February 17, 2020

Tech baseball set for in-state battle at Lipscomb Tuesday

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech baseball team will head down I-40 for an in-state battle with Lipscomb Tuesday afternoon. The two programs, both with perfect, 3-0 records to start the season, will clash in a 4:00 p.m. CT bout at Dugan Field in Nashville.

By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech baseball team will head down I-40 for an in-state battle with Lipscomb Tuesday afternoon. The two programs, both with perfect, 3-0 records to start the season, will clash in a 4:00 p.m. CT bout at Dugan Field in Nashville.

The Golden Eagles enter play after sweeping Evansville with victories of 5-3, 7-6 and 11-10. Game three of series featured an eight-run comeback over the final three innings, capped by back-to-back home runs from freshman Luke Jones (a three-run shot) and junior Jason Hinchman (a solo, walk-off blast).

Following the weekend, Hinchman was named both Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week after smashing five home runs and batting .692 over the weekend. He hit three bombs in third contest, including the walk-off, becoming the first player in program history with multiple three-home run contests in his career.

Lipscomb is coming off three-straight wins over Bowling Green, racking up scores of 15-10, 5-2 and 5-2. Bisons shortstop Brian Moore took home Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week honors after hitting .417 with six RBI, a home run, a double and a triple.

Tennessee Tech (3-0) at Lipscomb (3-0)

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Tuesday, Feb. 18, 4:00 pm | Nashville, Tenn. | Dugan Field (750) | STATS | VIDEO
TTU Ty Fisher (LHP)
0-0 | 0.00 ERA | 0.0 IP | 0 K | 0 BB
vs.
LIP Logan Van Treeck (LHP)
0-0 | 10.80 ERA | 3.1 IP | 4 K | 2 BB

TENNESSEE TECH GOLDEN EAGLES
2020 Record: 3-0
2020 OVC Record: 0-0 (T-1st)
Head Coach: Steve Smith
TTU: 3-0 (1st Season)
Career: 747-523-1 (22nd Season)

STATS LEADERS
AVG: Jason Hinchman (.692)
2B: Gavin Johns (4)
3B: None
HR: Jason Hinchman (5)
RBI: Jason Hinchman (7)
R: Jason Hinchman (7)
BB: Brett Roberts (3)
SB: Jason Hinchman (2)
ERA: Trey Wright (0.00)
W: Mark Leonard / Grant Philips / Trey Wright (1)
APP: 12 players tied (1)
IP: Connor Adams (4.1)
K: Alex Hursey (6)
SV: Brock Myers / Tyler Sylvester (1)

LIPSCOMB BISONS
2020 Record: 3-0
2020 A-SUN: 0-0 (T-1st)
Head Coach: Jeff Forehand
LIP: 361-386 (14th Season)
Career: 572-528-1 (20th Season)

STATS LEADERS
AVG: Chaz Bertolani (.500)
2B: Chris Bashlor / Brian Moore (2)
3B: Brian Moore (1)
HR: Malik Williams (2)
RBI: Brian Moore (6)
R: Haddon Adams (5)
BB: John Shields (4)
SB: Haddon Adams / Maddux Houghton (2)
ERA: Gavin Grubbs (0.00)
W: Dylan Bierman / Bryce Einstein / Gavin Grubbs (1)
APP: Wyatt Folsom (2)
IP: Dylan Bierman (5.0)
K: Dylan Bierman (6)
SV: Tyler Guilfoil (1)

Photo by Thomas Corhern