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Craig Shepherd
0
Evansville UE 0-5
6
Winner Middle Tennessee MT 2-3
Evansville UE
0-5
0
Final
6
Middle Tennessee MT
2-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Evansville UE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
Middle Tennessee MT 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 X 6 12 0

W: Aaron Brown (1-1) L: Croner, Nathan (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball drops road contest at Middle Tennessee, 6-0

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Still working to find its offense this weekend, the University of Evansville baseball team fell to Middle Tennessee, 6-0, on the road on Friday afternoon in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

"We have to credit their starter on the mound tonight," said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll. "He did a great job working ahead all day. As a team, we need to show up to the field tomorrow ready to compete and play hard."

It was a tough day at the plate for the Aces, while Middle Tennessee got its offense going early. Evansville stranded a pair of runners in the first inning as senior Craig Shepherd opened the game with a single down the right field line, but was then thrown out on a fielder's choice in the next at bat. 

MTSU stranded runners in the first, as well, loading the bases with two outs before senior lefty Nathan Croner induced a foul out to end the inning.

After Evansville went down in order in the second, the Blue Raiders continued to put runners on, but again left runners on base, this time, stranding two.
Box Score (PDF)

Middle Tennessee broke through in the bottom of the third, striking for four runs on three hits to open an early advantage. 

Freshman pitcher Jakob Meyer provided a spark on the mound for the Aces in the fourth and fifth innings, throwing four strikeouts in a pair of innings for the Aces.

The sixth inning saw two more runs go on the board for the Blue Raiders as Middle Tennessee pushed its lead to 6-0. When the Aces needed their offense the most, MTSU clamped down, not allowing an Evansville hit in the final three innings.

The Blue Raiders received an excellent performance from starting pitcher Aaron Brown, who pitched six innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just four hits and striking out seven.

Evansville hits the midway point of its five-game slate in the Music City when the Aces take on Belmont at 2 PM in Nashville.
 
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