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 recordFebruary 14 vs. Capaha FieldCape Girardeau, Missouri W 10–5 Lyke (1–0) Tripure (0–1) Wajda (1) 200 1–0 —February 14 vs. Western Illinois Capaha Field W 16–0 (7) Silva (1–0) Dubois (0–1) 200 2–0 —February 24 Reagan FieldMurray, Kentucky W 2–1 (12) Kelham (1–0) Wright (0–1) 120 3–0 —February 25 Reagan Field W 18–7 (7) Schutte (1–0) Stropshire (0–1) 250 4–0 —February 28 at Little Rock Gary Hogan FieldLittle 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 recordMarch 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 FieldOxford, 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 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 USI Baseball FieldEvansville, Indiana W 5–4 Lyke (2–0) Gonzalez (0–2) Wajda (2) 239 11–3 —March 16 vs. Southern Indiana Marion StadiumMarion, Illinois W 17–6 (7) Silva (3–0) Kimball (2–3) McLendon (3) 101 12–3 —March 16 vs. Southern Indiana Marion Stadium L 7–8 Kennedy (2–0) Wajda (2–2) 101 12–4 —March 18 at Kentucky Kentucky Proud ParkLexington, 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 0–1March 22 Evansville Reagan Field L 10–15 Fieger (1–2) Wajda (2–3) 260 13–6 0–2March 23 Evansville Reagan Field W 9–5 Zentko (2–1) Byberg (0–3) 260 14–6 1–2March 28 at Duffy Bass FieldNormal, Illinois W 19–8 (7) Elmy (2–0) Harper (2–1) 611 15–6 2–2March 29 at Illinois State Duffy Bass Field L 1–7 Perry (2–3) Schutte (1–2) Donnison (1) 568 15–7 2–3March 29 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 recordApril 1 Reagan Field W 5–3 Ugo (1–0) Howard (0–2) Lebron (1) 250 16–8 —April 6 Capaha Field† W 5–0 Schutte (2–2) Lutz (1–6) 120 17–8 3–4April 7 Bradley Capaha Field† W 12–0 (7) Silva (4–1) Vaughn (0–3) 100 18–8 4–4April 7 Bradley Capaha Field† W 3–2 Elmy (3–0) Politte (1–5) Zentko (2) 100 19–8 5–4April 8 Reagan Field W 10–0 (7) Hustedde (1–0) Brower (1–1) 115 20–8 —April 9 Reagan Field W 38–1 (7) Oakley (1–0) Wooldridge (1–4) 300 21–8 —April 11 Reagan Field W 3–1 Elmy (4–0) Schueler (2–6) Zentko (3) 275 22–8 6–4April 12 UIC Reagan Field L 4–10 Egan (2–1) Schutte (2–3) Hawkins (1) 350 22–9 6–5April 13 UIC Reagan Field W 11–9 Silva (5–1) Bak (0–3) Kelham (1) 350 23–9 7–5April 15 Reagan Field W 4–3 Oakley (2–0) Klein (0–2) 300 24–9 —April 17 at Emory G. Bauer FieldValparaiso, Indiana W 11–10 Lebron (2–0) Cottrill (0–2) 127 25–9 8–5April 18 at Valparaiso Emory G. Bauer Field W 16–2 Schutte (3–3) Deliyannis (3–5) 209 26–9 9–5April 19 at Valparaiso Emory G. Bauer Field W 5–1 Silva (5–1) Boynton (1–4) 189 27–9 10–5April 22 at North Alabama Mike D. Lane FieldFlorence, Alabama W 10–3 Oakley (3–0) Stogner (0–2) 162 28–9 —April 25 at Bob Warn FieldTerre Haute, IN W 9–3 Schutte (4–3) Suriel (0–4) Kelham (2) 596 29–9 11–5April 26 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field L 1–11 McEwen (6–2) Silva (5–2) 931 29–10 11–6April 27 at Indiana State Bob Warn Field W 2–1 Elmy (5–0) Parson (1–3) Kelham (3) 831 30–10 12–6April 29 at Southeast Missouri State Capaha FieldCape 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. May (5–2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record MVC record May 2 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 E. S. Rose ParkNashville, 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 Reagan Field W 16–5 (7) Schutte (7–3) Schaaf (4–2) ESPN+ 200 35–13 17–8 Postseason (9–2) (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 FieldNormal, 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 (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 FieldOxford, 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 (2–1) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record Super Regional record June 7 vs. Duke Jack Coombs FieldDurham, 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 (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 OmahaOmaha, 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
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