RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – A ninth-inning, walk-off home run by Marcus Wilson gave the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys a 5-4 victory over the Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm in the opening game of a three-game series on Friday.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech concludes its series with Southeastern Oklahoma with a doubleheader on Saturday scheduled for 1 p.m. Tech's fourth annual Bash at the Ballpark is set to begin at 11 a.m. at Tech Field.

 
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)

       Kyle Wilson (P)
 
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA LINEUP

1. Travis Spinney (CF)
2. Cade Clay (2B)
3. Hunter Harrison (1B)
4. Brett Akins (3B)
5. Micah Simmer (DH)
6. Jett Swigart (SS)
7. Luke Thomas (LF)
8. Ty Hanson (C)
9. Jake Perez (RF)

       Scott Richards (P)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• SOSU 1^st – T. Spinney homered to left field, RBI (1-1 SB). (SOSU 1, Tech 0)
• Tech 1^st – T. Spinney homered to left field, RBI (1-1 SB). (SOSU 1, Tech 1)
• Tech 4^th – C. Wescott homered down the lf line, RBI (0-1 K). (Tech 2, SOSU 1)
• Tech 6^th – J. Harvey walked, RBI (3-1 BBKBB); K. Thompson advanced to second; C. Wescott advanced to third; K. Gibbs scored. (Tech 3, SOSU 1)
• Tech 6^th – S. Wheeler walked, RBI (3-1 BKBBB); J. Harvey advanced to second; K. Thompson advanced to third; C. Wescott scored. (Tech 4, SOSU 1)
• SOSU 8^th – C. Clay doubled to right center, 2 RBI (1-1 BK); T. Spinney scored; T. Hanson scored. (Tech 4, SOSU 3)
• SOSU 8^th – H. Harrison singled to center field, RBI (2-0 BB); C. Clay scored. (Tech 4, SOSU 4)
• Tech 9^th – M. Wilson homered to left field, RBI (0-0). (Tech 5, SOSU 4)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher – Quentin Bowling (3-0)
• Losing Pitcher - Brandon Wolski (0-5)

 
NOTABLES

• The victory gives Tech its fifth consecutive win, keeping the Wonder Boys within two games of first-place Southern Arkansas in the Great American Conference standings.
• Southeastern Oklahoma took the first lead with a home run on the first at-bat of the game, but the Wonder Boys quickly tied the score with a Klockowski RBI-single in the bottom of the first.
• Wescott gave Tech its first lead of the game with a fourth-inning home run down the left field line. The homer gives Wescott his fourth in the last three games.
• After a three-run eighth inning by the Storm, Wilson ended the game with his second home run of the season in the bottom of the ninth.
• Kyle Wilson started on the mound for the Wonder Boys and allowed just one run in seven innings while striking out nine batters. Bowling later entered the game to pitch a scoreless ninth inning to earn his third win of the season.