WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Senior Day for the SWOSU Baseball team was spoiled on Saturday afternoon as the Bulldogs dropped a pair of games to hot-hitting Arkansas Tech, with scores of 9-4 and 11-4.
Arkansas Tech 9, SWOSU 4Box Score A four-run second inning helped Arkansas Tech build their lead and three runs in the ninth inning cemented things as the Wonder Boys took the Saturday opener. SWOSU had 11 hits in the game, including a 2-for-4 game from
Dalton Daniels that included a leadoff triple in the fifth inning, but the closes they got was within three at 6-3 after scoring twice in the fifth.
Connor Garcia started and took the loss, allowing six runs and six hits in 3.2 innings of work, and he falls to 1-5 on the year.
Ethan Davis pitched the final 5.1 innings, holding ATU scoreless for four straight frames before they put up three runs in the ninth.
Arkansas Tech 11, SWOSU 4Box Score The story was similar in the series finale as ATU build an early lead and pounded out 20 hits as they clinched the sweep. The Wonder Boys scored three runs in the second, five in the fourth, two in the fifth and four in the seventh, while SWOSU scored all four of their runs between the fourth and sixth innings.
Daniels had another strong game at the plate, finishing 3-for-3 with an RBI single in the sixth.
Jacob Spring,
Nolan Barrientos and
Zach Barton also had multi-hit games, with Spring, Barton and Rapp accounting for the other runs coming across.
Four different SWOSU pitchers were used, each giving up five hits, but started
Austin Hilton (3-5) was tagged with the loss after allowing five hits and three runs in the opening 1.2 innings.
The sweep drops SWOSU to 16-23 overall and 9-15 in league play with six conference games remaining over the next two weekends. The Bulldogs are out of action until travelling to Searcy next weekend for a three-game set with Harding.
