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Baseball: Blue Raiders developing an identity after fall scrimmages
Photo by Anthony Fiorella / MTSU Sidelines Story by Anthony Fiorella / Sports Reporter, Calvin Smith / Sports Reporter and Timothy Carroll / Sports Reporter The Middle Tennessee Blue Raider baseball team finished up “fall ball” with the Blue-White World Series on Wednesday. The white team took the series four games to one and they …
Controversial call leads to Blue Raider loss against Tennessee Tech
After knocking off Memphis on March 8, the Blue Raiders were unable to surpass instate foe Tennessee Tech in the final mid-week matchup on Wednesday night, losing 9-6 on a call that may have decided the fate of the game. In the bottom of the second inning with one out and a man on base for …
MTSU’s two runs late not enough against Southern Miss
Photo by Meagan White // Staff Photographer Middle Tennessee (14-16, 2-8 C-USA) made a late push with two runs in the ninth inning, but Southern Miss eventually shut the Blue Raiders’ offense down, winning game one of the three-game series, 6-4. The Blue Raiders were only down one run heading into the fifth inning, but …
MTSU offense lacking in loss to Tennessee
Photo by Meagan White // Staff Photographer Middle Tennessee (12-13) traveled to Knoxville to take on in-state rival Tennessee (15-9) on Tuesday night. Pitching seemed to be the key to this game for the Volunteers, holding MTSU to just two runs and winning with a final score of 9-2. MTSU left 10 runners on-base, leading to a …
MTSU beats two top five teams in five day span
Photo by Meagan White // Staff Photographer After upsetting the No. 2 team in the country in Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament, Middle Tennessee beat No. 5 Vanderbilt in baseball just five days later, upsetting two top five programs in the same week for the first time in school history. MTSU (12-9) rallied Tuesday …
Blue Raiders sweep doubleheader, win series against Indiana
Photo by Brent Beerends | MT Athletics Game 1: MTSU 3, Indiana 2 Middle Tennessee (1-1) walked off against Indiana (1-1) in the bottom of the 11th inning, thanks to a questionable call by the umpire on Austin Dennis’ slide into third base. The freshman finished 2-for-5, scoring two of the Blue Raiders’ three runs …