Chris Hunt put on a stellar performance as the Greenwood, Ark. native pitched a no-hitter in Henderson State's 10-0 win over Southeastern Oklahoma, Friday at the Great American Conference Tournament in Arkadelphia, Ark.
The junior right-hander faced just one batter above the minimum in giving up a walk. Hunt struck out a career high eight batters and his 99
th and final pitch was a fly ball to Reddie first-baseman
Hunter Mayall.
The no-hitter was the eighth in Henderson State history with the last coming in 2003 when TJ Hendricks blanked Ouachita Baptist 8-0.
Southeastern Oklahoma, 29-24 on the year, had its lone base runner in the fourth win Logan Terwilliger reached on a two-out walk. Hunt then retired the next 16 batters he faced with 76 of his pitches being strikes.
The Reddies, 30-24, gave Hunt plenty of run support as Henderson banged out 16 hits in the game.
Jared Gage led the way for Henderson with three hits including a home run and three runs batted in, while
Jordan Taylor and
Hayden Lessenberry also had three hits each.
Taylor drove in a run, while Lessenberry had a double and a RBI as well.
Tadarious Hawkins had two hits including hitting his school record 10
th triple of his career to go along with a pair of runs batted in.
The Reddies advance to play the loser of Arkansas Tech and Arkansas-Monticello in an elimination game at 7 p.m. Friday.