The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Friday, April 23
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
2 PM
UAB
13-24, 6-11
4
at
2
Middle Tennessee
18-17, 7-9-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UAB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Photo by: Middle Tennessee Athletics
UAB Baseball Splits Series Opener at Middle Tennessee
4/23/2021 9:15:00β―PM | Baseball
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. β The UAB baseball team split the series-opening doubleheader with Middle Tennessee on Friday at Reese Smith Jr. Field. The Blazers took game one, 4-2, but fell in extra innings in the second game, 5-2.
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The Blazers move to 13-25, 6-12 C-USA and Middle Tennessee goes to 19-17-1, 8-9-1 C-USA on the season.
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GAME ONE β UAB 4, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 2
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Riley Davis (3-3) picked up the win, tossing his third complete game of the season with eight strikeouts. Aaron Brown (5-3) picked up the loss after going 6.2 innings and allowing four runs.
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After two scoreless innings, UAB got on the board first with three runs in the third. John Marc Mullins led off with a single up the middle. Jess Davis drove Mullins in two batters later. Chandler Simpson reached on a walk and was brought home, along with J. Davis, on a base hit from Colton Schultz.
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Middle Tennessee threatened in the fifth with their first hit of the game with two outs to put a runner at second. The Blazers were able to get out of the inning with a pop-out to Mullins at shortstop.
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With bases loaded and two outs, Brett Coker hit a single to bring in two runs to cut the lead to one, 3-2.
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UAB answered in the seventh. Joseph Kiel led off with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Leo Harris. Kiel came home on base hit from J. Davis, his second of the game, for the 4-2 advantage.
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R. Davis came back out in the bottom of the seventh and closed out the game by retiring the side for the 4-2 victory.
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GAME TWO β UAB 2, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 5
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Tyler O'Clair started in game two, going seven innings with eight strikeouts and allowed no earned runs. Brady Greene (3-2) got the loss after pitching .2 innings in the eighth and gave up the go-ahead run. David Zoz (5-0) picked up the win after coming in during the seventh inning.Β
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Middle Tennessee came out and took the early 1-0 lead in the first on a sacrifice fly from JT Mabry.
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Ian Ladner led off the top of the second with his second home run of the season to tie the game at one.
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The Blue Raiders added a run in the fourth to take the 2-1 lead.
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Simpson hit a two-out single in the top of the seventh. In the next at-bat Schultz sent a double into left center bringing in Simpson from first to tie the game at two.
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With runners on first and second, Middle Tennessee's Briggs Rutter sent the ball over the left field wall for the walk-off three-run home run in the eighth inning to take game two, 5-2.
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UAB returns to the diamond for game three of the series on Saturday at Reese Smith Jr. Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. Check the UAB baseball schedule page for the latest updates.
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For more information on the UAB baseball team, follow @UAB_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram.
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The Blazers move to 13-25, 6-12 C-USA and Middle Tennessee goes to 19-17-1, 8-9-1 C-USA on the season.
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GAME ONE β UAB 4, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 2
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Riley Davis (3-3) picked up the win, tossing his third complete game of the season with eight strikeouts. Aaron Brown (5-3) picked up the loss after going 6.2 innings and allowing four runs.
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After two scoreless innings, UAB got on the board first with three runs in the third. John Marc Mullins led off with a single up the middle. Jess Davis drove Mullins in two batters later. Chandler Simpson reached on a walk and was brought home, along with J. Davis, on a base hit from Colton Schultz.
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Middle Tennessee threatened in the fifth with their first hit of the game with two outs to put a runner at second. The Blazers were able to get out of the inning with a pop-out to Mullins at shortstop.
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With bases loaded and two outs, Brett Coker hit a single to bring in two runs to cut the lead to one, 3-2.
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UAB answered in the seventh. Joseph Kiel led off with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Leo Harris. Kiel came home on base hit from J. Davis, his second of the game, for the 4-2 advantage.
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R. Davis came back out in the bottom of the seventh and closed out the game by retiring the side for the 4-2 victory.
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GAME TWO β UAB 2, MIDDLE TENNESSEE 5
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Tyler O'Clair started in game two, going seven innings with eight strikeouts and allowed no earned runs. Brady Greene (3-2) got the loss after pitching .2 innings in the eighth and gave up the go-ahead run. David Zoz (5-0) picked up the win after coming in during the seventh inning.Β
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Middle Tennessee came out and took the early 1-0 lead in the first on a sacrifice fly from JT Mabry.
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Ian Ladner led off the top of the second with his second home run of the season to tie the game at one.
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The Blue Raiders added a run in the fourth to take the 2-1 lead.
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Simpson hit a two-out single in the top of the seventh. In the next at-bat Schultz sent a double into left center bringing in Simpson from first to tie the game at two.
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With runners on first and second, Middle Tennessee's Briggs Rutter sent the ball over the left field wall for the walk-off three-run home run in the eighth inning to take game two, 5-2.
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UAB returns to the diamond for game three of the series on Saturday at Reese Smith Jr. Field. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. Check the UAB baseball schedule page for the latest updates.
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For more information on the UAB baseball team, follow @UAB_Baseball on Twitter and Instagram.
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Pitching:
W: Davis, Riley (3-3)
L: Aaron Brown (5-3)
Batting:
RBI: Davis, Jess 2 ; Schultz, Colton 2
SH: Harris, Leo 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Davis, Jess 1 ; Simpson, Chandler 1 ; Mullins, John Marc 1 ; Kiel, Joseph 1
SB: Davis, Jess 1 ; Simpson, Chandler 1 ; Mullins, John Marc 1
PO: Davis, Jess 1
Batting:
2B: Gabe Jennings 1
RBI: Brett Coker 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Fausto Lopez 1 ; JT Mabry 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
AB
3
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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