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