Feb. 16, 2007
Box Score
ARLINGTON, Texas - UT Arlington junior right hander Dillon Gee had his most effective outing of the season as he limited Illinois State to no earned runs over eight innings while striking out nine in helping the Mavs to a 7-3 victory over the Redbirds on Friday at the Hilton Arlington UTA Invitational.
The Redbirds (0-1) plated a run in the first inning as Collin Salzenstein started the inning with a single through the right side. Matt Bolt drove in the runner when his pop fly to the second baseman was dropped.
UTA (2-3) got the offense going in the third as Travis Sample ripped a single up the middle and Kyle Rudy singled through the right side. After a sacrifice bunt from Lance Nobile, David Newby plated a run with a chopper over the mound and Daniel Rieder sliced an opposite field single to left field. The third run scored on a successful double steal.
ISU pushed another unearned run across as Dan Weston drew a leadoff walk and stole second before scoring on the second error of the game by Rieder.
The Mavs got the run back in the home-half of the inning as Nobile had a one-out single up the middle and stole second and third. David Newby drove in the runner with a grounder to short that was thrown in the dirt at first.
UTA's offense scratched across another run in the sixth as the first two batters reached before Kyle Rudy delivered a two-out RBI single just passed the third baseman.
The Mavs salted the game away in the eighth as Mitch Putman singled up the middle before being lifted for pinch runner RJ Harris. After a steal of second and a David McLeod walk, Leo Radkowski walked to load the bases. Sample drove in a run with a fielder's choice before a throwing error plated the second run.
Gee (1-1) picked up his first victory by allowing two runs, no earned, on six hits with nine strikeouts in eight innings. Ryan Copeland (0-1) took the loss after giving up four runs on five hits over five innings.
Rudy led the Mavs offense with three hits and an RBI. Putman collected two hits and Newby drove in a pair of runs.
The Mavs return to action tomorrow afternoon as they take on Nebraska at 3:30 p.m. in the Hilton Arlington UTA Invitational.
