MONTICELLO — The Arkansas Tech baseball team got things rolling early on offense in their mid-week game at Arkansas-Monticello and then were able to hang on late for a 9-8 win over UAM.
That fast start saw the Wonder Boys come out of the gates on fire with six runs on six hits in the first inning.
The inning started with a walk to Markos Cabranes. Shane Poe followed up with a single to left. After the first out of the inning was made, the bases were loaded thanks to an infield single to shortstop off the bat of Keaton Ranallo. Christian Olea then provided the first big hit of the frame, doubling down the left field line to drive in Cabranes and Poe.
Brendyn Bard then kept things going with a RBI single to left to score Ranallo and move Olea to third. A wild pitch followed and moved Bard to second with Olea scoring. Cole Dawson then doubled down the right field line to chase home Bard. Sawyer Duddleston put the finishing touches on the scoring with a double himself, this one to right-centerfield, scoring Dawson.
An inning later, the hit parade continued for Tech as they added another run on two hits. Both hits were doubles with Logan Schwenke having the first and then Olea driving him home on his second double of the game.
That 7-0 score held until the bottom of the third when UAM struck for five runs on five hits. The big blow in the inning was a two-out, bases-clearing double. The Boll Weevils then added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie things at seven-all.
