The 6-5 loss ended a five-game losing streak for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (23-24).
A sell-out crowd of 10,512 fans were in attendance tonight at Dickey-Stephens Park.
Tonight’s game marked the 17th one-run ball game for the Bulldogs and second extra-inning game this season.
LA Tech is 8-8 in one-run games.
The 14 strikeouts by the Bulldogs pitching staff were the most since opening day vs. UT-Arlington.
The Bulldogs pitching staff forced Arkansas to strand 14 runners on base tonight, the most the staff has stranded this season.
Tech’s staff has also forced Arkansas to make the final out of an inning with the bases loaded three times tonight.
Senior first baseman Alex Williams and sophomore shortstop Ryan Gebhardt have started all 47 games for the Bulldogs while Gebhardt has played every inning of every game.
Williams has started 114 consecutive games dating back to last season.
Williams played in his 213th career game, tying Jay Adcock for third place in Tech history in games played.
With his RBI single in the first, Williams has reached base safely in 17 consecutive games and has 11-game hit streak, the longest such streak in the Western Athletic Conference.
The single in the first tied Williams with Wade Robinson for third most hits by a Bulldog in his career (240).
Caleb Dudley’s 2.1 innings were the most for the right-hander since April 8 vs. Sacramento State.
The Bulldogs began the game with three consecutive hits, including the 13th double for Gebhardt.
The 2-for-4 performance for Gebhardt was the sophomore’s team leading 22nd multi-hit game of the season.
Junior leadoff hitter Taylor Terrasas went 2-for-4 with the game-tying double in the top of the seventh inning.
LA Tech used four pitchers through the first four innings for the second time this season and first since hosting Stephen F. Austin last month.
The home run in the fifth ended a streak of 11.1 scoreless innings for Jamie Gilley and was the first run the right-hander has allowed since April 20 earlier this season.
The 2.0 scoreless innings and three strikeouts by left-hander James Ferguson set career-highs for the junior.
