3/17/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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.
