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TECH BASEBALL SWEEPS FRIDAY DOUBLEHEADER
AT ARKANSAS-MONTICELLO
MONTICELLO, Arkansas –
The
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team earned a pair of
GSC victories here Friday over the Arkansas-Monticello
Boll Weevils at Weevil Field.
Game 1 – Arkansas
Tech 9, Arkansas-Monticello 2
A
three-run first inning homerun by Tech freshman
designated hitter Jonathan Houston (Conway, Ark.)
set the tone for the Wonder Boys as they took game one
from the Boll Weevils 9-2.
Houston, who finished with four RBIs in the contest,
drove in Tony Sanchez (Mesquite, Texas) walk and
Jantzen Black (Greenwood, Ark.) on his first
career homerun.
The Wonder Boys struck again in the fifth inning for
three more runs, giving Tech starting pitcher Zach
Weiss (Barnhart, Mo.) a comfortable lead to work
with. Hayden Miller (Sherwood, Ark.) led off the
inning with a bunt and advanced all the way to third on
a throwing error by Boll Weevil third baseman Matt
Gardner. Freshman outfielder Tyler Tate (Fort
Smith, Ark.) then drove Miller in on a sacrifice fly to
right field. Josh Holloway (Booneville, Ark.)
then singled and would later score on a Black base hit.
Houston then recorded his fourth RBI on the day as he
doubled down the left field line, scoring Black.
Weiss, who improved his record to 4-3 on the season,
pitched seven innings allowing no runs on just two hits.
Blake Bailey (Malvern, Ark.) came on in relief
for the Wonder Boys tossing the final two innings. He
allowed two hits, two runs, one earned while striking
out one.
Kyle Thaxton, whose record fell to 0-5 on the season,
was tagged with the loss for UAM. He was guilty of
allowing eight Tech hits, six runs while striking out
five.
Offensively, the middle of the order for Tech was very
solid going 9 for 18 with six RBIs and seven runs
scored. Sanchez was 3 for 4 with two runs scored; Black
was 2 for 5 with an RBI and three runs scored; Houston
finished 2 for 5 with four RBIs and a run scored and
Jusin Bollig (Moore, Okla.) was 2 for 4 with a run
and an RBI.
Game 2 – Arkansas
Tech 6, Arkansas-Monticello 1
Tech
pitcher Craig Cameron (Knoxville, Iowa) picked up
his second straight win as he struck out five batters,
allowed only one run on six hits in six innings of work
to improve to 2-1 on the year.
Tech pounded out nine base hits including a 1 for 4 day
at the plate by Black, whose hitting streak was extended
to 24 games. Black also drove in a pair of runs and
crossed home plate twice himself in the contest.
Houston continued his solid hitting as he had a hit with
an RBI. Shortstop Robbie Hohler (Searcy, Ark.)
also got into the act with a pair of hits and an RBI and
Miller was also 2 for 4 with a couple of stolen bases.
Freshman pitcher Josh Hathcox pitched four and two
thirds innings giving up six hits and five runs in a
losing effort for the Boll Weevils.
UAM sophomore outfielder Craig Caldwell accounted for
the Boll Weevils only run in the contest as he laced a
homerun into left field in the bottom of the third
inning.
Tech, who is now 16-10 (5-0 GSC) on the season, will be
back in action Saturday at 12 p.m. trying to complete
the three game sweep of the winless Boll Weevils (0-22,
0-5 GSC) at Weevil Field in Monticello.
-- Tech Athletics -- |