Tatrow, Wildcats complete six-game sweep of SFA

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Grayson Tatrow set a new program record, the top two hitters in the lineup drove in seven runs, and the ACU baseball team completed a rare six-game sweep over SFA on Sunday with a 10-4 victory to close out the weekend. The Wildcats (23-20, 11-10 WAC) scored five in the fourth and four in the fifth to break open the game, and never looked back on their way to a six-run victory. ACU won all six games against SFA this season, and now hold a commanding four-game lead for fourth place in th WAC Southwest Division standings. With nine games remaining in the remaining in conference play this season, this weekend went a long way to punching the ticket to the WAC Tournament at the end of the month.

How It Happened
- Unlike the first two days of the series, it was SFA who scored first. The Lumberjacks took a 1-0 lead in the first on an rbi-single off Wildcat starter Adam Stephenson.
- Tatrow's at-bat tied the game in the top of the third after reaching on an error, allowing Bash Randle to score.
- Hunter Gieser kept his remarkable weekend going with another home run, this one a solo shot, to take a 2-1 lead in the top of the fourth inning. The lead would not trade hands again.
- The 'Cats loaded the bases in the fourth, and Tatrow stepped in with a golden opportunity. The junior absolutely obliterated one to right center field for his second grand slam of the week, breaking the game open, 6-1.
- Mitchell Dickson made it an 8-1 lead in the top of the fifth with a two-run single up the middle to plate Bryson Hill and Miller Ladusau.
- Tatrow tallied his fifth RBI of the afternoon with a single in the infield to score Brett Hammit. ACU led 10-1 after five.
- SFA scored one in the fifth and two in the ninth, but the damage was done. The sweep was complete.

Stat Pack
- Tatrow's slam was his 13th of the season, the second-most in a single season in ACU's Division I history. The junior finished with five driven in, the second-most in his career.
- Dickson drove in two runs with his single, while Colton Eager finished with a pair of hits.
- Gieser launched his 11th home run of 2022 as well.
- Stephenson got the win, going 5.1 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits with five strikeouts.
- Sam Berberich tossed 2.2 innings of scoreless baseball out of the bullpen, and did not allow a hit while striking out three batters.
- Connor Carlton got the final three outs in the 10-4 win, striking out one.

Beyond the Box Score
- Tatrow broke the ACU Division I record with his 23rd career home runs, passing Russell Crippen, who played from 2014-17.
- ACU scored 68 runs against SFA this season, and tallied 77 hits in those six games, for an average of 11.3 runs per game and 12.8 hits per game.

On Deck
- ACU returns to the friendly confines of Crutcher Scott Field for its final midweek game of the season. The Wildcats get a rematch with No. 9 Texas Tech, this time in Abilene, at 6:05 p.m. The game is sponsored by First Financial Bank, and the game will air on ESPN+.

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