RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Junior first baseman Kaleb Warden went yard for the third time this season, but the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team (17-24, 9-16 Great American Conference) dropped the opening game of their three-game series with Southwestern Oklahoma (25-12,16-7 GAC) 5-1 Friday night at Tech Field.
 
NEXT UP

• The Wonder Boys will close out the series with a doubleheader against Southwestern Oklahoma with the first game starting at 1 p.m. Arkansas Tech will honor its seven seniors between games of the doubleheader.

 
SWOSU STARTING LINEUP

1. Tanner Dearman (CF)
2. Joshua Santos (3B)
3. Korbin Polston (RF)
4. Jacob Spring (LF)
5. Zach Barton (DH)
6. Trent Troxell (1B)
7. Justin Freeman (C)
8. C.J. Faddis (2B)
9. Haden Houska (SS)

 
TECH STARTING LINEUP

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

SCORING PLAYS

• SWOSU 3^rd - K. Polston singled to pitcher (2-1 BBF); J. Santos advanced to second, advanced to third on the error; T. Dearman advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by p. (SWOSU 1, Tech 0)
• SWOSU 3^rd - J. Spring fouled out to 1b, SF, RBI (2-0 BB); J. Santos scored. (SWOSU 2, Tech 0)
• SWOSU 6^th - T. Troxell flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-2 FBBK); Z. Barton scored. (SWOSU 3, Tech 0)
• SWOSU 7^th - K. Polston singled to right field, RBI (1-1 BS); T. Dearman scored, unearned. (SWOSU 4, Tech 0)
• SWOSU 8^th – C.J. Faddis doubled down the lf line, RBI (1-2 BKF); G. Bruno scored. (SWOSU 5, Tech 0)
• Tech 8^th - K. Warden homered to left center, RBI (1-1 FB). (SWOSU 5, Tech 1)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Jon Chidester (7-3)
• Losing Pitcher: Zach Skelton (3-6)

NOTABLES

• Kaleb Warden went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, tallying an RBI and a run scored.
• Dylan McDearmon was 2-of-4 from the plate.
• Jason Hastings pitched 1-1/3 scoreless innings in relief, giving up no hits and no walks with one strikeout.