# Tennessee Tech vs Southern Ind. DI Baseball Game Summary - May 2nd, 2026

## DI Baseball

|  | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
|  | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 0 |

## Player Statistics

### Tennessee Tech
| No | Player Name | Position | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | Avg | OBP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 19 | Landon Smelser | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.200 | 20.0% |
| 3 | Jackson Rooker | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 25.0% |
| 4 | Manny Garza | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 50.0% |
| 7 | Eddie Garza | 2B | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 50.0% |
| 13 | Jorsixt Jimenez | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.400 | 40.0% |
| 11 | Owen Lee | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 20.0% |
| 33 | Tyler Bennett | DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.750 | 75.0% |
| 10 | Connor Crowson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.0% |
| 30 | Nash Crowell | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.250 | 25.0% |
| **Total** |  |  | **35** | **6** | **9** | **6** | **3** | **3** |  |  |

### Highlights
- Hitting Highlights:
  - Jorsixt Jimenez 1 (1)

- RBI Leaders:
  - Jorsixt Jimenez 3 (3)
  - Tyler Bennett 2 (2)
  - Connor Crowson 1 (1)

### Pitching Statistics
| No | Player Name | Position | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | NP | QS |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 44 | Cooper Casteel | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 40 | Jaxson Pease | P | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| 16 | Lawson Stricklin | P | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| **Total** |  |  | **8** | **13** | **8** | **6** | **5** | **5** | **42** |

### Loss
- Jaxson Pease

### Pitch Counts
- Cooper Casteel: 36 (15 strikes)
- Jaxson Pease: 75 (57 strikes)
- Lawson Stricklin: 22 (10 strikes)