2012 Tennessee Tech Baseball Guide

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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 by Tech: March 12, 2011 vs. Youngstown State - by Matthew Shepherd, Andy Williams, Wade Bilbrey, Jake McWhirter and Garrett Baugh (Tech 13, Youngstown 7) A Two-hitter was pitched against Tech: March 29, 2009 vs. Eastern Illinois (9 innings) (EIU 2, Tech 0) The Tech pitching staff recorded a shutout: April 6, 2011 by Lee Henry vs. Alabama A&M - by Jared Dobbs, Justin Alexander, Garrett Baugh, Benn Burgess and Cullen Park (Tech 12, Alabama A&M 0) Tech was shutout: March 6, 2011 vs. Ohio University - by Choban, Larger and Paliotto (Ohio 4, Tech 0) A Tech pitcher struck out 10 or more batters: March 13, 2011 - Chad Oberacker, 12 strikeouts vs. Youngstown State (Tech 5, Youngstown State 4) 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) 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. A Tech Player hit a grand slam home run: April 19, 2011 - Casanova Donaldson vs. Belmont (Tech 9, Belmont 8) 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 allowed more than 10 runs and won: May 22, 2009 - vs. Jacksonville State in the OVC tournament (10 innings) (Tech 13, Jacksonville State 12) 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. 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) 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 Maberry scored the winning run. (Tech 5, Austin Peay 4) 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) Tech batted around in an inning: March 12, 2011 - 10 batters went to the plate in the sixth inning against Youngstown State. (Tech 13, Youngstown 7) A Tech opponent batted around in an inning: March 12, 2011 - 12 batters went to the plate for Youngstown State in the eighth inning. (Tech 13, Youngstown 7)

A Tech player batted in six runs or more: March 11, 2009 - A.J. Kirby-Jones had six RBIs against Belmont (Tech 8, Belmont 6) Tech scored 20 runs or more: May 3, 2001 - Tech beat Tennessee Temple 20-2

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2012 Golden Eagles Coaching Staff

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 Season in Review

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)

Tradition of Excellence

Tech and an opponent combined for 30 or more hits: April 3, 2011 - vs. Jacksonville State, Tech had 14, JSU had 18 (Jacksonville State 9, Tech 7)

Players in the Pros

A No-hitter was pitched against Tech: March 16, 1997 - by Brad Howard, Middle Tennessee (9 innings) (Middle Tennessee 12, Tech. 0)

2012 Opponents

Tech had 20 hits or more: March 25, 2008 - Tech had 20 hits against Middle Tennessee State (Tech 15, Middle Tennessee 11)

Universitry Section

A No-hitter was pitched by Tech: March 10, 1999 - by Casey Bough vs. Valparaiso (7 innings) (Tech 4, Valparaiso 0)

General Info

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