Friday, March 8
Stephenville, TX
6 p.m. (CT)
Abilene Christian
8-7, 0
4
at
10
Tarleton State
10-5, 0
1st innning1
2nd innning2
3rd innning3
4th innning4
5th innning5
6th innning6
7th innning7
8th innning8
9th innning9
RunsR
HitsH
ErrorsE
Abilene Christian
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
7
2
Tarleton State
0
4
2
0
0
1
3
0
X
10
9
1
Photo by: Kaylee Kahn
Wildcats Drop WAC Opener
3/8/2024 9:44:00 PM | Baseball
STEPHENVILLE – Tarleton State used nine hits and nine walks to take a 10-4 win in the Western Athletic Conference opener on Friday.
The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI double by DJ Van Atten and an RBI groundout by Caden Matlon.
The Texans scored four runs in the second inning and never trailed again.
ACU came up with two runs in the ninth on an RBI walk by Jack Nielsen and a balk.
The Wildcats had seven hits and stranded 11 runners. Van Atten and Miller Ladusau had two hits each with Gino D'Alessio, Zandt Payne and Reese Borho adding one each.
Austin Glaze was charged with the pitching loss.
The Wildcats and Texans play game two of the series at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The Wildcats took a 2-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI double by DJ Van Atten and an RBI groundout by Caden Matlon.
The Texans scored four runs in the second inning and never trailed again.
ACU came up with two runs in the ninth on an RBI walk by Jack Nielsen and a balk.
The Wildcats had seven hits and stranded 11 runners. Van Atten and Miller Ladusau had two hits each with Gino D'Alessio, Zandt Payne and Reese Borho adding one each.
Austin Glaze was charged with the pitching loss.
The Wildcats and Texans play game two of the series at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Garza, Grant (4-0)
L: Glaze, Austin (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Van Atten, DJ 1
RBI: Van Atten, DJ 1 ; Matlon, Caden 1 ; Nielsen, Jack 1
SH: Borho, Reese 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Greer, Benjamin 1 ; Ladusau, Miller 1 ; D'Alessio, Gino 1 ; Borho, Reese 1
Batting:
2B: Morrison, Trace 1 ; Shirey, Ike 1
RBI: Hammonds, Mason 1 ; Enriquez, Cris 3 ; Morrison, Trace 1 ; Shirey, Ike 1
SH: Smith, Hunter 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Drake, Tyson 3 ; Hammonds, Mason 1 ; Howell, Brandon 1 ; Morrison, Trace 1 ; Crews, Mason 1 ; Shirey, Ike 3
SB: Drake, Tyson 2 ; McCloud, Slade 1 ; Shirey, Ike 2
HBP: Howell, Brandon 2
Game Leaders
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
0
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