RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Britt Stroth went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs, while Jonathon Arrieta and Patrick Miner each added solo home runs helping the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys baseball team (28-19, 19-10 GAC) defeat Harding (29-19, 17-14 GAC) 8-5 Friday evening at Carl Baswell Field.
 
NEXT UP

• The Wonder Boys and the Bisons will conclude their three-game series with a doubleheader tomorrow, April 27 at Carl Baswell Filed. First pitch is scheduled for noon.

 
ARKANSAS TECH LINEUP
 
1. Britt Stroth (LF)
2. Dylan McDearmon (CF)
3. Harry Gard (RF)
4. Zack Kesterson (2B)
5. Patrick Miner (3B)
6. Korey Thompson (SS)
7. Jason Hastings (DH)
8. Jonathon Arrieta (1B)
9. Michael Post (C)
Isaac Hale (P)
 
HARDING LINEUP

1. Nolan Fertig (LF)
2. Miles Humphreys (1B)
3. Luke Van Dover (2B)
4. Connor Kelly (SS)
5. David Butterfield (3B)
6. Ben Bailey (DH)
7. Ben Brauss (CF)
8. Jack Thomas (RF)
9. Brendan Perrett (C)
Tanner Smith (P)

SCORING PLAYS

• Tech 1^st – Z. Kesterson singled through the left side, RBI (2-0); H. Gard scored, unearned. (Tech 1, HU 0)
• Tech 2^nd – B. Stroth homered to right field, 3 RBI (1-0); M. Post scored; J. Arrieta scored. (Tech 4, HU 0)
• Tech 4^th – J. Arrieta homered to left field, RBI (0-0). (Tech 5, HU 0)
• Tech 6^th – B. Stroth singled to right field, RBI (2-0); M. Post scored. (Tech 6, HU 0)
• HU 7^th – M. Humphreys doubled to left center, 2 RBI (2-1); N. Fertig advanced to third; J. Thomas scored; B. Brauss scored. (Tech 6, HU 2)
• Tech 7^th – P. Miner homered to left field, RBI (1-0). (Tech 7, HU 2)
• Tech 8^th – M. Post flied out to cf, SF, RBI (1-1); R. Hickerson scored. (Tech 8, HU 2)
• HU 9^th – Butterfield singled down the lf line, 2 RBI (0-1); L. Van Dover advanced to second; M. Humphreys scored, unearned; N. Fertig scored. (Tech 8, HU 4)
• HU 9^th – Pitaniello advanced to second on a wild pitch; Butterfield advanced to third on a wild pitch; L. Van Dover scored on a wild pitch, unearned. (Tech 8, HU 5)

 
OF RECORD

• Winning Pitcher: Isaac Hale (8-2)
• Losing Pitcher: Tanner Smith (5-6)

 
NOTABLES

• Arkansas Tech finished the game with 13 hits, with five different Wonder Boys recording multi-hit games.
• Patrick Miner and Michael Post each tallied three hits apiece. Miner added a home run, while Post added a double, a stolen base and two runs.
• Stroth, Jonathon Arrieta and Zack Kesterson all notched two hits apiece. Stroth hit his first home run of the season and recorded a season-high four RBIs.
• Arrieta hit his fifth home run of the season, his fourth home run in the last four games.
• Harry Gard went 1-for-4, extending his hitting-streak to 29 games.
• Issac Hale picked up his eighth win of the season after registering his sixth quality start of the season. Hale pitched 6.0 innings while allowing two runs on six hits.
• Nolan Withrow picked up his sixth save of the season.