Blue Raiders Win Pitchers' Duel vs. UAB

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Coming into the weekend, Peyton Wigginton and Zach Keenan occupied the ninth and 10th spots, respectively, on Middle Tennessee's career strikeout list. The senior duo proved why they are two of the best to ever wear a Middle Tennessee uniform in Friday night's 1-0 shutout of UAB.

Keenan, a part of his second shutout of the season (complete-game shutout vs. Ball State Feb. 26), threw seven dominate innings, tied a career high in strikeouts with 11 and held UAB to just two hits. Keenan, a right-hander from Suwanee, Ga., set down 13 of 14 batters from the third inning to the seventh, including nine straight retired.

Wigginton, whose last four outings have been in relief, came…