17-13, 8-5
Abilene Christian
15-15, 7-6
Kats take down ACU in series opener
4/8/2022 10:26:00 PM | Baseball
The Kats (17-13, 8-5 WAC) slammed four home runs in the game, including back-to-back shots by Carlos Contreras and Walker Janek in the opening inning to stake itself to the early advantage and scored at least once in each of the first six frames.
Contreras and Clayton Chadwick each finished with three hits apiece, while Trent Touchet and Easton Loyd also homered in the second and third innings, respectively.
The Kats also got five strong innings from Steven Beard who moved to 3-2 on the win, punching out five hitters before Logan Hewitt and Lance Lusk delivered two innings of relief apiece. In all, the Bearkat pitching staff punched out 11 Wildcat hitters for the game.
ACU starter Tyler Morgan suffered his first loss of the season after allowing 10 runs – eight earned – in just 4.0 innings of work.
Sam Houston and Abilene Christian will play again on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. on the Wildcats' home field. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. and will be aired on the WAC Digital Network.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Beard, Steven (3-2)
L: Tyler Morgan (4-1)
Batting:
2B: Chadwick, Clayton 1 ; Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 2 ; Loyd, Easton 1 ; Pruitt, Brandon 1
HR: Contreras, Carlos 1 ; Janek, Walker 1 ; Loyd, Easton 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1
RBI: Wishkoski, Justin 1 ; Contreras, Carlos 2 ; Janek, Walker 1 ; Jefferson, Myles 1 ; Loyd, Easton 3 ; Touchet, Trent 1 ; Pruitt, Brandon 1
SH: Pruitt, Brandon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Chadwick, Clayton 2 ; Wishkoski, Justin 2 ; Contreras, Carlos 3 ; Janek, Walker 1 ; Jefferson, Myles 2 ; Loyd, Easton 1 ; Touchet, Trent 1
Batting:
2B: Hammit, Brett 1 ; Bryson Hill 1
HR: Mitchell Dickson 1 ; Colton Eager 1 ; Hunter Gieser 1
RBI: Mitchell Dickson 1 ; Colton Eager 2 ; Tanner Tweedt 1 ; Hammit, Brett 2 ; Hunter Gieser 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Mitchell Dickson 1 ; Grayson Tatrow 1 ; Colton Eager 2 ; Miller Ladusau 1 ; Tanner Tweedt 1 ; Bryson Hill 1 ; Hunter Gieser 1
CS: Tanner Tweedt 1
HBP: Hammit, Brett 1
PO: Tanner Tweedt 1
