Baseball 03.08.17

WONDER BOYS SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER WITH NO. 18 DELTA STATE

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 CLEVELAND, Miss. – The Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys split a nonconference doubleheader with No. 18 Delta State on Wednesday, highlighted by a 10-3 victory for the Wonder Boys in game one.

NEXT UP

Arkansas Tech returns to Great American Conference play this weekend, as the Wonder Boys host Henderson State at Tech Field. The three-game series begins with a nine-inning game at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 10.

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP (GAME 1)

Layton Robinson (P)

DELTA STATE LINEUP (GAME 1)

Jason Popovich (CF)
Nick Morgan (3B)
Brian Lane (C)
Zack Shannon (DH)
Juwan Burney (LF)
Clay Casey (RF)
David Pimentel (1B)
Emil Ellis (2B)
Justin Nussbaum (SS)

Brady Chambley (P)

SCORING PLAYS

TECH 1^st - Klockowski doubled to right center, RBI (0-1); D. McDearmon scored. (TECH 1, DSU 0)
DSU 1^st- Z. Shannon singled through the left side, RBI (1-2); B. Lane advanced to second; J. Popovich scored. (TECH 1, DSU 1)
DSU 1^st - C. Casey singled to left field, RBI (1-0); Z. Shannon advanced to second; B. Lane scored, unearned. (DSU 2, TECH 1)
TECH 3^rd - K. Gibbs singled to left field, RBI (0-0); Klockowski advanced to second; D. McDearmon scored. (DSU 2, TECH 2)
TECH 3^rd - C. Wescott singled to center field, RBI (1-0); K. Thompson advanced to second; K. Gibbs advanced to third; Klockowski scored. (TECH 3, DSU 2)
TECH 3^rd - M. Post singled to left center, 2 RBI (0-0); C. Wescott advanced to second; K. Thompson scored; K. Gibbs scored. (TECH 5, DSU 2)
TECH 3^rd - M. Wilson singled to shortstop, RBI (2-2); M. Post advanced to third; C. Wescott scored. (TECH 6, DSU 2)
TECH 3^rd - M. Vaughn doubled to right center, 2 RBI (1-2); D. McDearmon advanced to third; M. Wilson scored; M. Post scored. (TECH 8, DSU 2)
DSU 3^rd - Z. Shannon grounded out to 3b, RBI (1-0); N. Morgan scored, unearned. (TECH 8, DSU 3)
TECH 6^th - C. Wescott singled through the left side, RBI (1-0); K. Thompson advanced to second; K. Gibbs scored. (TECH 9, DSU 3)
TECH 6^th - M. Wilson walked, RBI (3-2); M. Post advanced to second; C. Wescott advanced to third; K. Thompson scored. (TECH 10, DSU 3)

OF RECORD

Winning Pitcher – Quentin Bowling (1-0)
Losing Pitcher – Brady Chambley (1-1)

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP (GAME 2)

Chris McKeehan (P)

DELTA STATE LINEUP (GAME 2)

Jason Popovich (CF)
Emil Ellis (2B)
Juwan Burney (LF)
Zack Shannon (DH)
Tyler Brown (RF)
Josh Russell (C)
Nick Morgan (3B)
Kyle St. Pierre (1B)
Justin Nussbaum (SS)

John Wesley Ray (P)

SCORING PLAYS

TECH 1^st - Klockowski doubled to right field, RBI (1-0); D. McDearmon advanced to third; M. Wilson scored. (TECH 1, DSU 0)
TECH 1^st - K. Gibbs grounded out to 2b, RBI (2-1); Klockowski advanced to third; D. McDearmon scored. (TECH 2, DSU 0)
TECH 1^st - Klockowski scored on a wild pitch. (TECH 3, DSU 0)
DSU 1^st - T. Brown homered to left field, 3 RBI (0-1); Z. Shannon scored; J. Burney scored. (TECH 3, DSU 3)
DSU 7^th - B. Lane singled up the middle, RBI (2-2); D. Glore scored, unearned. (DSU 4, TECH 3)

OF RECORD

Winning Pitcher – Zach Osbon (3-0)
Losing Pitcher – Isaac Hale (1-4)

NOTABLES

With game one's victory, Arkansas Tech extended its win streak to eight games, the Wonder Boys' longest streak since winning 22 consecutive games in 2014.
All nine batters in the lineup for Arkansas Tech recorded a hit in game one, five of them finishing with two hits. Vaughn, Wescott and Post led the way with two runs batted in each.
Robinson started the day on the mound for the Wonder Boys, allowing just one earned run through two innings. Bowling relieved Robinson for three innings, allowing just one unearned run. Nate Rutherford pitched the final two innings of game one and held the Statesmen scoreless.
Tech finished game two with just two hits, both coming in the first inning. Klockowski led the offense with his seventh double of the season and team-leading 26^th RBI.
Hale was handed the loss in the second game, despite not allowing an earned run through four innings. The Statesmen led off the bottom of the seventh with a single, and an error on a pickoff attempt sent the runner to third. A single up the middle on the next at bat gave the victory to Delta State.

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