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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- Sam Houston State plated 10 runs over the first five innings to win its eighth straight game in a 14-2 result over UTA, on Tuesday night at Don Sanders Stadium.

UTA (11-11) suffered the loss as the Bearkats used 11 hits and 10 runs over the first five innings, including a three-run first and a four-run fourth inning. SHSU scored in each of the first seven innings, with single runs in the second, third, fifth and sixth innings, plating three in the seventh.

ON THE MOUND
Senior UTA starter Austin Gardner (0-1) made his first start of the year for the Mavs. Working two innings, allowing four hits and four runs â€" two earned â€" walking one and striking out two. Brad Vassar followed with the next two innings, surrendering six hits and five runs. Dylan Schneider worked to start the fifth inning, allowing a run, Jake Wilcox tossed the sixth, allowing a run with a strikeout and Jordon West worked the seventh, surrendering a pair. Matt Michalski worked the ninth inning.

Sam Houston State (16-5) starter Dakota Mills (3-1) earned the start for the Bearkats, working six strong innings, allowing only five hits and one run, not issuing a walk and striking out four. SHSU also used Dominic Robinson, Mark Hammel and Gabriel Sequeira in relief.

AT THE DISH
The Mavs were held to seven hits in the game, with Aaron Funk and Quintin Rohrbaugh charting UTA's lone two-hit games. Christian Hollie belted his first homer of the year, going 1-for-4, with Zac Cook and Noah Vaughan each collecting hits.

HOW THEY SCORED
Hollie opened the game with a no-doubt blast over the left-centerfield fence, his first homer of the year and the third of his career. It marked UTA's first leadoff homer and first first-inning blast of the year.

Sam Houston State answered three pitches into the game, getting a leadoff error from the right side of the infield and a triple from Clayton Harp on the third pitch. Lance Miles then reached on a high-hopper single up the middle, allowing Harp to score for a 2-1 lead. Hunter Hearn followed with a two-out RBI single to leftfield, scoring Miles.

In the bottom of the second inning, Sam Houston added to its lead, getting a leadoff single from Taylor Beene and after a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch, Beene scored on Bryce Johnson's RBI single to left.

SHSU added to its lead in the bottom of the third inning, plating a run on two hits, getting a sacrifice fly from Robie Rojas.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Bearkats scored four runs on four hits to take a 9-1 lead. A leadoff hit by pitch and two straight bunt singles loaded the bases, before Harp scored two with a single, Miles scored a second run with a RBI groundout and Andrew Fregia scored a fourth run in the frame with a single up the middle.

SHSU added a run in the bottom of the fifth inning, getting a sac fly from Nate VanDyke.

SHSU scored three times in the seventh inning, loading the bases and getting runs on a wild pitch, a base knock and a RBI fielder's choice.

The Mavs got a run back in the eighth, getting a RBI knock from Rohrbaugh.

NEXT
The Mavs will return to action on Friday, opening a three-game series with Georgia Southern at 6:30 p.m. CT at Clay Gould Ballpark.