TECH BASEBALL TAKES RUBBER GAME OVER
OUACHITA BAPTIST SUNDAY

        RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas – The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team erased a 7-2 deficit by scoring seven runs of their own in the final two frames to get the 9-7 victory over nationally 21st ranked Ouachita Baptist.

          Tony Sanchez (Mesquite, Texas) drove in five runs and scored twice himself to lead the Wonder Boys offensively. Tech senior Jantzen Black (Greenwood, Ark.) had two-run triple in the bottom of the eighth inning, which scored Sanchez and shortstop Josh Holloway (Booneville, Ark.), to propel the Wonder Boys to victory.

          Craig Cameron (Knoxville, Iowa) pitched five and one thirds innings in relief to pick up the victory for the Wonder Boys. He was brilliant allowing just two runs on five hits while striking out one. Cody Taylor (Jacksonville, Texas) picked up his second save of the season as he pitched two thirds of an inning, striking out both batters he faced.

          Relief pitcher Jerry Helferich was guilty of the loss for Ouachita Baptist. He pitched one and one thirds innings allowing three runs on two hits and a walk.

          Tech struck first in the scoring column, as Sanchez hit a sacrifice fly to left field which plated Wonder Boys right fielder Hayden Miller (Sherwood, Ark.), who was 3 for 3 in the contest.

          Things started to turn ugly in the top of the fourth, however, when OBU scored five runs on two hits and two Tech errors. Tech countered with a run in the fifth as Sanchez drove in Austin Gwatney (Sherwood, Ark.) on a groundout to shortstop. The Tigers would then bring two more runs across in the top of the sixth as an RBI single by Blake Lockwood and a sacrifice fly by catcher Jim Streicher made the score 7-2 in favor of OBU.

          The Wonder Boys fought back in it in the seventh inning as Sanchez and Justin Bollig (Moore, Okla.) each had two-run singles, which cut the lead to 7-6.

          Sanchez then got his fifth RBI on the day when he drove in Tyler Kellar (Morrillton, Ark.) off of southpaw Zach Wilbanks to tie the game before Black’s two-run go ahead triple.

          The Wonder Boys return to Tech Field Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. for their final home game of the 2008 season. Tech will play host to University of Ozarks, a game which had been originally scheduled for April 8 but was moved due to rain.

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