THE RUNDOWN

Ouachita Baptist baseball lost the first of a three-game series with Arkansas Tech on Thursday at Rab Rodgers Field by a score of 8-3. CW Schrader and Pierce Mitchum drove in runs in the losing effort.

Schrader's single to right drove in the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning. The Wonder Boys responded with two runs in each of the next two innings and added a tally in the fifth to build a four-run lead. A throwing error led to Cade Burris scoring the Tigers' second run of the game before Mitchum drove in Tyler Riebock with a sacrifice fly.

Arkansas Tech scored a run in the seventh and two more in the ninth to pad its lead. Hayden Childers led off the bottom of the ninth with a six-pitch walk but a double play and a strikeout ended the Ouachita threat. 
 

THREE THINGS TO KNOW

- Luke Scaggs took the loss on the mound, throwing 6.2 innings with six runs allowed, striking out two batters and walking two
- Schrader equaled a season high with three hits
- Cooper Timmons and Beau Burson each recorded scoreless outings out of the bullpen

BY THE NUMBERS

8 - Scaggs picked off a runner to end the top of the second, Ouachita's GAC-leading eighth pickoff of the season
2 - Childers went 1-2 with a pair of walks, his first two free passes of the season

UP NEXT

The Tigers and Wonder Boys play a doubleheader Friday to close out the series.