LITTLE ROCK (Interstat) — Ckyler Tengler threw a complete-game no-hitter with nine strikeouts as Arkansas State routed Arkansas-Little Rock 12-0 on Tuesday night at Mims Gym.

Tengler, a pitcher for the Red Wolves, faced 28 batters over nine innings, allowing no hits and no walks while striking out nine. The junior right-hander improved to 28-19 on the season for Arkansas State and lowered his ERA with a dominant performance that included at least one strikeout in every inning but the fifth.

The game was scoreless until the top of the second inning, when Arkansas State broke through against Trojans starter Zack Busick. After a walk and a hit batter, Kaden Amundson delivered a two-run single through the left side, scoring Jumper and Williams. Amundson advanced on a wild pitch and later scored on a throwing error by shortstop Lopez, giving the Red Wolves a 3-0 lead.

Arkansas State added a run in the third inning when Russ Martin homered to deep right field, his 13th of the season, making it 4-0. The Red Wolves continued to pour it on in the seventh inning. Evan Griffis singled through the left side to score Engskov, then Martin walked and later scored on a double play groundout to increase the lead to 6-0.

The decisive blow came in the eighth inning. With the bases loaded and two outs, Griffis doubled to deep right field, clearing the bases and scoring three runs. Martin followed with an RBI double to left center, scoring Griffis and pushing the lead to 10-0. Arkansas State added two more runs in the ninth inning on a walk, a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly by Engskov.

Griffis finished 2 for 6 with four RBIs. Martin went 2 for 5 with a home run, two RBIs and a double. Derek Martinez also homered and drove in two runs. Cason Campbell had two hits and two RBIs. Arkansas State collected nine hits total.

Arkansas-Little Rock, which fell to 28-21, managed no hits and only reached base twice, once on a hit batter in the fourth inning and once on a dropped foul ball error in the seventh. The Trojans used seven pitchers in the loss. Luke Schimmels pitched three innings of one-hit relief, striking out two. Russ Martin pitched 0.2 innings of scoreless relief. Blake Van Cleve allowed one earned run in two innings.

The game was the second meeting between the two in-state rivals this season. Arkansas State won the first matchup 12-5 on March 10 in Little Rock.

Arkansas State returns home to host Texas State in a three-game series starting Friday. Arkansas-Little Rock travels to Tennessee-Martin for a three-game set beginning Friday.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Arkansas-Little Rock 7, Arkansas State 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Arkansas State a 52 percent probability to win.