| GAC Baseball Championships - Game 5 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| #4 Henderson State (31-24) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
13 |
0 |
| #8 Arkansas Tech (24-31) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
2 |
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. No. 4 Henderson State earned a return trip to the Great American Conference Baseball Championships title game as the Reddies scored in five straight innings en route to eliminating Arkansas Tech by a 10-3 score on Friday night from Clyde Berry Field. Four Reddies registered multi-hit games led by the three-hit performances from Hunter Mayall and Alex Morgan. Luke Tebbetts improved to 5-4 as he allowed three runs in 6.0 innings of work.
HOW THEY SCORED:
HSU 3rd – Jordan Taylor singled to center field; Mayall scored.
HSU 4th – Mayall singled to right field; Luke McGuire scored.
ATU 4th – Josh Watkins homered to center field; Kaleb Warden scored.
HSU 5th – AJ Kruzel flied out to left field; Hayden Lessenberry scored.
ATU 5th – Marcus Wilson homered to right field.
HSU 6th –Taylor flied out to right field; McGuire scored.
HSU 7th – Kruzel singled on a bunt; Tadarious Hawkins scored.
HSU 7th – McGuire grounded out to second; Joseph Gary scored.
HSU 7th – Morgan singled down the right field line; Jared Gage and Kruzel scored.
HSU 7th – Lessenberry singled to left field; Mayall and Morgan scored.
AT THE PLATE:
HSU – Mayall: 3-for-6, 2B, 2 R, RBI; Morgan: 3-for-5, 2 RBI, R; Lessenberry: 2-for-5, 2 RBI, R
ATU – Wilson: 2-for-4, HR, 2B; Watkins: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI; Parker O’Dell: 2-for-4
ON THE MOUND:
W – Tebbetts (6-4): 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 K, 2 BB
L – John Beck (0-2): 1.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
NOTABLE:
- Henderson State: advances to second-straight GAC Championship title game
- Second-straight year No. 4 seed advanced to GAC Championship title game
- HSU: improves to 4-2 against Arkansas Tech this season, 4-1 in Arkadelphia
- Mayall: 10-for-25 (.400) against Arkansas Tech this season
- Morgan & Mayall: 7-for-31 (.226) at GAC Championships entering the game, went 6-for-11 on Friday
- Wilson: 2-for-4, 5-for-11 (.455) in GAC Championship games in Arkadelphia, 9-for-21 (.429) with two HR and five RBI in the GAC Championships
WHAT’S NEXT:
Henderson State – Will play Arkansas-Monticello at 1 p.m. Saturday; need two wins for GAC title
Arkansas Tech – Eliminated