Baseball

Ride The Raider Roller Coaster
Story by Will Carter / Sports Editor Posted at the entrance of every roller coaster is a warning sign that lists situations where a person shouldn’t ride it. Usually it says something along the lines of, “you should not ride this roller coaster if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure, are pregnant …

Hamm Halts Roadrunners’ Bats, Blue Raiders Avoid Sweep
Story by Will Carter / Sports Editor Coming into the series finale on Sunday between MTSU and UTSA, the Roadrunners (30-14, 14-7 C-USA) flexed their hitting power and scoring ability by plating 25 combined runs in the first two games of the series, but the Blue Raiders (22-19, 12-9 C-USA) hampered those abilities in the …

Middle Tennessee Hit Well In Loss
Story by Will Carter / Sports Editor While the Blue Raiders scored in more innings than the Roadrunners on Saturday afternoon, they weren’t able to overcome the barrage of runs that UTSA put on the board early in the contest, ultimately falling 12-4. Middle Tennessee (21-19, 11-9 C-USA) broke the ice with one run in …

Blue Raiders’ bullpen key in win over Bruins
Story by Will Carter / Sports Editor Much like many other games this season, Middle Tennessee’s bats took some time to heat up in their 3-1 win over the visiting Belmont Bruins, but the work from the bullpen gave them some comfort as the game went on by pitching eight scoreless innings combined. Freshman Jack …

Blue Raiders Blasted by Niners, Late Rally Falls Short
Story by Will Carter / Sports Editor Middle Tennessee (17-16, 8-6 C-USA) couldn’t quite get going early in the second game of the series against Charlotte (19-15, 5-9 C-USA) while the Niners achieved the complete opposite by scoring nine runs through the first four innings of the game which eventually lead them to a 10-5 …

Blue Raiders Return to The Reese Against Charlotte: Q&A Preview with Niners’ Writer
Story by Will Carter / Sports Editor After winning three straight and nine of their last 12 games, the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (16-5, 7-5 C-USA) are looking to win their fourth Conference USA series this season as they welcome the Charlotte Niners to Reese Smith Jr. Field this weekend. Charlotte (18-14, 4-8 C-USA) is …