Sr. Mekhi Edwards runs down the first-base line in from the the UCO dugout.
Baseball Starting Seven-Game Road Trip to End 2022 Season
ADA, Okla. – The East Central University baseball team will wrap up the 2022 season on the road. The Tigers (5-36, 3-24 GAC) will start the trip in Arkadelphia, Ark., to face Ouachita Baptist for a Great American Conference series. ECU will then play their final non-conference game at Central Oklahoma.
Both Tiger teams will play a single game, Friday, April 22 at 3 p.m. and then a doubleheader, Saturday, April 23 starting at 1 p.m. The game with the Bronchos will start, Tuesday, April 26 at 5 p.m.
Tiger Quick Hits
- The Tigers were 1-4 over the last week, with the win coming over Southern Nazarene as a non-conference outing
- April 15 at Henderson State - L, 7-9 / L, 3-17
- April 16 at Henderson State – L, 0-5
- April 19 at Ouachita Baptist – W, 8-7 (8) / L, 11-16
- Three ECU players, who had at-least 10 at-bats over the week hit over .400 for the week
- RFr. Tanner Collins: .471 batting avg., 6 runs, 8 hits, 1 double, 6 RBIs, 4 BBs, 2-for-2 stolen bases, 12 putouts, 12 assisted outs
- RFr. Mason Glowacki: .471 batting avg., 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 double, 2 RBIs, 5 BBs, 2-for-3 stolen bases, 7 putouts, 7 assisted outs, 1.000 fielding pct.
- So. Christian Whitaker: .412 batting avg., 3 runs, 7 hits, 1 double, 5 RBIS, 2 BBs, 1-for-1 stolen bases
- RSr. Eric Towsley also had a strong week
- .500 batting avg., 8 at-bats, 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 double, 1 triple, 5 RBIs, 6 BBs, 1 HBP, 31 putouts, 2 assisted outs, 1.000 fielding pct.
- He has now tallied 3 triples on the year to rank NO. 5 on the ECU Single Season Top-10 List
- So. Brian Pasha picked up the win on the mound for the Tigers
- First career victory
- 3 appearances, 2-1 IP, 0.00 ERA, 2 hits and 0 runs allowed, 2 Ks
- Sr. Koby Midgley and So. Bryan Terry each appeared in 1 game and led the team with 8 strikeouts
- Sr. Mekhi Edwards also moved onto two single season top-10 lists
- No. 5 Triples – 3
- No. 9 Hit By Pitch Drawn – 11
- Glowacki also added a spot on the Stolen Bases top-10 list
- As a team, the Tigers are now on three top-10 single season team lists
- No. 10 Hits By Pitch Drawn – 48
- No. 10 Stolen Bases – 42
- No. 7 Batters Struckout – 257
Against the Competition
- ECU and Ouachita have met on 37 previous occasions
- Ouachita leads 23-14 overall and 16-8 when playing as conference opponents
- When playing in Arkadelphia, Ouachita leads 8-5
- In 2021, Ouachita swept the series
- April 24, 2021 – L, 0-2 / L, 3-7 (H)
- April 25, 2021 – L, 2-8 (H)
- In the series with Ouachita in 2022, two ECU players earned at-least two hits
- So. Colton Schaper-Kotter: 1 run, 3 hits, 2 RBIs, 1 home run, 2 BBs, 19 putouts
- Whitaker: 2 hits, 1 double, 1 BB, 4 putouts, 2 assisted outs
- Four returning pitchers saw action on the mound
- So. Justin Chitty: 4.1 IP, 5 hits and 6 runs (1 earned) allowed, 3 Ks
- Pasha: 2.2 IP, 1 hit and 1 run allowed, 1 K
- Midgley: 1.2 IP 0 hits and 0 runs allowed, 2 Ks
- Terry: 1.1 IP, 3 hits and 1 run allowed 1 K
- The Tigers and the Bronchos have battled 67 previous times
- UCO leads 54-13 overall
- The teams played earlier this season
- Feb. 15, 2022 – L, 7-17 (7) (H)
- The Tigers saw a multi-RBI game from Sr. Mekhi Edwards
- 1 run, 1 hit, 2 RBIs, 1 double, 2 putouts
- Five pitchers saw action on the mound, with Chitty earning the start and suffering the loss
- 3.1 IP, 8 hits and 6 runs (5 earned), 4 Ks
