Middle Tennessee State University Athletics
Friday, May 15
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
2:00 p.m.
Middle Tennessee
30-24, 0
11
vs
13
Southern Miss
34-16-1, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 1 |
| Middle Tennessee | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 14 | 3 |
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: James McMahon (11-1)
L: Troutt, Tyler (1-4)
Batting:
2B: Dylan Burdeaux 1 ; Taylor Braley 1 ; Chase Scott 1
HR: Connor Barron 1
RBI: Connor Barron 4 ; Dylan Burdeaux 1 ; Taylor Braley 2
SH: Michael Sterling 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Connor Barron 3 ; Dylan Burdeaux 1 ; Matt Durst 1 ; Chuckie Robinson 1 ; Nick Dawson 2
SB: Dylan Burdeaux 1
CS: Dylan Burdeaux 1
Batting:
HR: Jebavy, Ronnie 1 ; Sullivan, Kevin 1
RBI: Jebavy, Ronnie 1 ; Bryant, Austin 1 ; Adkins, Michael 1 ; Sullivan, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Delgado, Dustin 1 ; Jebavy, Ronnie 1 ; Ingold, Jake 1 ; Sullivan, Kevin 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
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Sullivan has huge day
5/15/2015 11:38:00 PM | Baseball
Raiders drop twinbill
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee battled but couldn't get a win for its efforts in a doubleheader setback against red-hot Southern Miss at Reese Smith Field Friday.
The Blue Raiders (30-25, 19-11) lost game one of the twinbill, 13-11 and dropped the nightcap 8-4 on Senior Day. Southern Miss (35-16-1, 19-10) won its 13th straight. Middle Tennessee will learn of its postseason tournament seed following the completion of action Saturday.
Middle Tennessee will be either the No. 3 or 4 seed in the C-USA Tournament, which begins Wednesday in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Several Blue Raiders had strong hitting days in the doubleheader. Junior standout Ronnie Jebavy capped a sterling regular season by going 5-for-9 with his seventh home run, one double and a .556 average. Freshman Kevin Sullivan also had a big-time day. Sullivan was 3-for-7 with his first collegiate home run, one double and five RBI. He had a career-high four RBI in the first game of the doubleheader.
Another sophomore, Kevin Dupree, also was strong. He was 3-for-8 with one double in the two games Friday.
The Blue Raiders had a season-high seven doubles in the first game and five Blue Raiders had multi-hit games. In fact, every starter had at least one hit.
Sullivan was 2-for-4 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored. Jarreau, Jebavy, Allen and Dupree also had two hits in the first of two. Jebavy was the only Blue Raider with a multi-hit game in the nightcap, going 3-for-4 with a home run.
Middle Tennessee took an early 1-0 lead in the first game of the doubleheader when Jake Ingold laced a one-out double, stole second and scored on Austin Bryant's groundout in the bottom of the second. The lead was short lived as Southern Miss came back with four run in the top of the third to take a 4-1 lead.
The Blue Raiders would not stay down. They answered right back with two in the bottom of the third. Sullivan coaxed a leadoff walk and Jarreau followed with a double to right field to extend his hitting streak to 13 games and put runners at second and third with none out.
Dustin Delgado's groundout to short plated one run and Jebavy followed with a double to score another as the Blue Raiders narrowed the deficit to 4-3. Once again, Southern Miss came back with a vengeance. The Golden Eagles answered with three in the top of the fourth as they knocked Nate Hoffmann from the game and took a 7-3 advantage.
The see-saw affair was far from decided.
Middle Tennessee stormed back with five runs in the bottom of fifth to take an 8-7 lead after sending nine batters to the plate. Jarreau nailed his second double of the game to start the uprising. Delgado walked and Jebavy singled to load the bases. Allen, Ingold and Dupree each forced in a run before Sullivan came up with a huge at-bat.
With runners at second and third and two outs, Sullivan drove a 1-2 offering into right field to plate two runs and stake Middle Tennessee to a 12-8 lead. Once again, Southern Miss responded. The Golden Eagles struck for a five-spot of their own in the top of the seventh to reclaim a 12-8 advantage.
Middle Tennessee rallied once again and kept the game interesting with a three-run bottom of the seventh. With one out, Bryant and Dupree came through with back-to-back hits. Adkins popped out to set the stage for Sullivan.
The freshman came up huge again when he clobbered a double into left center to score Bryant and Dupree. Sullivan's third and fourth RBI of the game narrowed the deficit to 12-10. Jarreau then reached on an error and Sullivan motored around from second as Middle Tennessee pulled to within 12-11.
Middle Tennessee got the tying run in scoring position with less than two outs in the eighth. Allen crushed a one-out single into left and stole second with one out, but Ingold struck out and Bryant flied out to end the threat.
The Blue Raiders fell behind 6-0 after four innings in the nighcap but slowly chipped away to get back into the game. Adkins' sac fly scored Ingold in the bottom of the fifth as Middle Tennessee got on the board, 6-1.
Middle Tennessee added another run in the sixth when Bryant's two-out single scored Delgado, who had singled to start the inning.
Sullivan turned on a pitch and smashed it over the right field fence for his first career home run in the seventh, and Jebavy connected for his seventh in the eighth as Middle Tennessee closed to within 6-4; however, Southern Miss came back with two insurance runs in the ninth and won 8-4.
Middle Tennessee will begin play in the C-USA Tournament Wednesday.
The Blue Raiders (30-25, 19-11) lost game one of the twinbill, 13-11 and dropped the nightcap 8-4 on Senior Day. Southern Miss (35-16-1, 19-10) won its 13th straight. Middle Tennessee will learn of its postseason tournament seed following the completion of action Saturday.
Middle Tennessee will be either the No. 3 or 4 seed in the C-USA Tournament, which begins Wednesday in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Several Blue Raiders had strong hitting days in the doubleheader. Junior standout Ronnie Jebavy capped a sterling regular season by going 5-for-9 with his seventh home run, one double and a .556 average. Freshman Kevin Sullivan also had a big-time day. Sullivan was 3-for-7 with his first collegiate home run, one double and five RBI. He had a career-high four RBI in the first game of the doubleheader.
Another sophomore, Kevin Dupree, also was strong. He was 3-for-8 with one double in the two games Friday.
The Blue Raiders had a season-high seven doubles in the first game and five Blue Raiders had multi-hit games. In fact, every starter had at least one hit.
Sullivan was 2-for-4 with a double, four RBI and two runs scored. Jarreau, Jebavy, Allen and Dupree also had two hits in the first of two. Jebavy was the only Blue Raider with a multi-hit game in the nightcap, going 3-for-4 with a home run.
Middle Tennessee took an early 1-0 lead in the first game of the doubleheader when Jake Ingold laced a one-out double, stole second and scored on Austin Bryant's groundout in the bottom of the second. The lead was short lived as Southern Miss came back with four run in the top of the third to take a 4-1 lead.
The Blue Raiders would not stay down. They answered right back with two in the bottom of the third. Sullivan coaxed a leadoff walk and Jarreau followed with a double to right field to extend his hitting streak to 13 games and put runners at second and third with none out.
Dustin Delgado's groundout to short plated one run and Jebavy followed with a double to score another as the Blue Raiders narrowed the deficit to 4-3. Once again, Southern Miss came back with a vengeance. The Golden Eagles answered with three in the top of the fourth as they knocked Nate Hoffmann from the game and took a 7-3 advantage.
The see-saw affair was far from decided.
Middle Tennessee stormed back with five runs in the bottom of fifth to take an 8-7 lead after sending nine batters to the plate. Jarreau nailed his second double of the game to start the uprising. Delgado walked and Jebavy singled to load the bases. Allen, Ingold and Dupree each forced in a run before Sullivan came up with a huge at-bat.
With runners at second and third and two outs, Sullivan drove a 1-2 offering into right field to plate two runs and stake Middle Tennessee to a 12-8 lead. Once again, Southern Miss responded. The Golden Eagles struck for a five-spot of their own in the top of the seventh to reclaim a 12-8 advantage.
Middle Tennessee rallied once again and kept the game interesting with a three-run bottom of the seventh. With one out, Bryant and Dupree came through with back-to-back hits. Adkins popped out to set the stage for Sullivan.
The freshman came up huge again when he clobbered a double into left center to score Bryant and Dupree. Sullivan's third and fourth RBI of the game narrowed the deficit to 12-10. Jarreau then reached on an error and Sullivan motored around from second as Middle Tennessee pulled to within 12-11.
Middle Tennessee got the tying run in scoring position with less than two outs in the eighth. Allen crushed a one-out single into left and stole second with one out, but Ingold struck out and Bryant flied out to end the threat.
The Blue Raiders fell behind 6-0 after four innings in the nighcap but slowly chipped away to get back into the game. Adkins' sac fly scored Ingold in the bottom of the fifth as Middle Tennessee got on the board, 6-1.
Middle Tennessee added another run in the sixth when Bryant's two-out single scored Delgado, who had singled to start the inning.
Sullivan turned on a pitch and smashed it over the right field fence for his first career home run in the seventh, and Jebavy connected for his seventh in the eighth as Middle Tennessee closed to within 6-4; however, Southern Miss came back with two insurance runs in the ninth and won 8-4.
Middle Tennessee will begin play in the C-USA Tournament Wednesday.
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