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TECH BASEBALL COMPLETES SEASON WITH 6-2 WIN OVER
HARDING; TUESDAY'S GAME SCHEDULED WITH UALR CANCELLED
SEARCY, Ark. –
The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team ended the
2008 season with a 6-2 win over the Harding Bison to
improve their record to
22-23 overall and 9-11 in Gulf South Conference play.
Tech was originally scheduled to play one more
regular season game on Tuesday at the University of
Arkansas-Little Rock, but that game has been cancelled.
The Wonder Boys used a complete game
two-hitter by junior starting pitcher Tyler Mattox
(Conway, Ark.) as he improved to 3-2 on the year.
Harding managed two runs against the Tech righty, but
both were unearned. Mattox allowed just one walk and hit
a batter while striking out three.
Tech claimed the first run of the game in the
opening inning when Jantzen Black (Greenwood,
Ark.) reached on a single and freshman Jonathan
Houston (Conway, Ark.) also singled which drove in
Black after he advanced to second base on a wild pitch
by Michael Skinner.
Tech got three runs in the second as Austin
Gwatney (Sherwood, Ark.) drove in Brad Green
(Cabot, Ark.) on a single to center. Gwatney then stole
second and junior Josh Holloway (Booneville,
Ark.) hit his second homerun of the year, making the
score 4-0 in favor of Tech.
Harding got help by three Wonder Boys errors
in the bottom of the second to score their first run and
then got their second run in the bottom of the third
when Will McDonald scored on a passed ball. Harding
would just manage two base runners the remainder of the
game as Mattox was brilliant in his complete game
effort.
Meanwhile, Tech added an insurance run in the
top of the fifth when Houston picked up his second RBI
of the game when he singled scoring Tony Sanchez
(Mesquite, Texas) who had reached on a walk and then
advanced to third on a double by Black.
The Tech offense struck again in the seventh
as Tyler Kellar (Morrillton, Ark.) drove in Black
on a bunt single, giving Tech the 6-2 lead.
Skinner (4-5) was charged with the loss for
Harding as he hurled 5 2/3 innings allowing nine Tech
hits and five runs, two of which were earned. Tech got
another three hits and a run off Harding reliever Kenny
Barnett who pitched the final 3 1/3 innings.
Tech was led offensively by Holloway who was 2
for 5 with a homerun and two RBIs, Black who had a pair
of hits and scored twice and Houston who was 3 for 5
with two RBIs. Green also had a pair of hits in the game
and Kellar and Gwatney each had an RBI and one hit.
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