Tech Baseball Hosts Austin Peay on Tuesday Night
Tennessee Tech Baseball hosts first of two matchups against Austin Peay on Tuesday at 6 p.m. on Quillen Field at Bush Stadium at The Averitt Express Baseball Complex. Tuesday’s game will be available on ESPN+ with Dylan Vazzano on the broadcast.
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By Jeff Bowe, TTU Athletics Media Relations
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech Baseball hosts the first of two matchups against Austin Peay on Tuesday at 6 p.m. on Quillen Field at Bush Stadium at The Averitt Express Baseball Complex. Tuesday's game will be available on ESPN+ with Dylan Vazzano on the broadcast.
Tech baseball took Game 1 over Eastern Illinois 21-6 last Thursday, but dropped the series with losses on Friday and Saturday. The Golden Eagles take a step out of conference for a midweek game against Austin Peay for the first of two matchups on Tuesday.
GAME INFORMATION
Date: Tuesday, Apr. 6
Time: 6 p.m. CT
Venue: Quillen Field at Bush Stadium
Live Stats: STATBROADCAST
Watch: ESPN+
LAST GAME
Despite a fast start, Tennessee Tech could not hold off a late push from Eastern Illinois, falling 9-6 on Friday on Quillen Field at Bush Stadium at the Averitt Express Baseball Complex.
The Golden Eagles (10-22, 1-8 OVC) jumped in front early, plating four runs in the first inning behind RBI singles from Nash Crowell and Manny Garza, along with a run-scoring groundout from Landon Smelser.
Eastern Illinois (17-11, 7-1 OVC) chipped away before breaking through in the later innings. Mike O'Conor proved to be the difference, launching three home runs, including a go-ahead blast during a five-run eighth inning that swung momentum decisively in favor of the Panthers.
The Panthers tied the game with a three-run seventh inning before erupting in the eighth, capitalizing on a mix of timely hitting and free bases to take a 9-4 lead.
GOLDEN LEADERS
Jorsixt Jimenez leads the OVC in slugging percentage (.755) and OPS (1.170); second in RBI (40); second in HR (11), and tied for second in triples. Connor Crowson is tied for first in the conference in walks (24). Landon Smelser is seventh in the conference in at-bats (123). Eddie Garza is tied for third in the conference in sac-bunts (4), as well as tied for third in sac-fly's (4). Jaxson Pease is tied for third in the OVC in wins (4).
The Golden Eagles are second in the conference with a 98.0 fielding percentage.
WATCH LISTS
OVC had two on Buster Posey Award Watch List: Tennessee Tech's Manny Garza and Little Rock's Cade Martin were named to the mid-year Buster Posey Award Watch List. The award is given to the top collegiate catcher. The Greater Wichita Sports Commission sponsors the award.
OVC had six named to Stopper of the Year Watch List: Six OVC baseball players were among 104 players nationally named to the initial 2026 Watch List for the 21st Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I Baseball. The selections included Little Rock graduate Hunter Royal, senior Preston Davis and junior Gage Haley, Eastern Illinois senior Nate Marshall, Lindenwood senior Easton Rakers, and Tennessee Tech senior Reece McDuffie.
OVC had five on Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award Watch List: Five OVC shortstops are among the players on the initial Brooks Wallace Award Watch List released by the College Baseball Foundation. The award honors the nation's top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year. The picks were SIUE's Chase Bloomer, Southeast Missouri's Brooks Kettering, Little Rock's Jerdy Lopez, Tennessee Tech's Owen Lee, and Southern Indiana's Clayton Slack.
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