ADA, OKLA. – The East Central University baseball team will wrap up the 2019 season with a three-game Great American Conference series against arch rival Southeastern Oklahoma State. The teams are set to play a single game Friday, April 26 at 3 p.m. and then battle through a double-header Saturday, April 27 starting at 1 p.m.
Saturday is the annual Senior Day where the Tigers will honor their eight graduating seniors:
Wyatt Austin,
Preston Converse,
Logan Lannon,
Robert Leffler,
Alec Lemmon,
Josh Lincoln,
Tag Sparks and
Ryan White. Senior Day festivities will start approximately 15 minutes prior to the first game Saturday, April 27 (12:45 p.m.).
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- The Tigers (7-40, 7-22 GAC) and the Savage Storm (21-19, 14-13 GAC) will be ending the 2019 regular season with the series
- Sr. Josh Lincoln and Jr. Hayden George are leading the team this season at the plate
- Lincoln: .361 batting avg., 39 runs, 57 hits, 8 doubles, 4 triples, 1 home run, 15 RBIs, 30 BBs, 14-18 stolen bases, 60 putouts, 96 assisted outs
- George: .333 batting avg., 20 runs, 46 hits, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 home run, 12 RBIs, 7 BBs, 75 putouts, 14 assisted outs
- Jr. Dakota Washington and Jr. Cordell Bowie lead the team in RBIs
- Washington: .223 batting avg., 15 runs, 27 hits, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 5 home runs, 25 RBIs, 16 BBs, 181 putouts, 17 assisted outs
- Bowie: .256 batting avg., 12 runs, 30 hits, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 4 home runs, 24 RBIs, 17 BBs, 33 putouts, 33 assisted outs
- Sr. Alec Lemmon and Jr. Jeffrey Shafer have each picked up two wins in the circle
- Lemmon: 2-7, 12 GS, 2 CG, 1 shutout, 61.0 IP, 70 hits and 52 runs (43 earned) allowed, 30 BBs, 63 Ks
- Shafer: 2-5, 10 GP, 9 GS, 1 CG, 35.0 IP, 50 hits and 43 runs (35 earned) allowed, 37 BBs, 39 Ks
Against the Competition
- Since 1999, ECU and Southeastern have played 76 times
- Southeastern leads: 55-21
- Southeastern leads, 49-19, when playing as GAC opponents
- Southeastern leads, 32-13 when playing at Ken Turner Field
- The Tigers and the Savage Storm played two non-conference mid-week games this season
- March 5: L, 1-9
- April 9: L, 3-9
- ECU earned a .262 batting average in the first two games and held Southeastern to a .200 mark
- The Tigers saw three players hit .500 in the two games
- Lincoln: .500 batting avg., 1 run, 5 hits, 2 RBIs, 2 putouts, 5 assisted outs
- So. Hunter Rogers: .500 batting avg., 1 run, 2 hits, 5 putouts
- So. Dillon Mansell: .500 batting avg., 1 hit, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SAC, 1 putout
- Eight of ECU's pitchers saw action in the two games
- Jr. Ryan Collins: 6.0 IP, 1.50 ERA, 0-1, 2 GP, 2 GS, 3 hits and 3 runs (1 earned) allowed, 4 BBs, 10 K, .136 opponent batting avg.
- Jr. Hunter Pouge: 4.0 IP, 2.25 ERA, 0-1, 2 GP, 2 hits and 5 runs (1 earned) allowed, 3 BBs, 3 Ks, .133 opponent batting avg.
- The Savage Storm saw two players hit .400-or-better
- Luke Thomas: .500 batting avg., 1 run, 2 hits, 2 RBIs, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 3 assisted outs
- Davis Jenks: .400 batting avg., 1 GP, 2 hits, 1 RBI, 1 K
- Southeastern sent seven pitchers to the mound
- Jacob Bigham: 1.59 ERA, 1-0, 2 GP, 2 GS, 5.2 IP, 6 hits and 1 run allowed, 6 BBs, 5 K, .300 opponent batting avg.
- Beau Swimmer: 0.00 ERA, 2 GP, 3.1 IP, 2 hits and 0 runs allowed, 1 BBs, 5 Ks, .167 opponent batting avg.
