March 25, 2015
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By Paul Watley | @WatP7
ARLINGTON, Texas - UT Arlington looked to comeback from a five-run deficit in its game against West Virginia on Wednesday afternoon, but ultimately came up short falling to the Mountaineers 6-4.
"I thought we had some pretty good at-bats without Levi Scott in there, "UT Arlington coach Darin Thomas said."We swung it all right. We struck out a little bit too much, but we're going to be alright. We just have to get back to doing what we do. That's two good clubs we've played when we're a little bit banged up, but we've just got to throw it over the plate."
The Mavericks (12-11) will return to action this weekend against Georgia State at Clay Gould Ballpark. The three-game Sun Belt Conference series will kick off on Friday at 6:30 p.m.
"I know they're going to be good and I know they can swing the bat," Thomas said. "I know we'll have our hands full and if we don't play better than the last two days it's going to be a long weekend, but I have faith in our guys. We'll get back to playing good baseball. We just have to play solid fundamental baseball and we didn't the last two days. When you play good people you're going to get beat when you do that."
The relief pitchers for the Mavs had another solid outing as the four pitchers from the bullpen combined to allow three earned runs in their eight innings on the mound.
UT Arlington looked to erase a four-run deficit in the bottom of the fourth inning as UTA loaded the bases with no outs. However, the Mavs came up empty after a double play and groundout ended the threat.
UTA was able to chip into the WVU lead with a one-run fifth inning. With walks in two of the first three at-bats putting runners on, Travis Sibley got ahold of the pitch and sent it to left-center field for a single that brought in the first run for the Mavericks.
West Virginia pushed its lead to five after scoring in the sixth and seventh to go up 6-1.
The Mavericks began the comeback bid with back-to-back doubles to lead off the bottom half of the seventh from DeLeon and Farrell. Morris brought home Farrell with a two-out single through the right side and trimmed the lead to 6-3.
The Mavs continued to whittle down the Mountaineer lead in the eighth when DeLeon's groundout allowed RJ Williams to score.
The final push from UTA came in the ninth inning as it put two runners on with the winning run at the plate. After McLean reached on a walk, McLemore recorded his second hit of the day with a single through the right side that pushed McLean to second. With Eric Tate getting walked to load the bases, RJ Williams came to the plate as the potential game-winning run, but ultimately came up short as he fouled out to the catcher to end the game.
Reid Petty (1-1) received the loss after allowing two earned runs in 1.0 innings pitched. Petty walked two and allowed a hit. West Virginia's BJ Meyers (2-1) was credited with the win as he went three innings with four hits and three earned runs allowed.
UTA scored scored its four runs off of eight hits with a pair of errors, while WVU put six runs on the board thanks to eight hits and no errors.
UP NEXT: Tickets to the Mavericks series against Georgia State this weekend are available at UTATickets.com or by calling 817-272-9595.
