ADA, Okla. – The East Central University baseball team had their strongest day of the year, going to extra innings with Southwestern Oklahoma State in both games of a Great American Conference doubleheader at Ken Turner Field. The Tigers (2-29, 1-20 GAC) fell 5-3, in 11 innings, in the opener and then picked up their second win of the season, with a 7-6 win in eight innings.
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Game 2 – ECU 7, SWOSU 6 (8)
SWOSU Lineup
- Miguel Soto (2B)
- Ramon Vingochea (SS)
- Cade Hamilton (1B)
- Enzo Bonventre (DH)
Taylor Richey (PR)
- Samuel Fortier (CF)
- JC Reed (RF)
- Marc Gonzales (3B)
- Griffin Larsen (C)
- Alex Rice (LF)
Grant Ewy (P)
Dakota Jones (P)
Phillip Sanders (P)
Rafael Perez-Guzman (P)
Ernesto Hidrogo (P)
ECU Lineup
- Sr. Mekhi Edwards (CF)
- RFr. Mason Glowacki (SS)
- So. Colton Schaper-Kotter (1B)
- RFr. Tanner Collins (2B)
- So. Nick Blakenship (3B)
- So. Christian Whitaker (DH)
- Jr. Zac Green (RF)
- So. Gage Boatman (C)
Fr. Trae Lowe (PR)
- So. Britton Sperry (LF)
Sr. Koby Midgley (P)
Jr. Bryce Crawford (P)
So. Colt Bartling (P)
So. Justin Chitty (P)
Of Record
- Winning Pitcher: C. Bartling (1-5)
- Losing Pitcher: E. Hidrogo (2-4)
Scoring
- ECU 1st – C. Whitaker reached on E4, RBI; N. Blakenship advanced to second; T. Collins advanced to third; C. Schaper-Kotter scored, unearned (SWOSU 0, ECU 1)
- SWOSU 2nd – 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 Left on Base (SWOSU 3, ECU 1)
- ECU 4th – G. Boatman grounded into double play; Z. Green out on the play; C. Whitaker scored, unearned (SWOSU 3, ECU 2)
- ECU 5th – T. Collins doubled down the RF Line, RBI; M. Glowacki scored (SWOSU 3, ECU 3)
- ECU 5th – N. Blakenship doubled down the RF Line, RBI; T. Collins scored (SWOSU 3, ECU 4)
- SWOSU 6th – 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 Left on Base (SWOSU 5, ECU 4)
- ECU 6th- M. Edwards singled to RF, RBI; B. Sperry advanced to second; Z. Green scored (SWOSU 5, ECU 5)
- SWOSU 8th – 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 1 Left on Base (SWOSU 6, ECU 5)
- ECU 8th – M. Glowacki singled to RF, RBI; M. Edwards advanced to second; T. Lowe advanced to third; Z. Green scored (SWOSU 6, ECU 6)
- ECU 8th – C. Schaper-Kotter singled to LF, RBI; M. Glowacki advanced to second; M. Edwards advanced to third; T. Lowe scored, unearned (SWOSU 6, ECU 7)
Game 1 – SWOSU 5, ECU 3 (11)
SWOSU Lineup
- Miguel Soto (2B)
- Ramon Vigochea (SS)
- Cade Hamilton (1B)
- Enzo Bonventre (DH)
Jean Ortiz (PR)
- JC Reed (RF)
Taylor Richey (RF)
- Samuel Fortier (CF)
- Marc Gonzales (3B)
- Griffin Larsen (C)
- Alex Rice (LF)
Nate Postlethwait (P)
Grant Ewy (P)
Ernesto Hidrogo (P)
ECU Lineup
- Mekhi Edwards (CF)
- Mason Glowacki (SS)
- Colton Schaper-Kotter (1B)
- Tanner Collins (2B)
- RSr. Eric Towsley (C)
- Christian Whitaker (3B)
Nick Blakenship (3B)
- So. Dione Allen (DH)
- So. Kyle Busker (RF)
Zac Green (PH)
Jr. Anderson Allen (RF)
- Britton Sperry (LF)
Trae Lowe (PH)
So. Bryan Terry (P)
Colt Bartling (P)
Koby Midgley (P)
Of Record
- Winning Pitcher: G. Ewy (5-2)
- B. Terry (0-6)
Scoring
- SWOSU 4th – 2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 Left on Base (SWOSU 2, ECU 0)
- ECU 4th – T. Collins singled to pitcher, advanced to second on E1, RBI; C. Schaper-Kotter scored (SWOSU 2, ECU 1)
- SWOSU 6th – 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 Left on Base (SWOSU 3, ECU 1)
- ECU 6th – D. Allen singled up the middle, RBI; C. Whitaker advanced to second; E. Towsley advanced to third; T. Collins scored (SWOSU 3, ECU 2)
- ECU 7th – T. Collins singled to RF, RBI; C. Schaper-Kotter advanced to second, advanced to third on the throw, M. Glowacki scored (SWOSU 3, ECU 3)
- SWOSU 11th – 2 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 2 Left on Base (SWOSU 5, ECU 3)
Tiger Quick Hits
- First time that ECU went into extra innings since April 27, 2019
- W, 6-5 (10) vs. Southeastern
- First extra-inning games with SWOSU since 2000
- The 11-inning game was the longest game since April 8, 2016 for the Tigers
- W, 6-5 (12) vs. Southern Nazarene
- First time since 2008 that ECU went to extra innings with a team twice in a series
- Feb. 22-23 at West Texas A&M
- Played a four game Lone Star Conference series
- One extra-inning game each day
- First time since 2019 ECU had two extra-inning games in a season
- April 5 vs. Ouachita Baptist – L, 1-3 (10)
- April 27, W, 6-5 (10) vs. Southeastern
- The Tigers outhit the Bulldogs (15-17, 10-11 GAC) 25-18 for the day
- ECU outhit SWOSU 6-3 in extra-base hits
- The Tigers saw multi-hit games from five players, including one with two multi-hit games
- RFr. Mason Glowacki: 3 hits in the 8-inning game, 2 hits in the 11-inning game
- 11th and 12th multi-hit games of the season, 4th with 3 hits
- RFr. Tanner Collins: 3 hits in the 11-inning game
- 8th multi-hit game of the season, 2nd with 3 hits
- So. Christian Whitaker: 3 hits in the 11-inning game
- 4th multi-hit game of the year, 2nd with 3 hits
- So. Colton Schaper-Kotter 2 hits in the 11-inning game
- 6th multi-hit game of the year, 5th with 2 hits
- Schaper-Kotter has the game-winning walk-off single in the victory
- Collins also had a multi-RBI game in the 11-inning game
- 2 RBIs: 5th multi-RBI game of the year, 4th with 2
- So. Colt Bartling picked up the win on the mound (1-5)
- 1.2 IP, 1 hit and 1 run allowed, 1 K
- So. Justin Chitty claimed the team's second save of the season and his first
- So. Bryan Terry threw 10 innings in the 11-inning game
- 10.0 IP, 11 hits and 5 runs allowed, 2 BBs (both in the 11th inning), 5Ks
- Threw 132 pitches
- Five ECU batters hit over .300, who played in both games
- Collins: .667 batting avg., 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 double, 3 RBIs, 1-of-1 stolen bases, 4 putouts, 7 assisted outs
- Glowacki: .500 batting avg., 2 runs, 5 hits, 1 RBI, 5 putouts, 7 assisted outs
- Whitaker: .500 batting avg., 1 run, 4 hits, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 3 putouts
- Schaper-Kotter: .400 batting avg., 2 runs, 4 hits, 1 double, 1 RBI, 20 putouts, 1 assisted out
- So. Nick Blakenship: .333 batting avg., 1 hit, 1 double, 1 RBI, 3 putouts, 2 assisted outs
Up Next
- The Tigers will hit the road for the next five games
- Tuesday, April 5 at Rogers State – Single game at 2 p.m.
- Friday, April 8 at Southern Nazarene – Single game at 2 p.m.
- Saturday, April 9 at Southern Nazarene – Doubleheader starting at 1 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 12 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State – Single game at 7 p.m. in Enid, Okla.