WKU Baseball Drops Series Finale to Middle Tennessee

Sunday, March 19

Murfreesboro, TN

1:00 PM CT

Western Kentucky University

15-6, 0

Middle Tennessee

10-9, 0

Western Kentucky

Middle Tennessee

Photo by: Jack Todd, WKU Athletics

3/19/2023 4:24:00 PM | Baseball

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – WKU Baseball dropped its series finale to Middle Tennessee, 8-6, on Sunday afternoon in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

The Hilltoppers drop to 15-6 overall and 1-2 in Conference USA after this first weekend of league play.

LHP Devyn Terbrak got the nod for his fifth consecutive Sunday start. The senior totaled four strikeouts in 6.0 innings while allowing three runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk. RHPs Mason Burns and CJ Weins saw action in relief of Terbrak going 2.0 innings, surrendering five runs (four earned) and six hits with three strikeouts.

At the plate, WKU recorded eight hits with three Hilltoppers going for multi-hit efforts. Ricardo Leonett led the offense in a 3-for-4 performance with a long ball, a double, and an RBI. Tristin Garcia went 2-for-5 also with an RBI while Drew Reckart knocked a two RBI single to contribute to the six-run result.

SCORING SUMMARY

An RBI single from Tristin Garcia gave the Tops a 1-0 lead in the third inning.

WKU crossed two more the following inning off a fielding error from the Blue Raiders to take a 3-0 lead.

Middle Tennessee scratched for the first time in the fifth from an RBI single to make the score 3-1.

A two-RBI single from Drew Reckart in the sixth extended the Hilltopper lead to 5-1.

The Blue Raiders used a throwing miscue to cross two more runs and cut the lead to 5-3 in the bottom of the frame.

A solo shot from Ricardo Leonett gave the Tops a 6-3 lead in the top of the seventh.

An RBI single and a passed ball scored two more for Middle Tennessee to make it a 6-5 game going into the eighth inning.

The Blue Raiders took the lead in the eighth, scoring off a wild pitch and a two-RBI single and mark the final runs of the game to take the victory, 8-6.

UP NEXT

The Hilltoppers will hit the road for a midweek matchup against the Louisville Cardinals on Tuesday, March 21, starting at 5 p.m. CT in Louisville, Ky.

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