Murfreesboro, Tenn. – The Middle Tennessee baseball team pulled out an exciting extra-inning win, powered by a walk-off home run off the bat of .
"Fausto [Lopez] going into that at-bat was 0-for-4, and his swing was getting a little bit too long and a little too uphill," said Head Coach . "We told him to flatten out his swing and he drilled that ball."
The Blue Raiders would fall behind twice, but both times would fight back with home runs from and that tied the game each time.
It was the first homer of the season for each Raider to begin the 2021 campaign.