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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. No. 4 Henderson State’s Chris Hunt recorded the first no hitter in Great American Conference Baseball Championship history as he pitched the Reddies past Southeastern Oklahoma State in Friday’s first elimination game from Clyde Berry Field. Hunt recorded eight strikeouts, a career high. Jared Gage homered and drove in three runs as part of a 16-hit attack.
HOW THEY SCORED:
HSU 4th – Luke McGuire hit by pitch; Joseph Gary scored.
HSU 5th – Gary singled to left field; Jordan Taylor scored.
HSU 5th – AJ Kruzel flied out to center field; Hayden Lessenberry scored.
HSU 5th – Jared Gage singled to right center; Gary and Tadarious Hawkins scored.
HSU 8th – Hawkins singled to center field; Lessenberry and Taylor scored.
HSU 9th – Gage homered to right field.
HSU 9th – Taylor singled to right field; McGuire scored.
HSU 9th – Lessenberry singled; Hunter Mayall scored.
AT THE PLATE:
HSU – Gage: 3-for-4, HR, 3 RBI; Hawkins: 2-for-4, 3B, 2 RBI; Lessenberry: 3-for-6, 2 2B, 2 R, RBI
SE – Logan Terwilliger: 0-for-2, BB
ON THE MOUND:
W – Hunt (6-6): 9.0 IP, 0 H, 8 K, 1 BB, 99 Pitches/76 Strikes
L – Matt Benedict (6-4): 4.1 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 2 K
NOTABLE:
- Hunt: Eighth no-hitter in school history; first since T.J. Hendricks against Ouachita in 2003
- Hunt: Third no-hitter in GAC history; first since SAU’s Timothy Buchanan in 2014
- Hunt: First nine-inning no-hitter in GAC history
- Hawkins: Set school’s career record for triples, 10, with triple in the second inning
- Gage: 3-for-4 today; started GAC Championships by going 1-for-10
- HSU: Fifth 30-win season; second time winning 30 games in consecutive seasons (2009/2010)
WHAT’S NEXT:
Henderson State: Will play Arkansas Tech/Arkansas-Monticello winner at 7 p.m. on Friday
Southeastern Oklahoma State: Eliminated