Game One: Arkansas Tech 8, Augustana 6 Patrick Castleberry hit two home runs, Caleb Jones pitched seven innings and Randy Vallejo closed the door in the ninth inning as Arkansas Tech earned an 8-6 victory over Augustana in the series opener. Castleberry clubbed a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning and another two-run shot in the last of the seventh. The Wonder Boys led 8-3 going to the eighth inning, but an RBI single by Justin Warne and a pair of unearned runs following an Arkansas Tech error allowed the Vikings to pull within 8-6. Vallejo worked around a one-out walk to pitch an otherwise uneventful top of the ninth for his third save of 2015. Jones (3-1) scattered 11 hits over seven innings. He allowed four runs and struck out two. Jones induced 13 ground outs. Augustana starter Ryan Hamilton (0-1) was charged with seven runs, six earned, on five hits. He pitched six and two-thirds innings. Keenan Jumper went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles and two RBIs for the Wonder Boys. Caleb McKinnon was 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Game Two: Arkansas Tech 9, Augustana 1 Castlberry homered again and Bryan Heward got in on the action with a long ball of his own as Arkansas Tech breezed past Augustana 9-1 in the nightcap. Castleberry hit a three-run shot in the bottom of the first inning. He also drove in two runs with a single in the last of the fifth. The next batter was Heward, who sent a three-run home run over the fence to give the Wonder Boys an 8-0 lead. It was more than enough run support for Trent Armstrong (1-1), who went the distance on the mound for Arkansas Tech. He surrendered one run on eight hits over seven innings. Armstrong struck out nine Vikings and walked none.]]>
