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ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State returns home on Tuesday after a weekend in Oklahoma to face Arkansas Tech in a non-conference contest at 6 p.m.
REDDIES REPORT
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Kaden Argenbright had a big weekend against NWOSU and was 7-for-12 at the plate with three doubles, a triple and four RBIs. Argenbright is batting a team-best .400 in GAC play this season and already has four contests this year with three or more hits. The third baseman has 44 hits in just 35 career games played for HSU.
- Freshman catcher
Corbin Tsistinas has worked his way into the lineup thanks to a strong start with the bat. Tsistinas is 7-for-13 on the year in six appearances and has five combined hits, including two doubles, in his two starts behind the plate. The native of Coral Springs, Florida was 3-for-5 in the Reddies' win over NWOSU on Saturday and drove in three runs.
- The Reddies are hitting .294 as a team and have five players with averages above .300.
Daniel Colasanto leads the squad with a batting average of .382, while Argenbright is hitting .344 and
Alec Lewis bats .339.
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Spencer Taack picked up his third win of the season on the mound for Henderson on Saturday. Taack went five innings for the third time this year in five starts and allowed four runs on five hits with six strikeouts. The Dallas native has a 3-1 record, a 5.48 ERA and a team-high 21 strikeouts in 23 total innings of work.
- Henderson has faced Arkansas Tech once already this year in non-conference action. The Reddies got a grand slam from
Greyson Stevens in the eighth inning and defeated the Wonder Boys 8-5 back on Feb. 13 in Arkadelphia. Tech is 10-2 since falling to HSU and currently sits atop the GAC standings.
SCOUTING ARKANSAS TECH
- Arkansas Tech is 12-6 overall and an impressive 10-2 in GAC play to begin the season. The Wonder Boys are in sole possession of first-place in the conference standings after clinching series wins over Southern Arkansas, Arkansas-Monticello, East Central and Southern Nazarene.
- Tech is hitting .328 as a team through 18 games. Outfielder Josh Detweiler leads the club with a .386 average, five home runs and an OPS of 1.182. First baseman Jonathon Arrieta has a team-high 20 RBIs and six different Wonder Boys have 20 or more hits on the year.
- The Wonder Boys have been stellar on the mound and boast a team ERA of 3.70. ATU's three starters — Hayes Cox, Patrick Miner and Riyan Rodriguez — have combined to pitch 94.2 innings and have allowed just 37 earned runs. Cox, Miner and Rodriguez are the only pitchers on the squad to start a game this season.
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