RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Cody Wescott went 2-for-5 with the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to help the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys (9-6, 4-3 GAC) defeat Ouachita (4-12, 1-6 GAC) 7-6 in walk-of fashion at Tech Field on Friday night.
 
UP NEXT

• Arkansas Tech returns to Tech Field on Sunday to finish the series with Ouachita. The Wonder Boys and Tigers will battle in a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP

1. Britt Stroth (RF)
2. Dylan McDearmon (2B)
3. Riley Hickerson (CF)
4. Cody Wescott (1B)
5. Harry Gard (DH)
6. Mark Vaughn (LF)
7. Kyle Gibbs (3B)
8. Connor Brady (SS)
9. Jake Harvey (C)

          Michael Mueller (P)
 
OUACHITA LINEUP

1. Jakahari Howell (CF)
2. Tyler Riebock (3B)
3. Kyle Alexander (DH)
4. Austin White (C)
5. Preston Speers (1B)
6. Ty Owens (RF)
7. Logan Huneycutt (2B)
8. Aaron Studdard (SS)
9. Chandler Blake (LF)

          John Franklin Matros (P)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• OUA 1^st - K Alexander singled to shortstop, RBI; T Riebock scored. (OUA 1, Tech 0)
• OUA 4^th - J Howell singled through the left side, RBI; C Blake advanced to second; Ty Owens scored. (OUA 2, Tech 0)
• OUA 4^th - T Riebock singled through the right side, RBI; J Howell advanced to third; C Blake scored. (OUA 3, Tech 0)
• Tech 8^th - M. Vaughn singled to right field, 2 RBI; H. Gard advanced to third; R. Hickerson scored; K. Thompson scored, unearned. (OUA 3, Tech 2)
• Tech 8^th - K. Gibbs homered, 3 RBI, unearned; M. Vaughn scored, unearned; H. Gard scored, unearned. (Tech 5, OUA 3)
• OUA 9^th - T Riebock singled up the middle, RBI; J Howell scored. (Tech 5, OUA 4)
• OUA 9^th - P Speers doubled to center field, RBI; Austin White scored. (OUA 5, Tech 5)
• OUA 9^th - Ty Owens doubled to left field, RBI; P Speers scored. (OUA 6, Tech 5)
• Tech 9^th - P. Miner homered, RBI. (Tech 6, OUA 6)
• Tech 9^th - C. Wescott singled up the middle, RBI; S. Wheeler scored. (Tech 7, OUA 6)

OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher – Degan Harte (2-1)
• Losing Pitcher – Bo Sutton (0-2)

 
NOTABLES

• Mueller gave up three runs, on ten hits, while striking out eight batters in 7.1 innings of work.
• Kyle Gibbs gave the Wonder Boys their first lead of the game with a three-run bomb over the left field wall in the bottom of the eighth.
• Patrick Miner knotted the game up at 6-6 after he hit a pinch-hit homerun to left, his first home run as a Wonder Boys.
• Wescott went 2-for-5 with the game-winning walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning.
• Degan Harte picked up his second win of the season.