General Info Coaching Staff
The Last Time it Happened Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle Baseball
(Tech 8, Belmont 6) Tech scored 20 runs or more: May 3, 2001 - Tech beat Tennessee Temple 20-2
A No-hitter was pitched against Tech: March 16, 1997 - by Brad Howard, Middle Tennessee (9 innings) (Middle Tennessee 12, Tech. 0)
Tech had 20 hits or more: March 25, 2008 - Tech had 20 hits against Middle Tennessee State (Tech 15, Middle Tennessee 11)
A One-hitter was pitched by Tech: May 15, 2009 by Ryan Dennick and A.J. Kirby-Jones vs. Southern Miss. (7 innings) (Tech 7, Southern Miss. 1)
Tech and an opponent combined for 30 or more hits: May 16, 2010 - @ UT-Martin, Tech had 14, UTM had 16 (Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)
A One hitter was pitched against Tech: May 22, 1997 - by Kris Wilson, Georgia Tech, at the NCAA Mideast Regional Tournament, Starksville, Mississippi (9 innings) (Georgia Tech 5, Tech 0)
A Two-hitter was pitched against Tech: March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois (9 innings) (EIU 2, Tech 0)
Tech was shutout: May 31, 2009 vs. Clemson at the NCAA Regional Tournament, Clemson, South Carolina (9 innings) (Clemson 10, Tech 0)
A Tech game went 15 or more innings: February 28, 2009 - vs. The Citadel, the game went 15 innings and is the longest in Tech history. (Tech 7, The Citadel 6) Tech committed five or more errors: March 30, 2010 - Tech committed five errors against Tennessee (Morehead State 9, Tech 3) Tech committed five or more errors and won: March 7, 2000 - Tech committed six errors against Lipscomb, but won 11-10.
Tech won a game on an offensive strikeout: May 15, 1997 - Jeff Matukewicz struck out for the third out in the bottom of the ninth inning against Austin Peay in the OVC Tournament. The ball was a wild pitch and Mark Mayberry scored the winning run. (Tech 5, Austin Peay 4)
A Tech Player homered in five or more consecutive games: Matt Ballard hit six home runs in five consecutive games between April 16 and April 21, 1992.
Back-to-Back balks were called: May 16, 1997 - Tech pitcher Mike Moore was charged with a balk against consecutive batters to allow Southeast Missouri runners to score in the first inning of the OVC Tournament second-round. (Southeast Missouri 9, Tech 5)
A Tech Player hit a grand slam home run: May 20, 2009 - Ben Burgess vs. Southeast Missouri, OVC Tournament opening round (Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)
A Tech player batted in six runs or more: March 11, 2009 - A.J. Kirby-Jones had six RBIs against Belmont
A Tech opponent batted around in an inning: May 31, 2009 - Clemson batted around in the fourth inning of a game in the NCAA Regional Tournament. (Clemson 10, Tech 0)
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A Tech player had five or more hits in a game: April 1, 2009 - Casanova Donaldson vs. East Tennessee State (5-for-5) (Tech 15, East Tennessee State 7)
Tech batted around in an inning: May 20, 2009 - 10 batters went to the plate in the fifth inning of the opening round of the OVC Tournament against Southeast Missouri. (Tech 9, Southeast Missouri 5)
2011 Opponents
A Tech player homered in consecutive at-bats: April 7, 2002 - Ben Shannon homered to lead off the game in the first inning against Austin Peay, and then hit a grand slam in the top of the third inning. (Tech 8, Austin Peay 5)
Players in the Pros
A Tech pitcher struck out 10 or more batters: May 10, 2009 - Michael Alcorn, 12 strikeouts vs. Jacksonville State (Tech 6, Jacksonville State 4)
A triple play was turned against Tech: April 27, 1997 - Eastern Illinois turned a 4-6-3 triple play against Tech in the seventh inning. A line drive by Tech’s Chad Malone was caught by EIU’s Justin Stone, who started the triple play. (Tech 15, Eastern Illinois 9)
Tradition of Excellence
The Tech pitching staff recorded a shutout: April 24, 2009 by Lee Henry vs. UT Martin (7 innings) (Tech 1, UT Martin 0)
Tech allowed more than 10 runs and won: May 22, 2009 - vs. Jacksonville State in the OVC tournament (10 innings) (Tech 13, Jacksonville State 12)
2010 Season Review
A Two-hitter was pitched by Tech: March 26, 2010 - by Adam Liberatore and Stephen Pryor vs. SIUE (9 in nings) (Tech 5, SIUE 0)
A Tech opponent scored 20 or more runs: March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois scored 25 runs on 20 hits (Eastern Illinois 25, Tech 5)
2011 Golden Eagles
A No-hitter was pitched by Tech: March 10, 1999 - by Casey Bough vs. Valparaiso (7 innings) (Tech 4, Valparaiso 0)