March 17, 2017 UTA (10-9, 1-0) 10, Georgia State (9-9, 0-1) 7
Friday, March 17, 2017
GSU Baseball Complex Atlanta, Ga.
Postgame Notes
Team Records and Series Notes
UTA is 10-9, 1-0 in the Sun Belt Conference and Georgia State is 9-9, 0-1 SBC.
The series is tied, 5-5 but UTA leads the series in games played in Atlanta, 5-3.
UTA returns to the series on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT at the GSU Baseball Complex. The Mavs will start junior righty Trae Patterson (1-1, 2.88 ERA) in his fifth start.
Team Notes
The Mavs are 6-1 on the road in 2017.
UTA reached double-digit runs for the first time.
UTA is 10-7 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
The Mavs are 7-2 in March.
The Mavericks are 4-5 in night games.
UTA has won three consecutive Sun Belt Conference openers.
UTA is 4-1 in its all-gray uniform combination.
The Mavs are 3-3 on Fridays.
UTA is 6-5 when its opponent scores first.
The Mavs had their first multi-homer game.
UTA turned its 18th and 19th double plays of the year.
Mavs head coach Darin Thomas has a 276-264 all-time record in his 10th year.
UTA is 87-2 over the last four years when staked to an eighth-inning lead, including 10-0 in 2017.
Individual Notes
Senior LF Quintin Rohrbaugh made his team-high 77th consecutive start.
o Rohrbaugh stole his fourth base of the year and the eighth of his career.
o Rohrbaugh was hit by his third pitch of the year and the sixth of his career.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in 69 of 77 starts and in 18 of 19 starts in 2017.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in a team-long 12 straight games.
Senior RHP Kadon Simmons made his 20th career start in his 21st career outing.
o Simmons is 2-2 in 2017 and 11-6 in his career.
o UTA is 11-9 in his career starts and 2-3 in 2017.
o Simmons has worked into the seventh inning at least in 15 of his 20 starts and in 11 of his last 12 starts.
Junior CF Phil Berthiaume has reached base safely in 11 of his 14 starts.
Sophomore DH Will Olson has reached base safely in all 12 starts in 2017.
Senior 1B Colton Turner has reached base safely in 42 of his 54 career starts.
Sophomore 2B Easton Johnson has reached base safely in 14 of 18 starts.
Junior DH Omar Salinas hit his first career homer.
o Salinas has a team-long four-game hit streak.
o Salinas doubled for the fourth time.
o Salinas set a new career high with four RBI.
Sophomore RF Noah Vaughan belted his team-leading fourth homer of the year and the sixth of his career.
o Vaughan has reached base safely in 49 of his 58 career starts and in 12 of 16 starts in 2017.
Freshman SS Zac Cook set a new career high with four hits.
o Cook doubled for the second time.
Sophomore RHP Dylan Schneider has appeared in a team-high 12 games in 2017 and in 32 games in his career.
Junior RHP Daniel James appeared in his second game of 2017 and the 45th of his career.
o James earned his second save of the year - and week - and the fifth of his career.