SERIES INFORMATION
ARKANSAS TECH WONDER BOYS 23-16 (14-12 GAC)	NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA RANGERS 18-25 (11-16 GAC)
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RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Still with two weekends left in the regular season, the Arkansas Tech baseball team is preparing to play their second to last conference series of the regular season as they will travel to Alva, Okla. to face Northwestern Oklahoma starting on Friday evening.
 
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 move ahead one spot following last weekends performance to sixth in the standings at 14-12 in GAC play. NWOSU is in the mix themselves at the tenth spot in the standings down only a single loss from SWOSU who has the same number of GAC wins at 11, but one less loss.
 

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SCOUTING NORTHWESTERN OKLAHOMA
The Rangers enter play this weekend 18-25 overall and are 11-16 in the Great American Conference. They have lost their last two games which included a close 4-5 loss on the road at Emporia State and an 11-18 loss at home against Northeastern State University. 
 
Offensively, the Rangers are hitting .293 as a team (421-for-1,437) with 298 runs scored, 87 doubles, 8 triples and 54 home runs. Entering the weekend, the Rangers have six players hitting .300 or better with Yugo Hamakawa leading the way at .367 (55-for-150).
 
In terms of power numbers, the Rangers have 14 players with a home run and 12 of those have multiple homers. Blake Hoffman leads the team in homers with 11. Kelly Shaughn and Hayden Priest are next with seven each. Two others have at least four home runs as well. Hoffman is pacing the team in RBIs with 46. Five other Ranger hitters have at least 30 RBIs.
 
On the mound, the Rangers have a 7.52 team ERA and have struck out 312 batters in 343.1 innings of work.
 
This past weekend, the Rangers used a weekend rotation of Tate Schuermann, Dylan Collins and Emilio Lovato. Those three have combined to make 18 starts and are collectively 8-6 with 97 strikeouts in 114.1 innings of work. Lovato paces the starters and is 3-4 with a 7.58 ERA. He has 55 strikeouts in 57.0 innings. Collins is 4-1 with a 6.26 ERA and has 34 Ks in 46.0 innings. Schuermann is 1-1 with a 5.56 ERA and has eight strikeouts in 11.1 innings.
 
Outside of their latest weekend rotation, 14 different pitchers have been used by NWOSU. The most appearances made by a reliever is 17 and has been done by Edwin Colon. Colon is 5-2 with a 4.39 ERA and has 24 strikeouts in 26.2 innings. As a team, Northwestern has notched two saves and both come from Colon.
 

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TECH TIDBITS
The Wonder Boys enter play against this weekend against Northwestern Oklahoma at 23-16 overall and 14-12 in the Great American Conference. They are coming off a split mid-week non-conference doubleheader at home against No. 13 Delta State, but have a win in their most-recent conference series action, beating Southwestern Oklahoma 2-0 in the weekend series. The series finale against SWOSU was canceled due to inclement weather.
 
Offensively, the Wonder Boys enter play against Northwestern Oklahoma State hitting .294 as a team (365-for-1,242) with 245 runs scored, 64 doubles, seven triples and 45 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 .388 (47-for-121).
 
In terms of power numbers, the Wonder Boys have 11 players with a home run and ten of those have multiple home runs. Tech is currently led by Josh Detweiler and Shelby Quiggins with nine long bombs each. Two other Wonder Boys have at least five homers. Yadier Medina leads the team in RBIs with 30, while Evan Hafley follows close behind with 28 on the year. Four other Wonder Boys have driven in at least 20 runs as well.
 
On the mound, the Wonder Boys have a team ERA of 5.51 and have struck out 319 batters in 313.2 innings of work.
 
Patrick Miner, Shane Scott and Will Horton have made up the weekend rotation thus far and are 12-9 combined with 162 strikeouts in 167.2 innings of work. Miner paces the starters with a 7-2 record and a 3.57 ERA with 74 strikeouts in 70.2 innings. Scott is 3-3 with a 5.92 ERA and has 42 strikeouts in 48.2 innings. Horton is currently 2-4 with a 5.84 ERA and has 46 strikeouts in 49.1 innings of work.
 
In relief, the Wonder Boys have notched seven saves with Ty Van Meter accounting for five of the saves. He has appeared in 11 games and currently has 23 strikeouts in 15.1 innings.