RUSSELVILLE, Ark. – Senior pitcher Zach Skelton recorded the first complete game for the Wonder Boys pitching staff this season as Arkansas Tech (8-10, 3-4 Great American Conference) cruised to a 9-3 victory over Southern Nazarene (1-16, 1-6 GAC) Friday night at Tech Field.
 
NEXT UP
Tech will continue its weekend home series against the Crimson Storm with a doubleheader on Saturday, March 5. The first game starts at 12 p.m. at Tech Field.
 
SNU STARTING LINEUP

1. Dillon Feland (SS)
2. Brady VanZant (2B)
3. Anthony Wiggins (LF)
4. Shelby Reese (3B)
5. Tyler Stevens (C)
6. Cody Nelson (1B)
7. Michael Descisciolo (RF)
8. Ryan Tucker (DH)
9. Gaige Webster (CF)

 
TECH STARTING LINEUP

1. Marcus Wilson (CF)
2. Kaleb Warden (DH)
3. Kyle Love (1B)
4. Mark Vaughn (LF)
5. Josh Watkins (RF)
6. Collin O'Neil (3B)
7. Dylan McDearmon (2B)
8. Blake King (C)
9. Connor Brady (SS)

 
SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 2^nd - D. McDearmon singled to center field, RBI (0-1 K); J. Watkins scored. (Tech 1, SNU 0)
• Tech 4^th - D. McDearmon homered to left field, RBI (3-1 BBFB). (Tech 2, SNU 0)
• Tech 4^th - M. Wilson reached on an error by ss, RBI (2-0 BB); B. King scored. (Tech 3, SNU 0)
• Tech 5^th - J. Watkins tripled to center field, RBI (1-1 BF); M. Vaughn scored. (Tech 4, SNU 0)
• Tech 5^th - C. O'Neil stole second; J. Watkins scored on a throwing error by ss, unearned. (Tech 5, SNU 0)
• Tech 6^th - M. Wilson flied out to cf, SF, RBI (2-1 BKB); C. Brady scored, unearned. (Tech 6, SNU 0)
• SNU 7^th - Descisciolo homered to center field, 2 RBI (2-1 BKB); Stevens scored. (Tech 6, SNU 2)
• Tech 7^th - C. O'Neil doubled to right center, 2 RBI (1-0 B); M. Vaughn scored, unearned; K. Love scored. (Tech 8, SNU 2)
• Tech 7^th - C. Brady grounded out to 2b, RBI (1-0 B); B. King advanced to second; D. McDearmon advanced to third; C. O'Neil scored, unearned. (Tech 9, SNU 2)
• SNU 8^th - Feland homered to left field, RBI (1-0 B). (Tech 9, SNU 3)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Zach Skelton (2-1)
• Losing Pitcher: Mason Pinion (0-5)

NOTABLES

• In Zach Skelton's complete game, he pitched all nine innings on just 97 pitches, giving up three earned runs on six hits and two walks to go with six strikeouts.
• Dylan McDearmon hit his first home run of the season, going 2-for-3 with the left field blast in the 4^th and an RBI single in the 2^nd inning for a total of two RBIs in the game.
• Collin O'Neil also went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and a run scored. Marcus Wilson was the third Wonder Boy with two RBIs.
• Josh Watkins improved his batting average to .348 on the year after going 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and an RBI.