Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Middle Tennessee
4-3
Miami U
3-3
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SPEARS (1-0)
L: Clements, Reid (0-1)
Batting:
2B: HARRIS 1 ; WINKLER 1 ; SENGER 1 ; ROMANO 1
HR: HAFFEY 1 ; SEDIO 1
RBI: HARRIS 2 ; WINKLER 3 ; HAFFEY 4 ; RUSSO 1 ; SEDIO 2 ; FLANARY 1
SH: SENGER 1
Base Running:
RUNS: HARRIS 2 ; WINKLER 2 ; HAFFEY 1 ; YACEK 1 ; SEDIO 2 ; ROMANO 3 ; FLANARY 2
CS: SENGER 1 ; FLANARY 1
HBP: SEDIO 1 ; SENGER 1
Batting:
2B: Delgado, Riley 1
3B: Sullivan, Kevin 1
RBI: Jarreau, Brad 1 ; Benefield, Blake 1 ; King, Kaleb 1 ; Sullivan, Kevin 1 ; Shapen, Vaughn 1
SF: Jarreau, Brad 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dennis, Austin 1 ; Norrell, Austin 1 ; King, Kaleb 1 ; Sullivan, Kevin 1 ; Shapen, Vaughn 1
HBP: Aucker, Aaron 1 ; Sullivan, Kevin 1
PO: Sullivan, Kevin 1
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Delgado continues torrid pace against Miami (Ohio)
2/28/2016 5:12:00 PM | Baseball
SS has reached base safety 13 straight times
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee dropped the final game of the Mule Mix Classic, falling to Miami (Ohio), 13-5, in front of 851 at Reese Smith Jr. Field Sunday.
Despite the setback, newcomer Riley Delgado continued his scorching start and turned in a monster weekend. The Miami, Fla., native went 2-for-2 with a double, three walks and raised his team-leading batting average to .455.
Delgado extended his hitting streak to six games and provided his fourth multi-hit game which also leads the team. The junior shortstop hit .857 in the three games with three multi-hit games. He reached base safely 13 out of 14 plate appearances, including 13 straight (six hits, seven walks) after grounding out in his first at-bat against Army Friday. Delgado was 6-for-7 with a double and one run scored.
Delgado's superlative play was not enough as Middle Tennessee dropped 2-of-3 during the weekend.
In addition to Delgado's strong effort against Miami, Kevin Sullivan and Kaleb King also had multi-hit games. Sullivan was 2-for-3 with a triple, one run scored and one RBI. King was 2-for-4 with one run scored and one RBI.
Delgado, King and Sullivan combined for the six Blue Raider hits. The remainder of the lineup was 0-for-24 against three Miami pitchers.
The Blue Raider pitching staff was roughed up for 16 hits and also issued six walks and hit a batter. Miami scored single runs in the first and third innings against starter Reid Clements, who struggled with his control but battled and kept the Blue Raiders in the game through five innings. Leading 2-0 going to the sixth, Miami got to Clements and broke the game open.
Miami exploded for six runs off of Clements and AJ Spencer to take an 8-0 lead before the Blue Raiders started to battle back.
Middle Tennessee scored two in the bottom of the sixth. Delgado walked to start the inning and Austin Dennis followed with a fielder's choice. Brad Jarreau popped out for the second out, but Austin Norrell walked and Aaron Aucker was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Blake Benefield walked to force in one run and King delivered a two-out single for the second run.
The Blue Raiders added single run in the seventh and eighth.
Middle Tennessee completed its seven-game homestand with a 4-3 mark. The Blue Raiders will return to the diamond when they play Lipscomb in Nashville Tuesday at 4 p.m.
