Final Stats

By Paul Watley | @WatP7

HOUSTON, Texas - UT Arlington dropped its midweek matchup against Houston Baptist on Tuesday afternoon, falling to the Huskies 10-4 at Husky Field.

"Baserunning mistakes and errors were really the story of the day," UT Arlington coach Darin Thomas said. "When we had chances to score we weren't able to convert. We have got to play better than that. We've known that and we've talked about it. It's just a matter of going out and doing it."

Despite being tagged with the loss, Justin Schnedler (0-1) had a strong showing on the mound, allowing four hits and no earned runs in his four innings on the hill. Schnedler also struck out a pair, while allowing just one extra-base hit.

Offensively the Mavericks were spurred by Eric Tate who finished the day 2-for-2 with one run scored, while also being walked twice. Travis Sibley did his part to drive in runs as the senior shortstop went 2-for-5 with two RBI. Levi Scott was also impressive with his 2-for-4 outing that included a pair of doubles.

UTA scored its four runs off of 10 hits, while committing a season high five errors. HBU's ten runs came off of 13 hits, while committing a pair of errors. The Mavs also left 13 on base compared to seven left on for the Huskies.

HBU took the lead early lead with a pair of unearned runs crossing in the opening frame.

The Mavericks were in position to score in the third inning when Scott and Tanner Houston teamed up for back-to-back hits, putting runners on the corners. However, UTA ultimately came up empty as a ground out ended the inning with no runs.

HBU extended it's lead in the middle of the game with a pair of single-run innings in the fourth and fifth to go on top 4-0.

The top of the fifth inning positioned UTA to make a comeback as it loaded the bases with two outs, but the Huskies caught the Mavs off guard, closing out the inning with a pickoff at second.

UT Arlington got on the board in the sixth inning to cut the deficit to three runs at 4-1. With singles by Christian Hollie and Tate putting runners on the corners with one out, TJ Hillman stepped into the box and delivered with his first career RBI on a single to left-center field. A ground out and a fly out ended the inning with runners stranded on second and third.

A late rally attempt by the Mavericks came in the eighth as they cut the Huskies' lead to two runs at 6-4 . With the bases loaded and one out, Sibley came up with an RBI single to right-center field that pushed across a pair of runs, cutting the Huskies' lead to three. A wild pitch in the next at-bat cleared the way for Matt McLean to trot home, cutting the HBU lead to two. After a Scott walk put two runners on with one out, a strike out and a pickoff ended the inning with the pair stranded.

HBU responded swiftly in the bottom half of the eighth, bringing in four runs to set the final margin at six runs.

The Mavericks will return to action this weekend as they host UALR in a three-game series set to start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are available at UTATickets.com or by calling 817-272-9595.