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Baseball: Raiders finish winning home stand with victory over Missouri State
After a close but winless opening series away at North Carolina, MTSU returned home and snagged three of four games at Reese Smith Jr. Field. Wins over Bradley and Evansville on Thursday and Friday respectively as well as a win in the finale against Missouri State moves MTSU’s record to 3-4 on the young season. …
Baseball: MTSU shows potential in series loss at UNC
Story by Trevor Aldridge / Staff Writer Middle Tennessee State (0-3) suffered a three-game sweep at the hands of #13 North Carolina (3-0) over last weekend at Boshamer Stadium to open up their 2020 baseball season. Friday The Tar Heels won the first game 15-3 on Friday afternoon. Sophomore right-hander Aaron Brown made the start …
Baseball: Blue Raiders post dominate performance against Austin Peay, win 7-1
Photo courtesy of MT Athletics Story by Truman Greub / Staff Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (16-15, 9-9) ended a four-game losing skid in a win over the Austin Peay Governors (21-18, 13-8) on Tuesday night. Each ball club registered zeros across the board in the first inning and it wasn’t until the …
Baseball: #7 Vanderbilt roughs up MT pitching in 15-3 blowout win
Photo by Devin Grimes / MT Athletics Story by Trevor Aldridge / Contributing Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (13-19) lost at home to the number seven ranked Vanderbilt Commodores (25-8) in a route on Tuesday night by a final score of 15-3. The Commodores built a three-run lead off of MT left-hander David …
Baseball: MTSU has impressive weekend over Western Kentucky, completes series sweep
Photo by Jordyn Lee / MTSU Sidelines Story by Austin Laymon / Staff Writer The Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders (13-18, 7-5) hosted long-time rival Western Kentucky Hilltoppers over the weekend in a three-game series at Reese Smith Jr. Field. It was MTSU’s high-powered offense that put them over top of the Hilltoppers in a …
Baseball: Wigginton’s heroics lift Blue Raiders past Racers in extra innings
Photo courtesy of Devin Grimes / MT Athletics Story by Trevor Aldridge / Contributing Writer Middle Tennessee State (10-18) snapped a two-game skid on Tuesday night by defeating the Murray State Racers (11-14) by a score of 8-5 in 13 innings at Reese Smith Jr. Field. The meeting was the first between the two schools …