JONESBORO, Ark. (2/17/17) – The Arkansas State baseball team was outhit 8-4 by the New York Institute of Technology, but Bryan Ayers struck out a career-high 10 in six scoreless innings and Justin Felix hit a two-run home run to lead the Red Wolves to a 6-0 win over the Bears in the 2017 season opener Friday at Tomlinson Stadium/Kell Field in Jonesboro.
Ayers limited the Bears (0-1) to four hits over his six innings and only walked one batter in his career-best 10 strikeout performance to earn the win on the mound. Felix was the only A-State (1-0) player to knock in more than one RBI as two runs came around on his bomb in the bottom of the eighth.