Privateers Give Up Six Extra Base Hits in Loss to Middle Tennessee

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NEW ORLEANS, La. – The New Orleans Privateers baseball team (4-7) squandered a middle inning opportunity at the plate, then gave up an eight-run sixth inning in a 15-2 loss to the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (7-1) on Saturday at the Lakefront Arena.
 
After falling behind 6-0 through the first three frames, the Privateers scratched the scoreboard for the first time on the day. After Preston Marsh led off the inning with a single, Sam Carriere drove in the first run with a double. Matt Rykaczewski followed with an RBI single while getting his first collegiate start.
 
The Privateers then got a 1-2-3 inning on the mound from Daniel Martinez in the top of the fifth. New Orleans then led off the bottom half of the same frame with a Ryan Calloway single. A pair of hit batters loaded the bases with two outs. However, Will Small induced a ground out to end the Privateers threat.
 
From there, Middle Tennessee poured an eight-run inning to run their lead to 14-2. The Blue Raiders had six extra base hits (three doubles, three home runs) in the win. Eight of the nine Middle Tennessee starters collected a hit in the win.
 
Rykaczewski went 2-for-4 with an RBI in his first collegiate start. Jonathan Coco also registered a multi-hit game, going 2-for-3 at the plate. The Privateers collected 10 hits on the day. New Orleans used six pitchers on the game.
 
Small picked up the win after throwing 1.2 innings and retiring five of six batters faced. Three relievers combined to allow just three hits in 4.2 frames of work. Dustin Delgado, Brad Jarreau, Jared Allen, and Jake Ingold each had three RBIs. 

The Privateers will close the series Sunday with a first pitch set for 1 p.m. 

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