RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team (17-26, 9-18 Great American Conference) lost its final conference home games of the season to one of the best teams in the GAC, Southwestern Oklahoma (27-12, 18-7 GAC) 14-3 and 5-4 Saturday afternoon at Tech Field.
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NEXT UP
The Wonder Boys will play their final home of the season on Tuesday, April 19 as Arkansas Tech will host Southern Arkansas (25-16, 15-12 GAC) for a non-conference game at Tech Field. The game is slated for a 2 p.m. start time.
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(GAME ONE) SWOSU STARTING LINEUP
- Tanner Dearman (CF)
- Joshua Santos (3B)
- Korbin Polston (RF)
- Jacob Spring (LF)
- Zach Barton (DH)
- Joel Baxley (C)
- Trent Troxell (1B)
- C.J. Faddis (2B)
- Haden Houska (SS)
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TECH STARTING LINEUP
- Connor Brady (SS)
- Dylan McDearmon (2B)
- Kaleb Warden (1B)
- Kyle Love (DH)
- Davis Wilson (RF)
- Parker O'Dell (LF)
- Collin O'Neil (3B)
- Blake King (C)
- Seth Wheeler (CF)
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SCORING PLAYS
- Tech 1st - P. O'Dell walked, RBI (3-2 BKBKBB); D. Wilson advanced to second; K. Warden advanced to third; D. McDearmon scored, unearned. (Tech 1, SWOSU 0)
- Tech 1st - C. O'Neil singled to shortstop, RBI (0-2 KK); P. O'Dell advanced to second; D. Wilson advanced to third; K. Warden scored, unearned. (Tech 2, SWOSU 0)
- SWOSU 2nd - J. Spring homered to left field, RBI (3-0 BBB). (Tech 2, SWOSU 1)
- SWOSU 2nd - T. Dearman walked, RBI (3-2 BBKFBB); CJ Faddis advanced to second; J. Baxley advanced to third; Z. Barton scored. (Tech 2, SWOSU 2)
- SWOSU 3rd - J. Baxley singled up the middle, 2 RBI (3-1 BBBK); Z. Barton scored; J. Spring scored. (SWOSU 4, Tech 2)
- Tech 4th - S. Wheeler singled to left field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (1-2 FFB); C. O'Neil scored. (SWOSU 4, Tech 3)
- SWOSU 6th - J. Santos advanced to second on a balk; T. Dearman scored on a balk. (SWOSU 5, Tech 3)
- SWOSU 6th - J. Spring homered to left field, 3 RBI (0-1 K); K. Polston scored; J. Santos scored. (SWOSU 8, Tech 3)
- SWOSU 6th - G. Bruno doubled to center field, RBI (2-0 BB); Z. Barton scored. (SWOSU 9, Tech 3)
- SWOSU 7th - T. Dearman doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); H. Houska scored. (SWOSU 10, Tech 3)
- SWOSU 7th - J. Spring homered to center field, 2 RBI (0-1 K); T. Dearman scored. (SWOSU 12, Tech 3)
- SWOSU 8th - CJ Faddis fouled out to rf, SF, RBI (1-2 BKK); G. Bruno scored. (SWOSU 13, Tech 3)
- SWOSU 8th - H. Houska homered to left field, RBI (0-0). (SWOSU 14, Tech 3)
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OF RECORD
- Winning Pitcher: Gunnar Cook (7-3)
- Losing Pitcher: Lane Norwood (1-1)
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NOTABLES
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(GAME TWO) SWOSU STARTING LINEUP
- Tanner Dearman (CF)
- Joshua Santos (3B)
- Korbin Polston (RF)
- Jacob Spring (LF)
- Zach Barton (DH)
- Joel Baxley (C)
- Greg Bruno (1B)
- C.J. Faddis (2B)
- Haden Houska (SS)
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TECH STARTING LINEUP
- Connor Brady (SS)
- Dylan McDearmon (2B)
- Collin O'Neil (3B)
- Kaleb Warden (1B)
- Davis Wilson (LF)
- Josh Watkins (RF)
- Lonnie Hawkins (DH)
- Blake King (C)
- Seth Wheeler (CF)
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SCORING PLAYS
- Tech 2nd - J. Watkins flied out to rf, SF, RBI (3-2 BBFBF); K. Warden scored. (Tech 1, SWOSU 0)
- Tech 3rd - K. Warden flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-0 B); D. McDearmon advanced to third; S. Wheeler scored. (Tech 2, SWOSU 0)
- SWOSU 4th - J. Santos homered to left field, RBI (1-2 BFF). (Tech 2, SWOSU 1)
- Tech 4th - L. Hawkins grounded out to 2b, RBI (1-0 B); J. Watkins scored. (Tech 3, SWOSU 1)
- Tech 4th - D. McDearmon singled up the middle, RBI (2-2 BKKB); S. Wheeler advanced to second; B. King scored. (Tech 4, SWOSU 1)
- SWOSU 6th - T. Dearman singled to left field, RBI (2-2 BBKK); CJ Faddis advanced to third, out at home lf to c; G. Bruno scored. (Tech 4, SWOSU 2)
- SWOSU 6th - J. Spring homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-1 BK); K. Polston scored. (Tech 4, SWOSU 4)
- SWOSU 8th - Z. Barton reached on a fielding error by ss (0-0); J. Spring advanced to second; K. Polston scored, unearned. (SWOSU 5, Tech 4)
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OF RECORD
- Winning Pitcher: Jeremy Smith (2-1)
- Losing Pitcher: Trent Armstrong (4-6)
- Save: Quintin Dougherty (5)
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NOTABLES
- Josh Watkins went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
- Seth Wheeler hit 2-of-3 with a run scored.
- Dylan McDearmon finished 2-for-4 with an RBI.
- Trent Armstrong pitched a complete eight-inning game, giving up five runs, four earned on seven hits with three walks and eight strikeouts.
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