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Baseball: Blue Raiders sweep series over Bowling Green
Story by William Carter / Contributing Writer The rain started to come down and the runs started to add up in the third inning as Middle Tennessee (5-2) cruised to a 7-0 win Sunday to complete the sweep of Bowling Green (0-3). Both teams made quick work of each other until the third inning when …
Blue Raiders use six pitchers in 12-7 loss to Murray State
Story by William Carter / Contributing Writer Bullpen woes upended the MTSU baseball team’s chance of defeating longtime diamond rival Murray State. The Blue Raiders fell 12-7 to the Racers Wednesday evening. The Racers opened the game scoring two runs, but the Blue Raiders answered back with a two-run home run from DJ Wright. Wright …
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: 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: LA Tech gets the best of Blue Raiders, take home weekend series 2-1
Photo by Jordyn Lee / MTSU Sidelines Story by Truman Greub and Tim Carroll / Contributing Writers On Friday, the Middle Tennessee State University (8-15, 3-3) baseball team geared up for a weekend series against Louisiana Tech (13-8) but ultimately fell to the Bulldogs 2-1 for the series. Peyton Wiggington had a stand-out performance on …