ADA, Okla. – The East Central University baseball team will play the final home Great American Conference series of the 2022 season this weekend at Ken Turner Field. The Tigers will host Henderson State, Friday, April 15 and Saturday, April 16
th, with the annual Senior Day festivities taking place before the game Saturday.
Friday's DOUBLEHEADERstarts at 1p.m., while a SINGLE GAME will start at 1 p.m., Saturday. Senior Day festivities will then start at approximately 12:45 p.m. ECU will honor
Mekhi Edwards,
Koby Midgley and
Eric Towsley.
The Tigers (4-32, 3-21 GAC) will then wrap up their home games for the year, Tuesday, April 19, with a doubleheader with Southern Nazarene, starting at 1 p.m.
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Tiger Quick Hits
- ECU is coming off their best weekend so far in the year, earning their first GAC series of the year
- The Tigers went 2-1 at Southern Nazarene
- Friday, April 8 – W, 12-1 (8)
- Saturday, April 9 – W, 20-9 (7) / L, 3-29
- ECU then fell to Northwestern Oklahoma State (9-0) in a non-conference game in Enid, Okla.
- Four players that had at least 10 at-bats hit over .375 for the week
- So. Christian Whitaker: .500 batting avg., 4 runs, 7 hits, 2 home runs, 6 RBIs, 2 BBs
- RFr. Tanner Collins: .412 batting avg., 2 runs, 7 hits, 5 RBIs, 1-of-1 stolen bases, 7 putouts, 4 assisted outs
- RSr. Eric Towsley: .385 batting avg., 4 runs, 5 hits, 1 triple, 1 home run, 5 RBIs, 1 BB, 13 putouts, 1 assisted out
- So. Nick Blakenship: .385 batting avg., 6 runs, 4 hits, 1 double, 2 home runs, 5 RBIs, 2 BBs, 1 HBP, 2-of-2 stolen bases, 4 putouts, 4 assisted outs
- Fr. Clayton Solomon and So. Bryan Terry earned the wins on the mound
- Solomon: 1.80 ERA, 5.0 IP, 6 hits and 1 run allowed, 2 Ks
- Terry: 5.0 IP, 10 hits and 8 runs allowed, 1 K
Against the Competition
- Since 2000, the Tigers and the Reddies have played each other 30 times
- HSU leads 23—7 overall and 18-7 when playing as GAC opponents
- HSU leads 6-3 when playing at Ken Turner Field
- ECU returns two players that earned hits in the 2021 series
- Five returning pitchers saw action in the series
- So. Justin Chitty and So. Brian Pasha saw the most time on the mound
- Chitty: 2.0 IP, 6 hits and 5 runs allowed
- Pasha: 2.0 IP, 6 hits and 4 runs allowed
- Sr. Koby Midgley saw the most strikeouts
- 1.2 IP, 2 hits and 5 runs (3 earned) allowed, 3 Ks
