Arkansas Tech University will host Ouachita Baptist University for a non-conference baseball game at Tech Field in Russellville tonight (Tuesday, April 17).
The Wonder Boys (21-21) and the Tigers (22-20) are scheduled for a 6 p.m. first pitch. Admission will be free.
Arkansas Tech has won five consecutive games, the longest active winning streak among Great American Conference members.
Ouachita Baptist saw a three-game winning streak come to an end with a 5-4 loss at East Central University on Sunday.
The Tigers took 2-of-3 games from the Wonder Boys in a three-game GAC series at Rab Rodgers Field in Arkadelphia March 9-10.
OBU swept a doubleheader 10-8 and 5-4 during day one of the series. Arkansas Tech bounced back to win game three 9-3.
Tonight’s contest will not count in the league standings. It is the fourth of five non-conference games against GAC members that the Wonder Boys will play this season.
Tech lost to Arkansas-Monticello and split a pair of meetings with Southern Arkansas in non-conference games earlier this season. The Wonder Boys will host Harding for a non-league contest on Tuesday, April 24.
Tonight marks the beginning of the final homestand of the 2012 Arkansas Tech baseball season.
The Wonder Boys will host East Central for a three-game GAC series this weekend. Tech and ECU will play a single game at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 20, and a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 21. All three of those games can be heard on KCAB 980 AM or by clicking here.
The Tech-Harding game next Tuesday will mark the Wonder Boys’ final home appearance of the season. That contest is set for a 6 p.m. start.
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