ADA, Okla. – A 10-run eighth inning that included a game-tying three-run home run by Cody Wescott carried the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys to a 15-6 win and three-game sweep over the East Central Tigers on Saturday.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech returns to action next weekend, as the Wonder Boys host Southeastern Oklahoma for a three-game series in Russellville. Play begins on Friday, April 7, at 7 p.m.

 
ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP

1. Marcus Wilson (RF)
2. Dylan McDearmon (SS)
3. Kyle Gibbs (3B)
4. Zach Klockowski (DH)
5. Mark Vaughn (LF)
6. Cody Wescott (1B)
7. Korey Thompson (2B)
8. Jake Harvey (C)
9. Seth Wheeler (CF)

       Trent Armstrong (P)
 
EAST CENTRAL LINEUP

1. Jake MeKeel (3B)
2. Kaleb Matthews (1B)
3. Connor Stevenson (DH)
4. Dalton Etheredge (CF)
5. JT Stevenson (C)
6. Trevor Huie (RF)
7. Grant Powell (2B)
8. Zach Lewis (SS)
9. Kodiak O'Ravez (LF)

       Jake Wellington (P)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 1^st – Klockowski grounded out to 3b, RBI; K. Gibbs advanced to third; M. Wilson scored. (Tech 1, ECU 0)
• ECU 1^st - C. Stevenson homered to left field, RBI. (Tech 1, ECU 1)
• ECU 1^st - G. Powell walked, RBI; T. Huie advanced to second; JT Stevenson advanced to third; D. Etheredge scored. (ECU 2, Tech 1)
• ECU 4^th - J. MeKeel homered down the lf line, RBI. (ECU 3, Tech 1)
• ECU 5^th - K. O'Ravez doubled to right center, 2 RBI; Z. Lewis scored; G. Powell scored. (ECU 5, Tech 1)
• Tech 8^th - M. Vaughn singled up the middle, RBI; K. Love advanced to third; K. Gibbs scored. (ECU 5, Tech 2)
• Tech 8^th - C. Wescott homered to left center, 3 RBI; M. Vaughn scored; K. Love scored. (ECU 5, Tech 5)
• Tech 8^th - D. McDearmon doubled down the lf line, RBI; S. Wheeler advanced to third; K. Thompson scored. (Tech 6, ECU 5)
• Tech 8^th - K. Gibbs singled to left field, 2 RBI; D. McDearmon scored; S. Wheeler scored. (Tech 8, ECU 5)
• Tech 8^th - K. Love homered down the lf line, 2 RBI; K. Gibbs scored. (Tech 10, ECU 5)
• Tech 8^th - C. Wescott reached on an error by 3b; M. Vaughn scored, unearned. (Tech 11, ECU 5)
• ECU 8^th - K. Matthews homered to right field, RBI. (Tech 11, ECU 6)
• Tech 9^th - M. Wilson singled up the middle, RBI; S. Wheeler advanced to third; M. Post scored. (Tech 12, ECU 6)
• Tech 9^th - D. McDearmon reached on a fielder's choice, RBI; M. Wilson out at second 2b to ss; S. Wheeler scored. (Tech 13, ECU 6)
• Tech 9^th - K. Love singled to left field, RBI; K. Gibbs advanced to third; D. McDearmon scored. (Tech 14, ECU 6)
• Tech 9^th - M. Vaughn doubled down the lf line, RBI; K. Love advanced to third; K. Gibbs scored. (Tech 15, ECU 6)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher – Quentin Bowling (2-0)
• Losing Pitcher – Brady Holcomb (0-2)

 
NOTABLES

• With the win, the Wonder Boys earn their third consecutive conference series victory and their fourth three-game sweep of the season.
• Tech recorded a season-high 18 hits in the victory, led by Gibbs and Kyle Love with three each. 10 different Wonder Boys recorded a hit in the nine-inning contest.
• The Wonder Boys posted their eighth game this season with at least 10 runs, including all three games in Ada this weekend. Tech finished the weekend outscoring the Tigers, 36-15, in three games.
• Down 5-1 in the eighth inning, Vaughn sparked a rally with an RBI-single up the middle. Wescott followed with his third homer of the season to tie the score, and McDearmon's double down the left field line gave Tech its second lead of the game.
• Love added two more insurance runs with his second home run of the season.
• Bowling moved to 2-0 on the season after allowing just one run in 3.1 innings, and Branden Bohuslav pitched a scoreless ninth inning to secure the win.