JACKSON, Tenn. – Arkansas Tech recorded 19 hits, all nine Wonder Boy starters recorded a hit, led by Dylan McDearmon who went 3-for-6 with a home run and three runs batted in helping the Arkansas Tech baseball team (3-1) defeat Union University 16-4 on Tuesday afternoon for their third straight win.
 
NEXT UP

• Arkansas Tech will return to the field on Friday Feb. 8 for the Wonder Boys home opener. Tech will play Central Oklahoma with first pitch scheduled for 6 p.m.

ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP

1. Britt Stroth (LF)
2. Dylan McDearmon (SS)
3. Harry Gard (RF)
4. Riley Hickerson (CF)
5. Tristan Thomas (3B)
6. Evan Hafley (DH)
7. Jonathon Arrieta (1B)
8. Korey Thompson (2B)
9. Michael Post (C)

Anthony Race (P)
 
UNION LINEUP

1. Charlie Ellis (LF)
2. Nolen Milton (3B)
3. Hayden Lewis (CF)
4. Josh Frantz (C)
5. Eli Thibado (DH)
6. Spencer Schultz (1B)
7. Zane Phillips (SS)
8. Caleb DeMarigny (2B)
9. Dacoda Stone (RF)

Walker Adkisson (P)
 
SCORING PLAYS

• UNION 1^st – H. Lewis singled to right field, 2 RBI (3-2 BFBBSK); N. Milton scored; C. Ellis scored. (Union 2, Tech 0)
• Tech 2^nd – J. Arrieta singled, RBI (2-0 BB); T. Thomas scored. (Union 2, Tech 1)
• Tech 2^nd – B. Stroth walked, RBI (3-1 BBBSB); M. Post advanced to second; K. Thompson advanced to third; J. Arrieta scored. (Union 2, Tech 2)
• Tech 2^nd – D. McDearmon singled to left field, RBI (1-2 SFFB); B. Stroth advanced to second; M. Post advanced to third; K. Thompson scored (Tech 3, Union 2)
• Tech 3^rd – K. Thompson singled to center field, advanced to second on an error by cf, RBI (0-1 S); J. Arrieta advanced to third; E. Hafley scored (Tech 4, Union 2)
• Tech 3^rd – M. Post grounded out to 3b, RBI (1-0 B); K. Thompson advanced to third, scored on an error by 1b, unearned; J. Arrieta scored (Tech 6, Union 2)
• Tech 4^th – R. Hickerson doubled down lf line, RBI (0-2 SSF); H. Gard scored; D. McDearmin scored, unearned. (Tech 7, Union 2)
• UNION 4^th – N. Milton flied out to rf, SF, RBI; C. DeMarigny advanced to third; Z. Phillips scored. (Tech 8, Union 3)
• Tech 6^th – H. Gard homered, RBI (1-1 BF) (Tech 9, Union 3)
• Tech 6^th – T. Thomas homered, 2 RBI; R. Hickerson scored (Tech 11, Union 3)
• UNION 6^th – D. Stone doubled down rf line, RBI; C. DeMarigny advanced to third; Z. Phillips scored. (Tech 11, Union 4)
• Tech 7^th – D. McDearmon homered, 2 RBI (1-0 B); M. Post scored (Tech 13, Union 4)
• Tech 8^th – G. Kochakian homered, RBI (1-0 B); T. Thomas scored (Tech 15, Union 4)
• Tech 8^th – P. Miner singled up the middle, RBI (0-1 F); K Thompson scored (Tech 16, Union 4)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning pitcher – Mason Griffin (2-0)
• Losing Pitcher – Walker Adkisson (0-1)

 
NOTABLES

• The Wonder Boys scored three runs in the second, third, sixth and eighth innings, highlighted by a pair of Wonder Boy home runs in the sixth as Harry Gard hit his first home run of the season and was followed by a two-run shot from Tristan Thomas, his second home run of the year.
• Seven Wonder Boys recorded multi-hit performances as McDearmon tallied three hits, while Gard, Thomas, Riley Hickerson, Jonathon Arrieta, Korey Thompson and Michael Post all notched two hits apiece.
• Garrett Kochakian went 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit two-run home run in the eighth inning, his first home run as a Wonder Boy.
• Mason Griffin picked up his second win of the season after surrendering 2 runs on three hits in 3.1 innings of work.
• Layton Robinson, Ty Johnson, Jake Mattox and Charlie Shipp each pitched 1.0 scoreless innings out of the bullpen.