ADA, OKLA. – The East Central University baseball team will play the first games of the season at Ken turner field, when the host Southern Nazarene for a three-game Great American Conference series, Feb. 24-25. The teams are set to play a single game, Sunday, Feb. 24 starting at 2 p.m. and a doubleheader Monday, Feb. 25 at 12 p.m.
Tigers Quick Hits
- Sr. Josh Lincoln leads the team at the plate after the first 12 games
- Played in 10 games (8 starts), 33 at bats
- 3 runs, 10 hits, 1 double, 2 RBIs
- 10 putouts, 14 assisted outs, .960 fielding pct.
- 14 pitchers have seen action on the mound
- 3 have recorded 10-or-more innings pitched
- Jr. Jonny Chavez: 16.0 innings pitched, 14 hits and 8 runs allowed (6 earned), 14 strikeouts, 3.38 ERA
- Sr. Alec Lemmon: 16.0 innings pitched, 14 hits and 7 runs allowed (6 earned), 22 Ks, 3.38 ERA
- Jr. Hunter Pouge: 10.1 innings pitched, 12 hits and 8 runs allowed (6 earned), 8 Ks
Against the Competition
- After winning both games in 2018 against the Crimson Strom (3-6, 0-3 GAC), the Tigers (0-12, 0-3 GAC) are trailing by just one game in the all-time series: 11-12
- ECU leads 10-7 when playing as GAC opponents
- The Tigers lead 8-3 when playing in Ada
- Last season, ECU earned its lone GAC series win, going 2-0
- This will be the second-straight season that the teams have played at Ken Turner Field
- Lincoln is the top returner at the plate for the Tigers
- .667 batting avg., 4 runs, 2 hits, 2 RBIs, 2 putouts, 1 assisted out
- Lemmon, Sr. Logan Lannon and Jr. Wyatt Austin all saw action on the mound
- Lemmon: 0.00 ERA, 1-0 record, 7.0 innings pitched, complete game shutout, 2 hits allowed, 11 Ks
- Lannon: 2.25 ERA, 1-0 record, 8.0 innings pitched, 9 hits and 2 runs allowed, 2 Ks
- Austin: 1.0 innings pitched, 2 hits and 3 runs (1 earned) allowed, 1 K
- Cole Lee is the top returning batter for SNU
- .429 batting avg., 3 hits, 2 RBIs, 3 putouts
- Ryan Mills is the lone pitcher to return from 2018
- 6.00 ERA, 0-1 record, 1 complete games, 6.0 innings pitched, 7 hits and 4 runs allowed, 8 strikeouts