2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball team explained
| Mode: | baseball |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Team: | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Record: | 29–26 |
| Conf Record: | 17–13 |
| Head Coach: | Jim Toman |
| Asst Coach1: | Jerry Meyers |
| Asst Coach2: | Jordan Getzelman |
| Stadium: | Reese Smith Jr. Field |
The 2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball team represented the Middle Tennessee State University in the sport of baseball for the 2022 college baseball season. The Blue Raiders competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and in Conference USA. They played their home games at Reese Smith Jr. Field in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The team was coached by Jim Toman, who was in his fourth season with the Blue Raiders.
Preseason
C-USA media poll
The Conference USA preseason poll was released on February 16, 2022 with the Blue Raiders predicted to finish in tenth place in the conference.[1]
| Media poll |
| 1 | Southern Miss | 6 |
| 2 | Louisiana Tech | 2 |
| 3 | Old Dominion | 1 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 4 |
| 5 | Florida Atlantic | - |
| 6 | UTSA | - |
| 7 | FIU | 1 |
| 8 | Rice | - |
| 9 | Western Kentucky | - |
| 10 | Middle Tennessee | - |
| 11 | UAB | - |
| 12 | Marshall | - | |
Schedule and results
| 2022 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders baseball game log |
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| Regular season (29–24) |
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| February (3–5) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| Feb. 18 | vs. | | | W
3–210 | Hamm
(1-0) | Cunningham
(0-1) | Swan
(1) | | 200 | 1–0 | | | Feb. 18 | at | | Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC | L
4–6 | Hodges
(1-0) | Seibert
(0-1) | None | | 1,186 | 1–1 | | | Feb. 19 | vs. St. John's | | Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC | L
5–6 | Johnson
(1-0) | Sells
(0-1) | Rodriguez
(1) | | 200 | 1–2 | | | Feb. 20 | at UNC Wilmington | | Brooks Field • Wilmington, NC | L
4–8 | Taylor
(1-0) | Thomas
(0-1) | None | | 1,080 | 1–3 | | | Feb. 23 | at | | | L
1–1111 | Lamberth
(1-0) | Seibert
(0-2) | None | | 54 | 1–4 | | | The Carolinas Coastline Classic |
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| Feb. 25 | vs. | | | L
4–7 | Kirschsieper
(1-0) | Wigginton
(0-1) | Rybarczyk
(1) | | 855 | 1–5 | | | Feb. 26 | | | Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC | W
1–0 | Keenan
(1-0) | O'Donnell
(0-1) | None | | 901 | 2–5 | | | Feb. 26 | vs. Illinois | | Springs Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC | W
17–10 | Hamm
(2-0) | Siefken
(0-1) | None | | 923 | 3–5 | | |
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| March (8–8) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| Mar. 1 | | | | L
0–3 | Thompson
(2-0) | Hamm
(2-1) | Nordmann
(1) | | 1,175 | 3–6 | | | Mar. 2 | vs. | | | W
10–5 | Wigginton
(1-1) | Corn
(1-1) | None | | 150 | 4–6 | | | Mar. 4 | | | | L
1–3 | Smith
(2-0) | Keenan
(1-1) | Wood
(2) | | 1,120 | 4–7 | | | Mar. 5 | at South Alabama | | Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL | L
3–16 | Boswell
(2-1) | Swan
(0-1) | None | | 1,175 | 4–8 | | | Mar. 6 | at South Alabama | | Eddie Stanky Field • Mobile, AL | L
2–4 | Booker
(1-0) | Wigginton
(1-2) | Boyd
(2) | | 1,073 | 4–9 | | | Mar. 8 | | | | Game cancelled | | Mar. 11 | | | | W
10–8 | Seibert
(1-2) | Armstrong
(1-1) | None | | 2,867 | 5–9 | | | Mar. 13 | at Auburn | | Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL | L
7–10 | Sheehan
(1-0) | Swan
(0-2) | Burkhalter
(3) | | 3,146 | 5–10 | | | Mar. 13 | at Auburn | | Plainsman Park • Auburn, AL | W
4–3 | Wigginton
(2-2) | Swilling
(0-2) | None | | 3,146 | 6–10 | | | Mar. 15 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
7–6 | Sells
(1-1) | Wellman
(0-1) | None | | 1,150 | 7–10 | | | Mar. 18 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
7–23 | Gertner
(2-1) | Keenan
(1-2) | None | | 401 | 7–11 | 0–1 | | Mar. 19 | Old Dominion | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
3–6 | Pantos
(4-0) | Swan
(0-3) | Dean
(4) | | 502 | 7–12 | 0–2 | | Mar. 20 | Old Dominion | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
13–5 | Seibert
(2-2) | Smith
(0-1) | None | | 550 | 8–12 | 1–2 | | Mar. 22 | at Austin Peay | | | Game postponed | | Mar. 25 | | | | W
1–0 | Keenan
(2-2) | Reynolds
(1-2) | Wigginton
(1) | | 201 | 9–12 | 2–2 | | Mar. 26 | at UAB | | Regions Field • Birmingham, AL | W
6–3 | Swan
(1-3) | O'Clair
(1-1) | Hamm
(1) | | 345 | 10–12 | 3–2 | | Mar. 27 | at UAB | | Regions Field • Birmingham, AL | L
5–610 | Taylor
(1-0) | Hamm
(2-2) | None | | 304 | 10–13 | 3–3 | | Mar. 29 | at | | | W
8–4 | Sells
(2-1) | Gannaway
(2-2) | None | | 266 | 11–13 | | |
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| April (10–6) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| Apr. 1 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
10–2 | Keenan
(3-2) | Kates
(3-3) | None | | 445 | 12–13 | 4–3 | | Apr. 2 | Western Kentucky | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
3–7 | Terbrak
(4-1) | Swan
(1-4) | Vinyard
(5) | | 425 | 12–14 | 4–4 | | Apr. 3 | Western Kentucky | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
5–1 | Wigginton
(3-2) | Hellman
(0-4) | None | | 525 | 13–14 | 5–4 | | Apr. 6 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | Game postponed | | Apr. 8 | | | | L
7–11 | Purnell
(4-2) | Keenan
(3-3) | None | | 50 | 13–15 | 5–5 | | Apr. 10 | at Marshall | | Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV | W
3–17 | Swan
(2-4) | Copen
(1-2) | Hamm
(2) | | 75 | 14–15 | 6–5 | | Apr. 10 | at Marshall | | Kennedy Center Field • Huntington, WV | W
5–27 | Wigginton
(4-2) | Addkison
(0-2) | None | | 75 | 15–15 | 7–5 | | Apr. 12 | at Lipscomb | | Dugan Field • Nashville, TN | W
7–0 | Julian
(1-0) | Kantola
(1-4) | None | | 377 | 16–15 | | | Apr. 14 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
4–311 | Wigginton
(5-2) | Bruce
(1-2) | None | | 525 | 17–15 | 8–5 | | Apr. 15 | Charlotte | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
5–10 | Sims
(2-1) | Swan
(2-5) | None | | 415 | 17–16 | 8–6 | | Apr. 16 | Charlotte | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
10–7 | Hamm
(3-2) | Giesting
(1-4) | None | | 515 | 18–16 | 9–6 | | Apr. 19 | Belmont | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
3–1 | Julian
(2-0) | Hubbell
(0-2) | Seibert
(1) | | 475 | 19–16 | | | Apr. 22 | | | | W
7–3 | Keenan
(4-3) | Gibson
(4-1) | None | | 2,755 | 20–16 | 10–6 | | Apr. 23 | at Louisiana Tech | | J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA | L
2–4 | Jennings
(3-1) | Wigginton
(5-3) | Crigger
(8) | | 2,494 | 20–17 | 10–7 | | Apr. 24 | at Louisiana Tech | | J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park • Ruston, LA | W
6–312 | Seibert
(3-2) | Crigger
(3-2) | None | | 2,259 | 21–17 | 11–7 | | Apr. 26 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | Game cancelled | | Apr. 29 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
2–13 | Garza
(2-0) | Keenan
(4-4) | None | | 547 | 21–18 | 11–8 | | Apr. 30 | UTSA | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
4–12 | Malone
(7-1) | Wigginton
(5-4) | None | | 589 | 21–19 | 11–9 | |
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| May (8–5) |
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | C-USA record |
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| May 1 | UTSA | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
2–1 | Seibert
(4-2) | Beaird
(2-2) | None | | 510 | 22–19 | 12–9 | | May 4 | | | | W
9–7 | Thomas
(1-1) | Watson
(1-3) | None | | 245 | 23–19 | | | May 6 | | | | L
4–511 | Tiburcio
(3-3) | Seibert
(4-3) | None | | 377 | 23–20 | 12–10 | | May 7 | at FIU | | Infinity Insurance Park • Miami, FL | W
5–1 | Hamm
(4-2) | Lequerica
(2-4) | None | | 350 | 24–20 | 13–10 | | May 8 | at FIU | | Infinity Insurance Park • Miami, FL | W
11–5 | Sells
(3-1) | Puk
(1-1) | None | | 280 | 25–20 | 14–10 | | May 10 | Tennessee Tech | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | W
8–4 | Wirtz
(1-0) | Gannaway
(3-3) | None | | 1,256 | 26–20 | | | May 13 | | | | W
7–0 | Wigginton
(6-4) | Shaw
(2-2) | None | | 3,783 | 27–20 | 15–10 | | May 14 | at Rice | | Reckling Park • Houston, TX | W
5–410 | Sells
(4-1) | Linskey
(0-1) | None | | 1,879 | 28–20 | 16–10 | | May 15 | at Rice | | Reckling Park • Houston, TX | W
21–7 | Wirtz
(2-0) | Perkins
(1-1) | None | | 2,468 | 29–20 | 17–10 | | May 17 | | | Hawkins Field • Nashville, TN | L
2–7 | Moore
(1-0) | Sells
(4-2) | None | | 3,802 | 29–21 | | | May 19 | | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
4–9 | Adams
(2-1) | Seibert
(4-4) | Ramsey
(4) | | 734 | 29–22 | 17–11 | | May 20 | No. 17 Southern Miss | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
0–17 | Riggins
(7-4) | Swan
(2-6) | None | | 751 | 29–23 | 17–12 | | May 21 | No. 17 Southern Miss | | Reese Smith Jr. Field • Murfreesboro, TN | L
0–10 | Waldrep
(6-1) | Sells
(4-3) | None | | 532 | 29—24 | 17—13 | |
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| Postseason (0–2) |
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| (0–2) |
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| Date | Opponent | (Seed)/Rank | Site/stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | TV | Attendance | Overall record | Tournament record |
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| May 25 | vs. (3) Old Dominion | (6) | | L
7–18 | Morgan
(8-0) | Seibert
(4-5) | None | | | 29–25 | 0–1 | | May 26 | vs. (7) Charlotte | (6) | Pete Taylor Park • Hattiesburg, MS | L
0–227 | Kramer
(4-2) | Wigginton
(6-5) | None | | | 29–26 | 0–2 | |
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| Legend: = Win = Loss = Cancelled | |
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Schedule Source:[2] *Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
Postseason
| Second Team All-CUSA team | JT Mabry, INF
Jaden Hamm, P
Trent Seibert, P | [3] |
| Freshman All-CUSA team | James Sells, P | |
External links
• Middle Tennessee Baseball
Notes and References
- Web site: 2021 Baseball Preseason Poll and Awards.
- Web site: 2022 Baseball Schedule Announced . Middle Tennessee State University Athletics . 5 August 2022 . en.
- Web site: BASE: C-USA Announces 2022 Superlative Awards, All-Conference, All-Freshman Teams . conferenceusa.com . 1 August 2022 . en.
