		E. S. Rose Park	L 3–4 (10)	Harden (2–2)	Kelham (2–1)		ESPN+	192	34–13	16–8
May 15	Missouri State		Reagan Field	W 16–5 (7)	Schutte (7–3)	Schaaf (4–2)		ESPN+	200	35–13	17–8

Postseason (9–2)

MVC tournament (4–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	MVCT record
May 21	vs. (6) Belmont	(1)	Duffy Bass Field Normal, Illinois	W 15–14 (11)	Kelham (3–1)	Brock (2–3)		ESPN+		36–13	1–0
May 22	vs. (3) Southern Illinois	(1)	Duffy Bass Field	W 10–5	Zentko (3–1)	Nigut (7–4)		ESPN+		37–13	2–0
May 23	vs. (4) UIC	(1)	Duffy Bass Field	W 5–2	Elmy (6–1)	Bak (2–4)		ESPN+	110	38–13	3–0
May 24	vs. (2) Missouri State	(1)	Duffy Bass Field	W 10–5	Silva (7–2)	Slater (3–3)	Oakley (2)	ESPN+	105	39–13	4–0

Oxford Regional (3–1)
Date	Opponent	Seed	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Regional record
May 30	vs. (1) No. 15 Ole Miss	(4)	Swayze Field Oxford, Mississippi	W 9–6	Hustedde (2–0)	McCausland (2–1)	Kelham (6)	ESPN+	11,925	40–13	1–0
May 31	vs. (2) No. 18 Georgia Tech	(4)	Swayze Field	W 13–11	Zentko (4–1)	Campbell (2–1)	Kelham (7)	ESPN+	11,835	41–13	2–0
June 1	vs. (1) No. 15 Ole Miss	(4)	Swayze Field	L 8–19	Rodriguez (1–1)	Elmy (6–2)		ESPN+	11,617	41–14	2–1
June 2	vs. (1) No. 15 Ole Miss	(4)	Swayze Field	W 12–11	Schutte (8–3)	Hooks (1–2)	Kelham (8)	SECN	11,905	42–14	3–1

Durham Super Regional (2–1)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	Super Regional record
June 7	vs. Duke	Jack Coombs Field Durham, North Carolina	L 4–7	Proksch (4–3)	Schutte (8–4)	Easterly (5)	ESPNU	2,686	42–15	3–2
June 8	vs. Duke	Jack Coombs Field	W 19–9	Silva (8–2)	Johnson (4–4)	Kelham (9)	ESPNU	2,689	43–15	4–2
June 9	vs. Duke	Jack Coombs Field	W 5–4	Kelham (4–1)	Easterly (9–3)		ESPN	2,782	44–15	5–2

Men's College World Series (0–2)
Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall record	CWS record
June 14	vs. (15) No. 13 UCLA	Charles Schwab Field Omaha Omaha, Nebraska	L 4–6	May (8–3)	Schutte (8–5)	Hawk (1)	ESPN	24,346	44–16	0–1
June 16	vs. (3) No. 6 Arkansas	Charles Schwab Field Omaha	L 0–3	Wood (4–1)	Silva (9–3)	None	ESPN	24,074	44–17	0–2

Win
Loss
Postponement or cancellation
Bold: Murray State player
Reference:^[3]

Rankings from D1Baseball.com.
(#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

^ "Missouri Valley Conference". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
^ Kinealy, Ben (April 6, 2025). "Braves swept against Murray State on the road". Bradley University Athletics. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
^ "2025 Murray State Racers Baseball Schedule". Murray State Racers athletics. Murray State University. Retrieved June 3, 2025.

[1] "Missouri Valley Conference". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.

[2] Kinealy, Ben (April 6, 2025). "Braves swept against Murray State on the road". Bradley University Athletics. Retrieved June 4, 2025.

[3] "2025 Murray State Racers Baseball Schedule". Murray State Racers athletics. Murray State University. Retrieved June 3, 2025.

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