MURFREESBORO, Tenn.—A six-run outburst out of #16 Louisiana Tech over the first three innings proved to be too much for the Middle Tennessee baseball team, as the Blue Raiders (21-18-1, C-USA 10-10-1) fell 9-7 in the series opener with the Bulldogs (29-11, C-USA 15-6).
"I liked the fight out of our team tonight," said Middle Tennessee Head Coach Jim Toman. "We hung in there and were one hit away from tying [the game] up at the end."
Five straight hits to open up the ballgame led to three early runs for Louisiana Tech, who would add two more runs in the second and another in the third.