Middle Tennessee vs Sam Houston (Apr 26, 2026)

 
Box Score
 

2026 Sam Houston Baseball
Middle Tennessee at Sam Houston
Apr 26, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas (Don Sanders Stadium)

Middle Tennessee 4 (22-22,9-12 CUSA)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Owen Nowak cf  4  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  1 
Tyler Minnick c  4  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  1 
Cooper Clapp 2b  3  0  0  0  1  1  3  1  0 
Dean O'Neill 1b  3  1  1  0  1  1  11  0  0 
Nathan Brewer lf  3  0  1  0  1  0  5  0  1 
Brett Rogers rf  4  0  0  1  0  0  3  0  1 
Layne Akers dh  4  1  1  1  0  1  0  0  1 
Brett Vondohlen 3b  4  0  1  0  0  1  1  4  0 
Clay Badylak ss  3  0  1  0  0  0  0  6  0 
Cole Torbett p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0 
   Landen Burch p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0 
   John Michael Pickens p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
   Abel Albarran p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Totals  32  4  7  3  3  4  24  14  4 
  

Sam Houston 9 (20-24,9-12 CUSA)

Player   ab    r    h  rbi   bb   so   po    a  lob 
Ryan Franden 3b  3  1  1  2  2  0  1  1  1 
Jeric Curtis cf  4  2  2  1  0  0  0  0  1 
Cade Corcoran 1b  3  1  2  2  2  1  13  2  0 
Nathan Fink dh  5  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0 
Sean Bazmore rf  3  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  3 
Hunter Alvord ss  4  1  1  2  0  0  2  8  1 
Ty Marthiljohni c  4  1  1  1  0  0  4  0  0 
Kirby Orth lf  3  1  2  0  1  0  1  0  0 
Jace Martinez 2b  4  1  2  1  0  0  4  3  1 
Tate Hickman p  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  3  0 
   Collin Aloisio p  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  0 
Totals  33  9  12  9  5  1  27  19  7 

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Middle Tennessee.... 200 100 001 -  4  7  1
Sam Houston......... 020 060 01X -  9 12  1
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E - Nathan Brewe; Martinez, J.. DP - Blue Raiders 1; Bearkats 1. LOB - Blue Raiders 4; Bearkats 7. 2B - Nathan Brewe; Franden, R.; Curtis, J.. 3B - Orth, K.; Martinez, J.. HR - Owen Nowak; Layne Akers; Curtis, J.. SH - Curtis, J.; Bazmore, S..

Middle Tennessee   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Cole Torbett L,1-1  4.0  6  5  5  4  0  0  0  0  0  16  21  4  7  71 
Landen Burch   0.2  4  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  5  6  1  1  26 
John Michael Pickens   3.0  2  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  11  12  4  4  40 
Abel Albarran   0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  1  3 
  
Sam Houston   ip  h  r  er  bb  so  wp  bk  hbp  ibb  ab  bf  fo  go  np 
Tate Hickman W,1-1  6.0  5  3  2  3  2  1  0  0  0  21  24  3  11  79 
Collin Aloisio S,1  3.0  2  1  1  0  2  0  0  0  0  11  11  1  6  46 

Win - Hickman, T. (1-1). Loss - Cole Torbett (1-1). Save - Aloisio, C. (1). WP - Hickman, T.. Pitches/strikes: Cole Torbett 71/35; Landen Burch 26/16; John Michael 40/24; Abel Albarra 3/2; Hickman, T. 79/45; Aloisio, C. 46/30.

Umpires - HP: Jereal Proctor 1B: Matthew Herrera 3B: Archer Florez-Poreda
Start: 12:02 pm Time: 2:30 Attendance: 650
Weather: 83 deg, muggy, S 9-12 mph
Cole Torbett faced 3 batters in the 5th.

 
Play-by-Play
 

2026 Sam Houston Baseball
Middle Tennessee at Sam Houston
Apr 26, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas (Don Sanders Stadium)

Middle Tennessee starters: 9/cf Owen Nowak; 3/c Tyler Minnic; 4/2b Cooper Clapp; 12/1b Dean O'Neill; 8/lf Nathan Brewe; 13/rf Brett Rogers; 7/dh Layne Akers; 18/3b Brett Vondoh; 11/ss Clay Badylak; 35/p Cole Torbett;

Sam Houston starters: 7/3b Franden, R.; 13/cf Curtis, J.; 14/1b Corcoran, C.; 25/dh Fink, N.; 19/rf Bazmore, S.; 9/ss Alvord, H.; 12/c Marthilj, T.; 15/lf Orth, K.; 8/2b Martinez, J.; 32/p Hickman, T.;

Middle Tennessee 1st - Owen Nowak homered to right field, RBI (1-1 BK). Distance:386 Exit velo:97 mph. Tyler Minnic singled up the middle (0-0). Cooper Clapp struck out swinging (3-2 BBBKKS). Tyler Minnic advanced to second on a wild pitch. Minnick advances on WP on 0-0 pitch. Dean O'Neill walked (3-2 BKBBKFB). Nathan Brewe reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop, out at second 1b to 2b; Dean O'Neill out at second ss to 2b; Tyler Minnic advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by 2b, unearned. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 1st - Franden, R. walked (3-1 BBKBB). Pitch clock called on Curtis before 0-0 pitch. Curtis, J. grounded out to p, bunt, SAC (0-2 KF); Franden, R. advanced to second. Corcoran, C. walked (3-0 BBBB). MTSU mound visit - catcher (1). Fink, N. flied out to lf (1-1 BK). Bazmore, S. grounded out to ss (2-1 FBB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 2nd - Brett Rogers grounded out to 2b (1-1 KB). Layne Akers grounded out to ss (2-2 BBSS). Brett Vondoh grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 2nd - Alvord, H. lined out to lf (1-1 KB). Marthilj, T. grounded out to 3b (1-2 KFB). Orth, K. walked (3-1 KBBBB). Martinez, J. singled up the middle (2-1 BKB); Orth, K. advanced to second. Franden, R. doubled to left field, 2 RBI (1-2 KBF); Martinez, J. scored; Orth, K. scored. Curtis, J. grounded out to ss (1-0 B). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 3rd - Clay Badylak flied out to lf (1-1 BK). Owen Nowak out at first 1b to p (1-1 KB). Tyler Minnic grounded out to ss (1-0 B). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 3rd - Corcoran, C. singled to right center (1-2 BFS). Fink, N. lined out to 3b (1-0 B). Bazmore, S. grounded out to p (1-0 B); Corcoran, C. advanced to second. Alvord, H. flied out to lf (2-1 BBF). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 4th - Cooper Clapp walked (3-1 BKBBB). Dean O'Neill reached on a fielder's choice to pitcher (0-2 SK); Cooper Clapp out at second p to 2b. Nathan Brewe doubled down the lf line, ground-rule (0-1 F); Dean O'Neill advanced to third. Brett Rogers grounded out to p, RBI (0-0); Nathan Brewe advanced to third; Dean O'Neill scored. Layne Akers struck out swinging (3-2 KBBFFBFS). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 4th - Marthilj, T. grounded out to 3b (3-1 BBBK). Orth, K. singled to right field (1-0 B). Martinez, J. grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-1 KBB); Orth, K. out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 5th - Brett Vondoh popped up to 3b (1-1 FB). Clay Badylak singled to center field (3-2 BBBKK). Owen Nowak reached on a fielder's choice to second base (0-0); Clay Badylak out at second 2b to ss. Tyler Minnic reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (1-0 B); Owen Nowak out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 5th - Franden, R. walked (3-1 BBBKB). Curtis, J. doubled to left field, ground-rule (0-0); Franden, R. advanced to third. Corcoran, C. singled to right field, 2 RBI (0-0); Curtis, J. scored; Franden, R. scored. MTSU mound visit - catcher (2). Landen Burch to p for Cole Torbett. Fink, N. singled to left field (1-2 BFS); Corcoran, C. advanced to second. SHSU offensive timeout after 1-1 pitch. Bazmore, S. out at first p to 2b, bunt, SAC (1-1 BF); Fink, N. advanced to second; Corcoran, C. advanced to third. Alvord, H. singled down the lf line, advanced to second on the throw, 2 RBI (2-2 BBKS); Fink, N. scored; Corcoran, C. scored. Marthilj, T. singled through the left side, advanced to second on a fielding error by lf, RBI (2-2 BKFB); Alvord, H. scored. Orth, K. flied out to lf (1-2 BKF). Martinez, J. tripled to center field, RBI (3-1 BBKB); Marthilj, T. scored. John Michael to p for Landen Burch. Franden, R. grounded out to ss (0-1 K). 6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 6th - Cooper Clapp grounded out to p (3-2 BKFBB). Dean O'Neill singled up the middle (1-0 B). SHSU mound visit - third base (1). Nathan Brewe walked (3-1 BBBKB); Dean O'Neill advanced to second. Brett Rogers lined into double play ss to 1b (0-0); Nathan Brewe out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 6th - Curtis, J. flied out to rf (3-2 FBFFBB). Corcoran, C. walked (3-1 BKBBB). Fink, N. flied out to rf (1-0 B). Bazmore, S. reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop (0-0); Corcoran, C. out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 7th - Aloisio, C. to p for Hickman, T.. Layne Akers grounded out to p (0-2 SK). Brett Vondoh singled through the left side (2-0 BB). Clay Badylak flied out to rf (1-2 BKS). Owen Nowak grounded out to 2b (1-0 B). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Sam Houston 7th - Alvord, H. flied out to rf (1-0 B). Marthilj, T. grounded out to ss (1-0 B). Orth, K. tripled to right field (2-2 BBKK). Martinez, J. grounded out to 3b (1-2 KBS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 8th - Tyler Minnic grounded out to ss (3-2 BBKKB). Cooper Clapp grounded out to ss (0-1 K). Dean O'Neill struck out looking (2-2 KKBBK). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Sam Houston 8th - Franden, R. flied out to lf (2-2 BFKB). Curtis, J. homered to left center, RBI (0-0). Distance:406 Exit velo:106 mph. Corcoran, C. struck out swinging (1-2 BKFS). Abel Albarra to p for John Michael. Fink, N. grounded out to 3b (1-1 BK). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Middle Tennessee 9th - Nathan Brewe grounded out to p (3-2 KSBFFBFBF). Brett Rogers grounded out to ss (0-0). Layne Akers homered to left center, RBI (3-1 KBBB). Distance:393 Exit velo:105 mph. Brett Vondoh struck out swinging (1-2 BKFFS). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 
Line score
 


Sam Houston 9, Middle Tennessee 4 (Apr 26, 2026 at Huntsville, Texas)
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Middle Tennessee.... 200 100 001  -  4  7  1      (22-22, 9-12 CUSA)
Sam Houston......... 020 060 01X  -  9 12  1      (20-24, 9-12 CUSA)
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Pitchers: Middle Tennessee - Cole Torbett; Landen Burch(5); John Michael Pickens(5);
Abel Albarran(8) and Tyler Minnick. Sam Houston - Tate Hickman; Collin Aloisio(7) and
Ty Marthiljohni.
Win-Tate Hickman(1-1)  Save-Collin Aloisio(1)  Loss-Cole Torbett(1-1)  T-2:30  A-650
HR MTSU - Owen Nowak; Layne Akers.
HR SHSU - Jeric Curtis.
Weather: 83 deg, muggy, S 9-12 mph

Cole Torbett faced 3 batters in the 5th.