RUSTON, La. – In their first postseason appearance in six years, the Middle Tennessee baseball team won their opening game of the 2021 Air Force Reserve Conference USA Baseball Championship over top seeded and No. 16 ranked Charlotte, 7-2. The Blue Raiders (24-27-1, C-USA 12-19-1) are the first eight-seed since 2017 and the seventh team in C-USA history to defeat the one-seed in the opening round of the conference tournament.
The game was tied for two batters until Blue Raider third baseman opened up the offense with a solo opposite field home run, down the right field line and off the top of the scoreboard at J.