HOUSTON – Twenty-one runs off 18 hits was the story in Middle Tennessee's thrashing of Rice Sunday afternoon.
Seeking its first sweep of the season, it was the most runs scored in a game since the Blue Raiders piled on 24 runs at Belmont March 27, 2018.
An 11-run, nine-hit Blue Raider third inning marked the second time MT scored 11 runs in an inning this season (Feb. 26 vs. Illinois).
Following two singles to start the game by Fausto Lopez and JT Mabry, Lopez scored on a wild pitch for the game's first run.