SAN ANTONIO – Zach Klockowski drove in a pair of runs, Kaleb Warden picked up a pair of hits, while both Marcus Wilson and Collin O'Neil scored a pair of runs, but the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team (0-1) was unable to overcome timely hitting from the No. 15 St. Mary's Rattlers (1-0), falling 10-6 in the two teams' season opener on Friday at Dickson Stadium.   

NEXT UP

• The Wonder Boys play the second game of their three-game set with the Rattlers on Saturday, Jan. 30 at 1 p.m. in San Antonio.

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 3^rd - K. Warden reached on a fielding error by SS; C. O'Neil advanced to third; M. Wilson scored, unearned. (Tech 1, St. Mary's 0)
• Tech 3^rd – Klockowski singled to left field, 2 RBI; M. Vaughn advanced to second, K. Warden scored, unearned; C. O'Neil scored, unearned. (Tech 3, St. Mary's 0)
• St. Mary's 3^rd – A. Perez homered to right field, 2 RBI, J. Marler scored. (Tech 3, St. Mary's 2)
• Tech 4^th – C. Brady singled to center, out at 2^nd lf to 2b, RBI; J. Watkins scored. (Tech 4, St. Mary's 2)
• St. Mary's 4^th – A. Vega homered to left field, 2 RBI; M. Smith scored. (Tech 4, St. Mary's 4)
• St. Mary's 5^th – J. Kaiser singled to left center, RBI; B. Ramirez advanced to second, A. Perez scored. (St. Mary's 5, Tech 4)
• St. Mary's 5^th – D. Perez singled up the middle, RBI; J. Kaiser advanced to second, B. Ramirez scored, unearned. (St. Mary's 6, Tech 4)
• St. Mary's 7^th – J. Kaiser homered to right field, RBI. (St. Mary's 7, Tech 4)
• St. Mary's 7^th – B. Brandl doubled down the rf line, advanced to third on a throwing error by rf, RBI; A. Vega scored. (St. Mary's 8, Tech 4)
• St. Mary's 7^th – Z. Johnson sac fly to center, RBI; B. Brandl scored, unearned. (St. Mary's 9, Tech 4)
• St. Mary's 8^th – J. Kaiser sac fly to left, RBI; M. Smith advanced to second on the throw; B. Ramirez scored. (St. Mary's 10, Tech 4)
• Tech 9^th – Vaughn sac fly to right, RBI; M. Wilson scored. (St. Mary's 10, Tech 5)
• Tech 9^th – C. McDonough singled up the middle, RBI; Klockowski advanced to second, C. Beaver advanced to third, C. O'Neil scored. (St. Mary's 10, Tech 6)

NOTABLES

• Wilson, O'Neil, and Klockowski each picked up a pair of walks for the Wonder Boys.  
• McDonough pinch hit for the Wonder Boys in the eighth inning and turned in a 1-for-2 performance with an RBI.
• Trent Armstrong took the loss for the Wonder Boys, falling to 0-1 on the season after surrendering six runs, five earned, on six hits in 4.1 innings of work. The junior fanned two and walked one.
• Lane Norwood relieved Armstrong in the fifth and pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and fanning two.
• Bryson Morris tossed two-thirds of an inning, allowing one hit and fanning one.
• Wonder Boys pitchers issued just one walk on the afternoon.
• The two teams combined to hit nine batters – Tech pitchers putting four men on base the hard way and St Mary's hurlers putting five on.
• Klockowski reached base every time he stepped to the plate – one single, two walks, and two times hit by pitch.
• McDonough's RBI single in the ninth brought the tying run to the plate for the Wonder Boys with two outs, but St. Mary's closer Oscar Sepulveda entered the game and fanned the lone hitter he faced to lock down the save.