Middle Tennessee vs Sam Houston (Apr 24, 2026)

 
Box Score
 

2026 Sam Houston Baseball
Middle Tennessee at Sam Houston
Apr 24, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas (Don Sanders Stadium)

Middle Tennessee 3 (21-21,8-11 CUSA)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Owen Nowak cf 
Layne Akers dh 
Cooper Clapp 2b 
Tyler Minnick c 
Brett Rogers rf 
Dean O'Neill 1b 
Nathan Brewer lf 
Brett Vondohlen 3b 
Clay Badylak ss 
David Horn Jr. p 
   Landen Burch p 
   Colin Kerrigan p 
   Cole Cates p 
Totals  33  24 
  

Sam Houston 6 (19-23,8-11 CUSA)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Ryan Franden 3b 
Jeric Curtis cf 
Cade Corcoran 1b 
Nathan Fink dh 
Sean Bazmore rf 
Wes Baker c 
Hunter Alvord ss 
Kirby Orth lf 
Jace Martinez 2b 
Ryan Peterson p 
   Zak Johnson p 
Totals  32  27 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Middle Tennessee.... 000 000 003 -  3  9  1
Sam Houston......... 001 200 03X -  6  8  0
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E - Clay Badylak. DP - Bearkats 1. LOB - Blue Raiders 6; Bearkats 9. 2B - Brett Rogers; Brett Vondoh; Franden, R.. HR - Franden, R.. SB - Curtis, J.; Alvord, H. 3; Orth, K.; Martinez, J.. CS - Nathan Brewe; Corcoran, C..

Middle Tennessee   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
David Horn Jr. L,2-5  6.0  24  26  98 
Landen Burch   1.0  25 
Colin Kerrigan   0.2  21 
Cole Cates   0.1  14 
  
Sam Houston   ip  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Ryan Peterson W,5-4  8.0  27  29  97 
Zak Johnson   1.0  20 

Win - Peterson, R. (5-4). Loss - David Horn J (2-5). Save - None. Pitches/strikes: David Horn J 98/62; Landen Burch 25/16; Colin Kerrig 21/9; Cole Cates 14/6; Peterson, R. 97/65; Johnson, Z. 20/12.

Umpires - HP: Matthew Herrera 1B: Archer Florez-Poreda 3B: Jereal Proctor
Start: 6:36 pm Time: 2:37 Attendance: 706
Weather: 85 deg, part cloudy, S 8-10mph Game notes: MTSU HC Jerry Meyers ejected by 3B umpire Jereal Proctor in Top 5

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Sam Houston Baseball
Middle Tennessee at Sam Houston
Apr 24, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas (Don Sanders Stadium)

Middle Tennessee starters: 9/cf Owen Nowak; 7/dh Layne Akers; 4/2b Cooper Clapp; 3/c Tyler Minnic; 13/rf Brett Rogers; 12/1b Dean O'Neill; 8/lf Nathan Brewe; 18/3b Brett Vondoh; 11/ss Clay Badylak; 38/p David Horn J;

Sam Houston starters: 7/3b Franden, R.; 13/cf Curtis, J.; 14/1b Corcoran, C.; 25/dh Fink, N.; 19/rf Bazmore, S.; 5/c Baker, W.; 9/ss Alvord, H.; 15/lf Orth, K.; 8/2b Martinez, J.; 27/p Peterson, R.;

Middle Tennessee 1st - Owen Nowak flied out to cf (2-2 BKFB). Layne Akers flied out to cf (0-1 K). Cooper Clapp grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2 KKB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 1st - Franden, R. flied out to cf (1-0 B). Curtis, J. singled up the middle (0-0). Curtis, J. stole second. Curtis steals 2B on 2-1 pitch. Corcoran, C. walked (3-2 BSBKFFBFFB). Corcoran, C. out at second c to 2b, caught stealing; Curtis, J. advanced to third. Corcoran CS on double steal try on 0-1 pitch. Fink, N. grounded out to p (2-2 SSBBF). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 2nd - Tyler Minnic walked (3-2 KSBBBB). Brett Rogers struck out looking (2-2 KFBBK). Dean O'Neill flied out to cf (2-2 FFBB). Nathan Brewe struck out looking (2-2 KBFBK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 2nd - Bazmore, S. grounded out to 3b (0-0). Baker, W. struck out looking (3-2 KBBKBFFFFK). Alvord, H. singled to right field (0-1 F). Alvord, H. stole second. Alvord steals 2B on 1-1 pitch. Orth, K. struck out swinging (2-2 KBKBFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 3rd - Brett Vondoh struck out looking (2-2 BKFBK). Clay Badylak singled to right center (1-1 KB). Owen Nowak singled through the left side (0-0); Clay Badylak advanced to second. Layne Akers struck out swinging (1-2 KBKS). Cooper Clapp walked (3-1 BBBKB); Owen Nowak advanced to second; Clay Badylak advanced to third. Tyler Minnic flied out to rf (0-2 KS). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Sam Houston 3rd - Martinez, J. struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS). Franden, R. homered to right field, RBI (1-0 B). Distance:402 Exit velo:104 mph. Curtis, J. grounded out to 3b (1-0 B). Corcoran, C. flied out to cf (1-1 BF). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 4th - Brett Rogers doubled to left field (2-0 BB). Dean O'Neill flied into double play rf to 3b (0-0); Brett Rogers out on the play. Nathan Brewe struck out swinging (2-2 BKKBS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 4th - Fink, N. struck out swinging (0-2 FKS). Bazmore, S. grounded out to 3b (2-0 BB). Baker, W. singled to left field (3-1 BFBB). Alvord, H. singled to right center (0-1 K); Baker, W. advanced to third. MTSU mound visit - coach (1) - after 0-1 pitch. Alvord, H. stole second. Alvord steals 2B on 0-1 pitch. Orth, K. singled to third base, RBI (1-2 FBS); Alvord, H. advanced to third; Baker, W. scored. Orth, K. stole second. Orth steals 2B on 1-0 pitch. Martinez, J. singled to right field, RBI (3-2 BKBKB); Orth, K. advanced to third; Alvord, H. scored. Martinez, J. stole second. Martinez steals 2B on 1-1 pitch. Franden, R. grounded out to 2b (3-1 BKBB). 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 5th - Brett Vondoh grounded out to p (0-0). Clay Badylak singled to right field, out at second rf to ss (1-0 B). MTSU HC Jerry Meyers ejected by 3B umpire Jereal Proctor. Owen Nowak flied out to lf (0-1 K). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 5th - Curtis, J. flied out to cf (0-0). Corcoran, C. flied out to lf (1-0 B). SHSU offensive timeout before Fink AB. Fink, N. popped up to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 6th - Layne Akers grounded out to 2b (0-1 K). Cooper Clapp lined out to 2b (0-1 K). Tyler Minnic struck out swinging (1-2 KFBS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 6th - Bazmore, S. struck out looking (2-2 BBKFK). Baker, W. flied out to cf (0-2 KK). Alvord, H. walked (3-1 BBKBB). Alvord, H. stole second. Alvord steals 2B on 1-1 pitch. Orth, K. struck out swinging (1-2 BKSS). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 7th - Brett Rogers grounded out to 3b (0-0). Dean O'Neill struck out looking (3-2 KFBBBK). Nathan Brewe singled through the left side (0-0). Nathan Brewe out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 7th - Landen Burch to p for David Horn J. Martinez, J. grounded out to 3b (2-1 KBB). Franden, R. doubled to left center, ground-rule (2-2 BFBFF). Curtis, J. flied out to cf (0-1 S). Corcoran, C. walked (3-2 SBKBFFBB). Fink, N. reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (1-2 KBFF); Corcoran, C. out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 8th - Brett Vondoh fouled out to 1b (0-2 KF). Clay Badylak struck out swinging (1-2 BKKS). Owen Nowak singled to left field (0-1 K). Layne Akers struck out swinging (1-2 KBFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 8th - Colin Kerrig to p for Landen Burch. Bazmore, S. struck out swinging (1-2 BKKS). Baker, W. walked (3-2 FKBBBB). MTSU mound visit - catcher (1) - after 1-0 pitch. Alvord, H. struck out looking (3-2 BFBKBK). Orth, K. walked (3-1 KBBBB); Baker, W. advanced to second. Cole Cates to p for Colin Kerrig. Martinez, J. walked (3-0 BBBB); Orth, K. advanced to second; Baker, W. advanced to third. Franden, R. walked, RBI (3-2 BBBKFFB); Martinez, J. advanced to second; Orth, K. advanced to third; Baker, W. scored. Curtis, J. reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, advanced to second (0-1 S); Franden, R. advanced to second on a throwing error by ss, advanced to third; Martinez, J. scored, unearned; Orth, K. scored, unearned. Corcoran, C. flied out to lf (0-0). 3 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 9th - Johnson, Z. to p for Peterson, R.. Cooper Clapp walked (3-2 KBBBKB). Tyler Minnic singled to center field (2-2 BSBS); Cooper Clapp advanced to second. Brett Rogers singled up the middle, RBI (0-0); Tyler Minnic advanced to second; Cooper Clapp scored. SHSU mound visit - coach (1). Dean O'Neill reached on a fielder's choice to third base (1-1 BS); Brett Rogers advanced to second; Tyler Minnic out at third 3b unassisted. Nathan Brewe flied out to cf (0-0); Dean O'Neill advanced to second; Brett Rogers advanced to third. Brett Vondoh doubled down the lf line, 2 RBI (1-0 B); Dean O'Neill scored; Brett Rogers scored. Clay Badylak flied out to ss (0-1 F). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

 
Line score
 


Sam Houston 6, Middle Tennessee 3 (Apr 24, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas)
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Middle Tennessee.... 000 000 003  -  3  9  1      (21-21, 8-11 CUSA)
Sam Houston......... 001 200 03X  -  6  8  0      (19-23, 8-11 CUSA)
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Pitchers: Middle Tennessee - David Horn Jr.; Landen Burch(7); Colin Kerrigan(8); Cole Cates(8)
and Tyler Minnick. Sam Houston - Ryan Peterson; Zak Johnson(9) and Wes Baker.
Win-Ryan Peterson(5-4)  Loss-David Horn Jr.(2-5)  T-2:37  A-706
HR SHSU - Ryan Franden.
Weather: 85 deg, part cloudy, S 8-10mph
Game notes:
MTSU HC Jerry Meyers ejected by 3B umpire Jereal Proctor in Top 5