Tweet #theGAC  ENID, Okla. – Harding knocked out top-seeded Arkansas-Monticello from the 2019 Great American Conference Baseball Championships as they rallied back from an early deficit to register a 7-6 victory on Tuesday from David Allen Memorial Ballpark.
 
Trailing 3-0 entering the fourth inning, Harding (34-20) evened the contest when Luke Van Dover scored on a wild pitch and Ben Brauss launched a two-run home run down the right field line.
 
Jordan Johnson hit his second home run of the day for the Weevils (33-14) to put them back in front, 4-3, in the fifth inning. Harding tied the game in the seventh on a Miles Humphrey single. An inning later, the Bisons took their first lead of the contest. David Butterfield scampered home on a Jack Thomas ground out.
 
Harding added a pair of insurance runs in the top of the ninth. Connor Kelly singled in Humphreys and Brauss doubled home Kelly. UAM rallied for two runs of its own in the ninth but Logan McCall locked down the win with his first save of the season as he induced a routine ground out by David Reyna.
 
Out of the Harding bullpen, Dylan Adcock earned the win. He allowed only one run in 4.1 innings of relief. Jared Roberts took the loss.
 
The Bisons face Oklahoma Baptist in Tuesday’s second game. A Harding win forces the “if necessary” game – scheduled for noon on Wednesday.