ARKADELPHIA – Cooper Timmons went the distance on the mound and G. Allen delivered three doubles to lead the Ouachita Baptist University baseball team to an 11-1 win over East Central on Friday at home.
The win gives the Tigers (25-18, 17-11 GAC) their first 25-win season since 2015, and keeps Ouachita in the top half of the GAC standings with just two weeks remaining in the regular season.
Cooper Timmons (7-3) delivered his third complete-game victory of the season, all coming with his team's offensive support with three run-rule victories, including Friday's against East Central (5-36, 3-25 GAC). He allowed just one run on six hits with five strikeouts and no walks.
The Tigers led 6-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth inning, but then pushed across five runs on four hits, all with two outs, to end the game early. The game-winner was G. Allen's third double of the game, this time a two-run shot down the left field line. He had another two-run double in the sixth inning, also an opposite-field shot in the left center gap.
Ouachita doubled up ECU in hits 12-6. Allen and Tallon Heine each posted three hits in the win. Jaxon Chaney and Jud Arrington each had two. Dustin Bermudez managed to post a two-RBI performance despite being hitless in the game. He had a sacrifice fly out in the first and an RBI fielder's choice in the fifth.
Games two and three of the series are scheduled for Saturday starting at noon. The Tigers will honor their seven seniors starting at 11:40 a.m. at Rab Rodgers Field. The seven seniors to be honored include Hunter Gautreaux, Garret Hermes, Carter Wade, Beau Burson, Pierce Mitchum, Blake Tubbs, and student assistant coach Andrew McDonald.
