Trojans Walk-Off Tennessee Tech in Final Game at Gary Hogan Field of 2023

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – In a back and forth battle on a hot day at Gary Hogan Field it was Little Rock who came out on top in extra innings, walking off Tennessee Tech on a single by Skyler Trevino to bring about the final score of 11-10. The win improves the Trojans record to 29-19 and 14-6 in Ohio valley Conference play, the best mark in the league as Little Rock will hold first place going into the final weekend of the regular season.
 
The scoring began in the bottom of the second as Noah Brewer started off the inning with a double into left-center and scored when Ty Rhoades ripped his own double down the right field line. Rhoades tagged up to third on a flyout and then scored when Alex Seguine reached on a throwing error by the TTU third baseman.
 
Tennessee Tech retook the lead in the top half of the next inning, leading the inning with a solo homerun before loading the bases with one out and eventually plating all three of the runners, taking a 4-2 lead.
 
Little Rock scored one run in each of the next two innings to knot things up at four. In the bottom of the third Luke Pectol hit his seventh homerun of the season to cut the lead in half. Singles by Christian Bernabe and Jake Wright put runners at the corners with one out in the fourth. A stolen base attempt that saw Wright get hung up in a rundown allowed Bernabe to scamper homer to tie the game, Wright made it back to first safely and Bernabe was credited with a stolen base.
 
Jacob Weatherley had entered the game in the third inning and gave a gutsy performance, tossing four scoreless frames through the middle of the contest in innings four through seven, striking out three during that time.
 
The Trojans finally broke the tie in the bottom of the seventh inning, back to back single by Seguine and Tyler Williams put runners at first and third and Williams would get into scoring position on a passed ball. Pectol was up next and laced a triple to right, scoring both runners and putting Little Rock up by two runs. Following an out, Trevino hammered a 1-2 pitch just to the right of the scoreboard out in right field for a two run homerun to put the Trojans up 8-4 after seven.
 
Things took a turn when TTU began the top of the eighth with back to back homeruns and would later hit another, finishing with five runs in the frame with four coming via the long ball, retaking the lead at 9-8.
 
Little Rock took no time in responding as the inning again began with singles from Seguine and Williams, putting runners on the corners. Pectol would be hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs and Nico Baumbach stepped up and hit a sac fly to left, tying the game. This would be the only Little Rock run of the inning.
 
Hoss Brewer took over on the mound in the ninth and struck out the first two batters he faced, who were perhaps the two most dangerous hitters in the Tennessee Tech lineup. He finished the inning with a lineout to center after a single and walk put two on with two outs. A 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the ninth then sent the game into extras.
 
Yet another solo homerun, the fourth of the day for TTU, put the Golden Eagles on top in the tenth and Little Rock entered the bottom of the inning needing a run to keep playing and two to win it.
 
Seguine worked a leadoff walk and Pectol singled to again put runners on the corners with one out. Pectol stole second and Baumbach hit his second sacrifice fly of the game, bringing Seguine home and evening things up yet again. Trevino waited patiently as Tennessee Tech reached into the bullpen for the sixth pitcher of the day, took ball one and then sent a line drive single into right-center, bringing Pectol home and winning the game for the Trojans.
 
Three Trojans in Seguine, Williams and Pectol each collected three hits and scored seven of the 11 runs in the top three spots in the batting order.
 
Trevino was 2-for-6 today at the plate with his hits being the two run homer and the walk-off single, he tied Pectol for the most RBI on the day with three and scored once.
 
Baumbach was the only Trojan in the lineup to not collect at least one hit on the day but still delivered in clutch situations, twice bringing home the game-tying run late in the game with a sacrifice fly.
 
Brewer was credited with the win for his efforts over the final two innings, allowing one run on three hits and striking out three.
 
Weatherley gave everything he had on a high humidity day with a heat index well into the 90's, going 5.1 innings, scattering five hits, and giving up three earned runs with three strikeouts on 82 pitches.
 
The Trojans now hold a half game lead in the OVC at 14-6, leading Southeast Missouri (14-7) and Morehead State (14-7) with one weekend left to play in the regular season. Little Rock will travel to Morehead for a series with massive implications that begins on Thursday and goes through Saturday.
 
Little Rock will be back in action on Tuesday in a return to Dickey-Stephens Park for the first time since 2019, facing off against Central Arkansas at 6 pm in the season finale of the Governor's I-40 Showdown which was clinched by the Trojans earlier this season.
 
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