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By Cassie Logan | @c4ssielogan

ARLINGTON, Texas - UT Arlington snapped a five-game losing streak and completed the season sweep against Baylor with a 6-3 midweek win Tuesday night at Clay Gould Ballpark.

UTA (11-11) clinched its first back-to-back wins over Baylor (8-12) since taking three in a row across the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Baylor still leads the all-time series 85-33, but dropped to 33-20 in Arlington. The Mavericks improved to 8-5 at home for the 2016 season.

"The games we've lost lately, we've given up a big inning early and we couldn't get behind tonight," coach Darin Thomas said. "Tonight was a perfect example. We got the lead and just hung on. It was hard to score tonight. That wind was howling and if the wind is blowing, throw strikes and play defense."

The Mavs registered eight hits and were quick to score all six runs in the first three innings. Leadoff Matt McLean and freshman Noah Vaughan were catalysts for UTA's offense with two hits apiece at the top of the lineup. The Mavs are 8-4 this season when scoring in the first inning.

McLean finished 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored and a walk.

Vaughan proved to be just as effective in his first game as the two-hole hitter as he went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. The left fielder extended his hit streak to five games and has notched eight hits and three RBI during that stretch.

"I'm just getting in a groove," Vaughan said. "I'm trying to keep it simple, not do too much, stay within myself and hit the ball middle-away. I like to stay humble, but I knew the ball could play today and whenever you're rolling in this game, you've got to stick with what you're doing and build off of it."

Baylor tabbed just four hits on the night, half coming from first baseman Kameron Esthay who was 2-for-4 with a run and RBI for the Bears.

On the mound freshman Dylan Schneider evened his record at 1-1 after allowing just two earned runs on three hits and a walk in 3.2 innings of middle relief. He also tied his season high with four strikeouts.

Jacob Moreland did his job in the following 2.2, allowing just one walk before Daniel James closed out the ninth, despite handing out a run on one hit and a strikeout.

Reid Petty was relieved in 1.2 innings after allowing a pair of walks and a HBP in his first start of the season.

The Mavs wasted no time getting the early lead as McLean walked to start things, followed by a double to left field by Vaughan. One batter later RJ Williams picked up his first RBI of the night with a grounder to second base, scoring McLean.

UTA gave itself some breathing room an inning later with a three-run second inning, aided by Josh Minjarez's two-run triple to the left-center gap. That came after Darien McLemore drew a walk to lead off the bottom half of the frame and Caleb Koedyker reached on a fielding error at third. Then, two batters following Minjarez's hit, Vaughan laced his second base hit of the night for a two-out RBI single through to the right side to score Minjarez.

One frame later Jerame Littell provided the big hit, singling with two outs and the bases loaded to extend UTA's advantage to 6-0.

Baylor finally got its first hit of the game in the top of the fourth with a single up the middle, but Schneider retired the next three and kept cruising.

The Bears wouldn't scratch the scoreboard until the top of the sixth with a one-out, RBI single from Esthay. A sacrifice fly on a nice defensive play by Vaughan plated the second Baylor run, closing the gap to 6-2.

Baylor added a run in the top of the ninth, but James still retired three of the four hitters he faced to close things out.

"There's plenty of season left. We have to stay positive and hang together. We needed that win. Winning helps a lot of things," Thomas said.

The Mavericks continue their five-game homestand with three games against Incarnate Word beginning Thursday. Game 1 of the series begins at 6:30 p.m. at Clay Gould Ballpark.