Games 40-43 (Murfreesboro, Tenn.): Middle Tennessee (21-17-1, 10-9-1 C-USA) vs. No. 16 LA Tech (28-11, 14-6 C-USA)
» Friday, April 30 | 6 PM CT | vs. LA Tech
» Saturday, May 1 | 1 PM CT & TBA | vs. LA Tech (Doubleheader)
» Sunday, May 2 | 1 PM CT | vs. LA Tech
Fan Attendance
» Attendance will be limited to 10 percent fan capacity. Attendees will also be asked to practice social distancing and wear a mask at all times while inside Reese Smith Jr. Field.
About the Blue Raiders
» MT right-hander Aaron Brown is tied for No. 5 nationally with 87 strikeouts this season and is rapidly nearing the top 10 for most strikeouts in a single season as a Blue Raider. With the rest of the regular season schedule still remaining, Brown lacks four punch outs of tying Jack Laverty's 1973 total of 91 for tenth most in a season. Atop the single season strikeout list is former No. 3 overall draft pick and Blue Raider Hall of Famer Dewon Brazelton who fanned 154 batters in 2001. Only seven Blue Raider pitchers have struck out 100 or more batters in a season (Dewon Brazelton, Zac Curtis, Dave Richardson, Chris Mobley, Chris Crabtree (2), John Williams, and Steve Sonneberger).
» David Zoz and Trent Seibert linked up to throw the eighth one-hitter since 1976 in the series finale vs. UAB (4/25). Seibert started the game against the Blazers and tossed the first four innings allowed a hit and a pair of runs before turning the ball over to David Zoz in the fifth. Zoz entered the game and was lights out from the jump. The senior threw five innings, didn't allow a hit or a walk, and struck out five on his way to a team-high sixth win of the season.
» With two outs, a full count, and down a run in extra innings, freshman Briggs Rutter hit a walk-off home run down the left field line to give the Blue Raiders a 5-3 win over the Blazers (4/23). Briggs' home run was his first career hit as a Blue Raider and it came in his first career start. The freshman went on to start the next two games for MT, hitting .300, slugging .600, and raking in a team-high six runs in the weekend series vs. UAB.
All-time vs. LA Tech
» The Bulldogs lead the all-time series with MT, 14-11, dating back to April 20, 2001.
» The last time the Blue Raiders and LA Tech played was March 22-24, 2019. The Bulldogs took the series 2-1 in Murfreesboro and outscored the Blue Raiders 16-10 over three games.
Scouting The Bulldogs
» Six Bulldog batters with 20 or more games played are batting over .300 on the season. Hunter Wells leads the team with a .371 batting average and 59 hits in 2021.
» LA Tech ranks in the top three of C-USA in 10 offensive categories including batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage, runs scored, hits, RBI, doubles, triples, home runs, and total bases.
» The Bulldog pitching staff is led by Jonathan Fincher. The red-shirt junior has a perfect 6-0 record and a C-USA best 1.79 ERA. Fincher also leads the conference in both opponent batting average (.172) and innings pitched (65.1).
Next Time Out
» Following the series against LA Tech, the Blue Raiders will head to Hattiesburg, Mississippi for a four-game series against Southern Miss. The series is scheduled to kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 7th.
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