THE LEAD

A slow start offensively put Ouachita Baptist baseball in a hole it couldn't climb out of Friday in the second game of a doubleheader with Arkansas Tech at Rab Rodgers Field. The Wonder Boys won Game Two 7-1 to earn a split of the doubleheader.

ATU scratched across a run in the third and plated three more the fourth. A solo home run made it 5-0 Wonder Boys in the sixth before Tyler Riebock put the Tigers on the board with his first big fly of the season in the bottom of the inning.

Noah Fowler took the loss for Ouachita, allowing four runs in in 3.1 innings.
 

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

- At 1-1, the Tigers are off to their best start since beginning the 2014 season 2-0
- Carter Wade and Ben Miller combined for 3.2 innings of two-run relief, allowing just one walk between the two of them
- Hayes Cox went all seven innings for Arkansas Tech, allowing one run on four hits

BY THE NUMBERS

5 - Arkansas Tech attempted five bunts during the game, including four in the third and fourth innings.
11 - Cox retired the first 11 Tigers before Cade Burris' fourth-inning single

UP NEXT

The Tigers host Southern Arkansas for one game on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Rab Rodgers Field.