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Baseball Hosting Arkansas Tech at Ken Turner Field
Jr. Dakota Washington follows through on a swing at the plate.

Baseball Hosting Arkansas Tech at Ken Turner Field

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ADA, OKLA. – The East Central University baseball team will play its second Great American Conference series at home when they host Arkansas Tech, March 8-9.  The teams are set to play a doubleheader Friday, March 8 starting at 11:30 a.m. and a single game is set to start at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 9.

Tiger Quick Hits
  • The Tigers (3-17, 3-5 GAC) went 1-3 last week
    • Non-conference loss at UT-Tyler
    • 1-2 at Harding in GAC action
  • ECU saw two players hit over .400 for the week
    • Fr. Drew Reed: .444 batting avg., 4 hits, 1 run, 1 BB
    • Jr. Gage Wall: .438 batting avg., 7 hits, 1 run, 1 double, 1 triple, 1 RBI
  • Sr. Alec Lemmon picked up the win in the circle, with a complete game
    • 0.00 ERA, 1 appearance, 1 GS, 1 CG, 7.0 IP, 5 hits, 1 run, 1 BB, 5 Ks, .208 opponent batting avg.
  • Overall in 2019, the Tigers have four players hitting over .300, and one over .350
    • Sr. Josh Lincoln: .359 batting avg., 23 hits, 9 runs, 2 doubles, 4 RBI, 5 BBs, 1 SF, 1 SB
  • Jr. Dakota Washington leads ECU in RBIs, with 12
    • Wall is the only other player with a double-digit RBI total at 10
  • Lemmon joined Jr. Jeffrey Shafer as the only two pitchers to throw a complete game
Against the Competition
  • Since 2000 the Tigers and the Wonder Boys (13-8, 7-2 GAC) have met on 43 previous occasions
    • ATU leads 29-14 overall and 17-3 as GAC opponents
    • When playing at home the Wonder Boys also hold a 14-4 advantage
  • In 2018 ECU went 0-3 against ATU
  • Lincoln is the top returner at the plate for the Tigers
    • .400 batting avg., 4 hits, 3 runs, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1-for-1 stolen bases attempts
  • Six ECU pitchers made an appearance in one of the three games
    • Sr. Logan Lannon led the group with 6.0 IP
      • 10 hits and 10 runs allowed (5 earned), 4 BBs, 5Ks
  • Britt Stroth is the top returner at the plate for ATU
    • .667 batting avg., 8 hits, 7 runs, 1 double, 1 home runs, 5 RBIs, 2 BBs, 1 K
  • Zack Kesterson saw the most action on the mound for the returning pitchers
    • 6.0 IP, 1-0, 1 GS, 7 hits and 5 runs allowed, 1 BB, 5 K, .292 opponent batting avg.
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