ENID, Okla. – Henderson State, a team that hit only 19 home runs in its 41 regular-season games, set the Great American Conference Baseball Championships single-game record with four home runs in an 11-2 win against Harding in Saturday's GAC Championship finale from David Allen Memorial Ballaprk. Hayden Lessenberry hit a third-inning grand slam while Claude Johnson each Tadarious Hawkins each collected four hits. Colton Lorance earned the win as he gave up two runs on five hits over 6.0 innings of work.
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HOW THEY SCORED:
HU 2nd – Jaxon Mohr grounded out to second; Davis Richardson scored.
HU 2nd – Kyler Offenbacker singled to left center; Alan Copeland scored.
HSU 3rd – Lance Fields walked; H. Mayall scored.
HSU 3rd – Hayden Lessenberry homered to left field; Fields, Jordan Taylor and Claude Johnson scored.
HSU 4th – Johnson singled to left center; Carlos Rodriguez and AJ Kruzel scored.
HSU 6th – Rodriguez homered to left field.
HSU 7th – Tadarious Hawkins homered to right field.
HSU 8th – Johnson homered to left field.
HSU 9th – Hawkins scored on a wild pitch.
AT THE PLATE:
HSU - Heward: 1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI
HU - Norris: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI; Feuerbacher: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI; Melby: 1-for-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
ON THE MOUND:
W – Colton Lorance (5-3): 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R/2 ER, 2 K/1 BB
L – Collin Campbell (5-4): 3.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R/7 ER, 0 K/4 BB
NOTABLE:
- Average margin of victory for day one: 8.0 (32-8), the widest average margin of victory on any one day in GAC Baseball Championship history
- Hayden Lessenberry: 2-for-16 this season vs Harding - both hits are home runs
- Henderson State hit four home runs after hitting 19 in 41 games; set the GAC Championship single-game record
- Claude Johnson (4-for-5) & Tadarious Hawkins (4-for-5) - fourth set of teammates in GAC Championship history to both record a four-hit game in a single GAC Championship game
- Collin Campbell: 3.1 IP, 7 ER; threw 8.0 scoreless innings vs HSU during the regular season
WHAT'S NEXT:
Henderson State: Will play Henderson State at 7:30 PM on Sunday.
Harding Will play Southern Arkansas at 4 PM on Sunday.
| GAC Baseball Championships - Game 2 |
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ENID, Okla. – The Ouachita Tiger offense provided Great American Conference Pitcher of the Year Connor Eller 11 runs of support as the Tigers defeated Arkansas Tech, 11-3, in Saturday's second GAC Baseball Championship game from David Allen Memorial Ballpark. Five Tigers recorded multi-hit games and four scored at least two runs. Eller carried a shutout into the ninth inning before settling for a complete-game victory.
HOW THEY SCORED:
OBU 3rd – Justin Weigle grounded out to first; Drew Feuerbacher scored.
OBU 3rd – Jace Melby homered down the left field line; Parker Norris scored.
OBU 6th – Jakahari Howell singled to center field; Kyle Alexander advanced to second, scored on an error.
OBU 6th – Norris doubled to left center; Howell scored, unearned.
OBU 7th – Will Wallace singled to right field; Melby scored.
OBU 7th – Tyler Faught singled to right field; Wallace scored.
OBU 7th – Feuerbacher doubled to left field); Alexander scored.
OBU 7th – Norris reached on a fielding error; Feuerbacher and Faught scored. OBU 7th – Weigle singled through the right side; Norris scored.
ATU 9th – Bryan Heward homered to left center; Mark Vaughn and Rafiel Johnson
AT THE PLATE:
ATU - Heward: 1-for-4, HR, 3 RBI
OBU - Norris: 2-for-5, 2 R, 2B, RBI; Feuerbacher: 2-for-3, 2 R, 2B, RBI; Melby: 1-for-4, HR, 2 R, 2 RBI
ON THE MOUND:
W – Conner Eller (9-2): CG, 9.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R/3 ER, 2 K/1 BB
L – Trent Armstrong (5-2): 6.0 IP, 9 H, 5 R/4 ER, 3 K/2 BB
NOTABLE:
- OBU defeats ATU in the opening round of the GAC Baseball Championships for the second-straight year
- Tigers improve to 5-0 against Arkansas Tech this season
- Reuben Miller: 0-4 tonight; went 11-for-14 vs ATU in the regular season
- Conner Eller: 15.0-inning scoreless streak vs Arkansas Tech until allowing a 9th inning home run
- ATU committed five errors, one off the most in a GAC Championship game
- Arkansas Tech lost its first-round game for the third-straight year
WHAT'S NEXT:
Arkansas Tech: Will play Southeastern Oklahoma State 12:30 PM on Sunday.
Ouachita Baptist: Will play Henderson State 7:30 PM on Sunday
ENID, Okla. – Top-seeded Southern Arkansas overcame a 3-1 deficit with nine runs in its final three trips to the plate to hand Southeastern Oklahoma State a 10-3 in Saturday's first Great American Conference Baseball Championship contest. First-Team All-GAC pitcher Landon Simpson threw a complete game. Korey Keith and Billy Germaine each collected three hits. Chase Harvey and Justin Buchanan both drove in three.
| GAC Baseball Championships - Game 1 |
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HOW THEY SCORED:
SAU 1st – Billy Germaine reached on a fielder's choice; Jon Phillips scored.
SE 4th – Conner Koepp singled to right field; Brandon Grimsley scored.
SE 4th – Cody Coats singled to left field,; Corban Taylor scored.
SE 5th – Grimsley doubled to left field; Dylan Helms scored.
SAU 6th – Justin Buchanan flied out to left field; Byron Reichstein scored.
SAU 6th – Chase Harvey doubled to right center; Chris Quinn scored and Trevor Rucker.
SAU 7th – Rucker singled to first base; Korey Keith scored.
SAU 7th – Buchanan doubled to left center; Rucker and Carver Rademache scored
SAU 7th – Harvey singled to center; Buchanan scored.
SAU 8th – Reichstein grounded out to second; Keith scored.
AT THE PLATE:
SE - Grimsley: 2-for-4, 2B RBI; Helms: 2-for-3, 2B, R
SAU - Germaine: 3-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, R; Buchanan: 2-for-3, 3 RBI, 2B; Harvey: 2-for-5, 2B, 3 RBI Keith: 3-for-4, 2B, 2 R
ON THE MOUND:
W – Landon Simpson (8-4): CG, 9.0 IP, 8 H, 3 R/3 ER, 3 K/1 BB
L – Nick Johnson (4-5): 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R/4 ER, 1 K/4 BB
NOTABLE:
- Southern Arkansas improves to 9-2 as the top seed at the GAC Baseball Championships
- SAU improves to 4-0 against the No. 6 seed at the GAC Baseball Championships
- SAU has scored 49 runs in four games vs Southeastern (3-1)
- Southeastern appeared in its first GAC Baseball Championship game since finishing in third at the 2012 GAC Championships
- Brandon Grimsley: 10-for-16 with six RBI in four games vs SAU this year
WHAT'S NEXT:
Southeastern Oklahoma State: Will play Ouachita Baptist/Arkansas Tech loser at 12:30 PM on Sunday.
Southern Arkansas: Will play Harding/Henderson State loser at 4 PM on Sunday