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Joey Calabretti pitching at UNC Asheville
Joey Calabretti tossed three scoreless innings on the mound Friday.
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St. Bonaventure ST. BONA 2-3
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Winner Middle Tenn. MIDDLE T 4-1
St. Bonaventure ST. BONA
2-3
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Final
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Middle Tenn. MIDDLE T
4-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
St. Bonaventure ST. BONA 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Middle Tenn. MIDDLE T 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0

W: L. Burch (1-0) L: Duval, Derek (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Scott Eddy, Assistant Athletics Director for Strategic Communications

Blue Raiders Win Pitchers' Duel on Walk-Off Double

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – St. Bonaventure pitching surrendered only two hits Friday at Middle Tennessee in the opener of a three-game series, but the second was a two-out, walk-off double in the ninth to score the winning run from first as the Blue Raiders handed the Bonnies a heartbreaker, 2-1.

Pitching dominated the day as the teams combined for just five hits.

The game seemed destined for extra innings as Bona reliever Derek Duval retired the first two batters of the final frame. A two-out walk extended the inning for Cooper Clapp, however, and the MTSU second baseman ripped a double that allowed the winning run to race home all the way from first to send the hosts to victory.

Bonnies senior Chris Hoalcraft got the scoring started with a solo home run to right in the fourth, his first round-tripper of the year.

MTSU answered quickly as the Blue Raiders leadoff man got aboard on a Bonnies fielding error to begin the home half of that frame.

The Blue Raiders (4-1) made the Bonnies pay for that miscue as Brett Rogers made the home team's first hit of the day a scoring one as well with a two-out single to center for the 1-1 tie after four.

It looked as though the Blue Raiders would take the lead in the fifth, loading the bases before Joey Calabretti worked his way out of trouble on the mound with a strikeout to put out the fire.

Hoalcraft was the only player on either side to collect multiple hits while Calabretti also singled for the Bonnies.

Bona pitching held MTSU to just one hit through 8.2 innings – David James started and went four innings, allowing one unearned run with two walks and two strikeouts. Calabretti followed in relief and tossed three scoreless frames, walking two without a hit surrendered while fanning four for St. Bonaventure (2-3).

MTSU pitching racked up 15 strikeouts, led by starter David Horn who fanned eight over five innings. Right-hander Landen Burch earned the win with 4.2 scoreless innings of relief, striking out seven.

UP NEXT
The Bonnies and Blue Raiders get back together Saturday afternoon with first pitch slated for 1 p.m. Eastern / noon Central.

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