Another Late Rally Leads to Sweep of MTSU for Baseball Bears

Sunday, March 22

Springfield

1:00 p.m.

Missouri State University

15-7, 5-1

Middle Tennessee

12-12, 2-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Middle Tennessee	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	9	13	1
Missouri State	4	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	X	10	11	0

Another Late Rally Leads to Sweep of MTSU for Baseball Bears

March 22, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

By: MSU Athletics Communications

SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State scored three runs in the seventh inning Sunday afternoon at Hammons Field to complete its third come-from-behind win in as many games and secure a Conference USA sweep of Middle Tennessee by a 10-9 final.

The Bears improved to 15-7 overall and 5-1 in CUSA play while also moving to 10-0 at home for the first time since winning their first 13 home contests of the 2001 season.

Max Knight led off the decisive inning with a double, Logan Fyffe followed with a single for his third straight three-hit game, and Brant Kragel tied it at 8-8 with a single for tie his career high of three RBIs for the second consecutive game. Charlie Carter squeezed home Fyffe for the go-ahead run, and Bryce Cermenelli added insurance with an RBI single while extending his hitting streak to 10 games.

The Blue Raiders (12-12, 2-4) grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first that was quickly erased in the bottom half on a Curry Sutherland RBI single, run-scoring error and two-run double by Fyffe for a 4-3 Mo State advantage.

MTSU answered with a three-run homer in the second for 6-4, Carter swatted a solo homer for 6-5 in the fourth, and the Blue Raiders hit back-to-back solo shots in the fifth to make it 8-5.

Kragel's two-run double in the bottom of the fifth cut the Missouri State deficit to 8-7, and senior Brock Lucas (3-2) entered as the Bears' fifth pitcher of the afternoon and tossed 3.1 innings while allowing just one run for the victory.

Max Knight made a diving catch on a sinking liner to left field for the final out, securing Curry Sutherland's first career save with the one batter faced.

Missouri State hosts Oklahoma State on Tuesday, March 24, in a game that has moved to 3 p.m. at Hammons Field. Tickets to all home games are available here.

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BSB vs. Memphis on March 8, 2026. Brian Long/Missouri State University

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Mar 24 (Tue)

3:00 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Lucas, Brock (3-2)

L: Landen Burch (4-3)

S: Sutherland, Curry (1)

Middle Tennessee

Batting:

2B: Brett Vondohlen 1

3B: Cooper Clapp 1

HR: Dean O'Neill 1 ; Nathan Brewer 1 ; Layne Akers 1

RBI: Dean O'Neill 4 ; Brett Vondohlen 2 ; Nathan Brewer 1 ; Layne Akers 1

SF: Dean O'Neill 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Owen Nowak 2 ; Brett Rogers 1 ; Dean O'Neill 1 ; Cooper Clapp 1 ; Nathan Brewer 1 ; Layne Akers 1 ; Clay Badylak 2

SB: Owen Nowak 1 ; Cooper Clapp 1

HBP: Nathan Brewer 1

Missouri State

Batting:

2B: Cermenelli, Bryce 1 ; Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Knight, Max 1 ; Fyffe, Logan 1 ; Kragel, Brant 1

HR: Carter, Charlie 1

RBI: Cermenelli, Bryce 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 1 ; Fyffe, Logan 2 ; Kragel, Brant 3 ; Carter, Charlie 2

SH: Carter, Charlie 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Gollert, Taeg 1 ; Bogenpohl, Caden 1 ; Sutherland, Curry 2 ; Bergman, Carter 1 ; Knight, Max 2 ; Fyffe, Logan 1 ; Kragel, Brant 1 ; Carter, Charlie 1