SERIES INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH WONDER BOYS 20-15 (12-12 GAC)	SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA BULLDOGS 17-20 (11-13 GAC)
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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Still with three weekends left in the regular season, the Arkansas Tech baseball team is preparing to play their final conference weekend at home as they will host to Southwestern Oklahoma starting on Friday afternoon.
 
As the number of weekends dwindle, the importance of each series is paramount as teams vie to secure one of the eight spots in the upcoming GAC Baseball Tournament in Hot Springs.
 
Entering the weekend, Tech is in position to make the tournament as they are seventh in the standings at 12-12 in GAC play. SWOSU is in the mix themselves but are tied for eighth in the standings with Arkansas-Monticello at 11-13 in GAC action. If they were to remain tied with UAM, SWOSU would get the final spot with their 2-1 series win over the Boll Weevils back in mid-February.
 

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SCOUTING SOUTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
The Bulldogs enter play this weekend 17-20 overall and are 11-13 in the Great American Conference. They have lost their last three games which include dropping the final two games of their home series with Southeastern Oklahoma and a mid-week home loss to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma  
 
Offensively, the Bulldogs are hitting .288 as a team (336-for-1,167) with 287 runs scored, 72 doubles, 16 triples and 33 home runs. Entering the weekend, the Bulldogs have three players hitting .300 or better with Marc Gonzales leading the way at .360 (36-for-100).
 
In terms of power numbers, the Bulldogs have nine players with a home run and six of those have multiple homers. Enzo Bonventre leads the team in homers with 11. Taylan Mullins-Ohm is next with six. Two others have at least four home runs as well. Bonventre is pacing the team in RBIs with 39. Five other Bulldog hitters have at least 20 RBIs.
 
On the mound, the Bulldogs have a 7.67 team ERA and have struck out 285 batters in 294.1 innings of work.
 
This past weekend, the Reddies used a weekend rotation of Bryson Armstrong, Nate Postlethwait and Chris Goldson. Those three have combined to make 20 starts and are collectively 7-6 with 99 strikeouts in 103.1 innings of work. Armstrong paces the starters and is 3-3 with a 4.95 ERA. He has 36 strikeouts in 43.2 innings. Postlethwait is 4-3 with a 6.04 ERA and has 57 Ks in 56.2 innings. Goldson is 0-0 with a 16.20 ERA and has six strikeouts in 3.1 innings.
 
Outside of their latest weekend rotation, 12 different pitchers have been used by SWOSU. The most appearances made by a reliever is 13 and has been done by Matt Hopkins. Hopkins is 0-0 with a 4.15 ERA and has 17 strikeouts in 13.0 innings. As a team, Southwestern has notched five saves there has been four different Bulldogs to register a save. Ernesto Hildalgo has the most saves with two.
 

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TECH TIDBITS
The Wonder Boys enter play against this weekend against Southwestern Oklahoma 20-15 overall and 12-12 in the Great American Conference. They are coming off a series loss on the road at Henderson State, but have a win in their most-recent action, beating Arkansas-Monticello 10-1 in a non-conference mid-week game this past Tuesday.
 
Offensively, the Wonder Boys enter play against Henderson State hitting .298 as a team (338-for-1,136) with 228 runs scored, 59 doubles, seven triples and 41 home runs. Individually, the Wonder Boys have three batters with at least 75 at-bats hitting .300 or better with Yadier Medina leading the team at .396 (44-for-111).
 
In terms of power numbers, the Wonder Boys have 10 players with a home run and nine of those have multiple home runs. Tech is currently led by Josh Detweiler with nine. Shelby Quiggins is next with eight. Two other Wonder Boys have at least five homers. Yadier Medina and Evan Hafley lead the team in RBIs with 27 each. Four other Wonder Boys have driven in at least 20 runs as well.
 
On the mound, the Wonder Boys have a team ERA of 5.57 and have struck out 295 batters in 282.2 innings of work.
 
Patrick Miner, Shane Scott and Will Horton have made up the weekend rotation thus far and are 11-9 combined with 154 strikeouts in 152.1 innings of work. Miner paces the starters with a 6-2 record and a 3.53 ERA with 68 strikeouts in 63.2 innings. Scott is 3-3 with a 6.02 ERA and has 41 strikeouts in 46.1 innings. Horton is currently 2-4 with a 6.80 ERA and has 45 strikeouts in 42.1 innings of work.
 
In relief, the Wonder Boys have notched six saves with Ty Van Meter accounting for four of the saves. He has appeared in 10 games and currently has 21 strikeouts in 14.2 innings.