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#theGAC 2022 BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS - DAY TWO UPDATE

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Game 8: No. 3 Harding 4, No. 7 Arkansas-Monticello 2 (11)
Coulton Doyle hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th innings as the Bisons staved off elimination and knocked out the Weevils.

The Bisons (32-18) held a 1-0 lead into the ninth inning. Down to their last out, the Weevils (23-24) rallied for two runs when Reece Reading doubled off the left-field wall. Harding forced extra innings on a Chris Witzke RBI groundout.

Harding starter Joel Barker came within one out of recording just the second 1-0 shutout in GAC Championship history. He became the first pitcher to log a 10.0-inning start at the GAC Championships. He stuck out eight in his 133-pitch effort.

Weevil starter Derek Potts set the GAC Championships record with 14 strikeouts in a game. UAM and Harding pitchers combined to record 25 strikeouts, also a GAC Championships single-game record.
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Game 7: No. 8 Arkansas Tech 16, No. 4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 12
The Wonder Boys scored eight times between the eighth and ninth innings to outlast the Savage Storm in the highest-scoring game in GAC Championship history.

Josh Detweiler tied the GAC Championships single-game record with five hits - including a pair of doubles and a triple. Shelby Quiggins homered in both the eighth and ninth innings as part of a 4-for-6 day. He drove in five runs.

Quiggins and Carter Thessing hit back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to tie the game at 11. In the ninth, Detweiler's fifth hit of the game, a two-run double, gave Tech (26-22) a 13-11 advantage. Quiggins provided insurance with a three-run blast to right center.

In the loss, Richard Ware hit a pair of home runs for the Savage Storm () and drove in five runs. Damon Burroughs collected four hits and scored three times. Cameron French reached base four times - two hits, two walks - and scored four runs.

The 28 combined runs broke the tournament record for runs in a game. In 2013, Arkansas-Monticello defeated Southwestern Oklahoma State, 19-7.

 
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Game 6: No. 2 Henderson State 3 No. 6 Oklahoma Baptist 2 (11)
The Reddies won in the last at bat for the second-straight day as Jacob Carroll drove home the game winning run with a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 11th inning.

After Oklahoma Baptist (27-21) evened the contest thanks to a Jose Parga solo home run, the Bison and Reddies (37-14) put up matching zeros until the Reddies' half of the 11th inning. 

Cade Tucker opened the inning with a single. First-Team All-GAC pitcher Spencer Taack entered as a pinch runner. David Vilches laced a double, but the Bison cut down Taack at the plate on a perfect relay.  Two walks sandwiched around a strikeout loaded the bases for Carroll. He laid off a 3-2 pitch to force in Vilches.

Andrew Howard threw 5.0 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the victory. He gave up only two hits and did not walk a batter. Bison starting pitcher Brek Galbreath stuck out seven and allowed only one earned run in his 9.0-inning outing.

 
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Game 5: No. 1 Southern Arkansas 7, No. 5 Ouachita 5
The top-seeded Muleriders opened GAC Championship play 2-0 for just the third time in 10 seasons as early offense proved enough in a 7-5 win against Ouachita.

Conner Allen's sliding catch off the bat of Jud Arrington secured the win for the Muleriders (39-11) as the Tigers (31-21) stranded three runners to end the contest.

The Muleriders scored twice in the first inning on a Ty Manning single. The Tigers (answered with three runs in the top of the second inning, courtesy a wild pitch and two sacrifice flies.

SAU regained the lead for good in the third. Conner Allen drove home a pair with a one-out double. They added a run thanks to a Ouachita error and a Jacob Martinez ground out.

A Jaxon Chaney two-run home run in the sixth pulled the Tigers to within two, but the SAU tandem of Santos Sosa and Isaiah Haynes threw 3.0 scoreless frames.Wyatt Marr pitched 6.0 innings to improve to 8-1.