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TECH EARNS A PAIR OF GSC WINS OVER HENDERSON STATE
RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas –
The
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team opened Gulf
South Conference play here Saturday with a twin bill
sweep of the Henderson State Reddies. With the
victories, Tech improved their record to 13-10 (2-0 GSC)
on the year.
Game 1 - Arkansas
Tech 6, Henderson State 3
Henderson
State was able to out-hit Tech 10-9 in the GSC
conference opener, but Tech was able to plate six runs
to the Reddies’ three for the win.
Zach Weiss (Barnhart, Mo.) improved his pitching
record to 3-3 on the season as he tossed 5.1 innings,
allowing seven hits, two runs and striking out four.
Cody Taylor (Jacksonville, Texas) pitched a strong
3.2 innings and picked up the save, his first of the
year. Taylor allowed just three hits, a run, while
striking out two hitters.
The Wonder Boys were able to score all six of their runs
before the Reddies plated a run. Tech got on the board
first in the bottom of the second on an RBI single up
the middle by senior first baseman Brad Green
(Cabot, Ark.). Tech would get two more the very next
inning when the Wonder Boys successfully executed a
first and third double steal when Josh Holloway
(Booneville, Ark.) stole second and Tyler Tate
(Fort Smith, Ark.) was able to steal home on the throw
to second. After Holloway advanced to third on an error,
Jantzen Black (Greenwood, Ark.) singled, scoring
Holloway.
After a silent fourth inning, the Tech bats got going
again in the bottom half of the fifth. Tate was the
first to score in the inning when he stole third and a
bad throw by Reddie catcher Brian Coggins allowed him to
advance home. Holloway then reached and later crossed on
a Black base hit and then Tony Sanchez (Mesquite,
Texas) would reach home safely on a Green sacrifice fly.
Chris Brown was saddled with the loss for the Reddies.
His record dropped to 4-3 after he allowed eight hits,
six runs, four earned, in six innings of work.
Black and Green led the way offensively for Tech, as
they were each 2 for 4 with two RBIs. Tech was able to
swipe four bases in the contest with Tate taking two,
Black one, and Holloway one.
Game 2 – Arkansas
Tech 6, Henderson State 1
The Wonder
Boys used a solid pitching effort from senior Craig
Cameron (Knoxville, Iowa) to pick up a 6-1 victory,
and move to 2-0 in GSC play on the year.
Cameron hurled six innings allowing only one run,
walking none, and striking out four in the contest.
Josh Floriani (Malvern, Ark.) came in and shut the
door for Tech in the final inning.
Reddie bats were only able to muster six hits in the
contest while Tech used eight hits to plate six runs.
HSU scored their lone run of the contest on a solo
homerun by designated hitter Robert Gilbert in the top
of the sixth inning.
The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth
when Tech catcher Justin Bollig (Moore, Okla.)
laced a double to left field scoring Black and Sanchez.
Bollig finished the contest 2 for 2 with a run scored
and two RBIs.
Tech then took advantage of a pair of hit batsmen and
three straight singles in the bottom of the sixth inning
to put the game away. Sanchez was hit by a pitch to lead
off the inning, Bollig singled and Green was hit by a
pitch to load the bases. Tech designated hitter
Jonathan Houston (Conway, Ark.) then hit an RBI
single, shortstop Robbie Hohler (Searcy, Ark.)
reached on an infield single, driving in a run, and
freshman Austin Gwatney (Sherwood, Ark.) finished
off the stretch of hits with an RBI single of his own.
Tech would get the last run of the inning on a Tate
ground out to the second baseman which scored Houston.
Josh Wesson was tagged with the loss for the Reddies as
he was charged with all six Tech runs. His record fell
to 1-3 on the season.
The Wonder Boys and the Reddies will go at it again
Sunday with one nine inning game scheduled to begin at 1
p.m.
-- Tech Athletics -- |