Blue Raiders fall to Bearcats 8-4

Baseball vs. BinghamtonMURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee Baseball dropped the first game of the series to Binghamton 8-4 on Thursday evening at Reese Smith Jr Field.

Eston Snider roped a three-run home run in the third inning to give the Blue Raiders (10-13, 2-4 Conference USA) an early lead, scoring Grant Snider and Luke Vinson.

Trace Phillips bounced back on the mound going six innings strong. The two-way freshman gave up only two runs in the seventh which led to the change to left-handed pitcher Cole Torbett and then right-handed pitcher Kota Sato.

The Bearcats (8-13, 2-4 Atlantic East) took the lead in the seventh after scoring six runs on three home runs and didn't look back.…