Recap | Box Score

UTA (12-11, 3-1) 3, Georgia Southern (12-10, 1-3) 2
Friday, March 24, 2017
Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, Texas
Postgame Notes

Team Records and Series Notes
• UTA is 12-11, 3-1 in the Sun Belt and Georgia Southern is 12-10, 1-3 in the Sun Belt.
• GS leads the all-time series with UTA, 4-3, with a 2-2 mark in games played in Arlington.
• The series will resume on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT at Clay Gould Ballpark. The Mavs will start junior righty Trae Patterson (1-2, 2.51 ERA) vs. GS sophomore right-hander Brian Eichhorn (1-2, 4.15 ERA). The game will be broadcast live on the UTA Radio Network, available on UTAMavs.com with the Voice of UTA Baseball, Josh Sours, calling the action.

Team Notes
• UTA is 3-6 when playing at Clay Gould Ballpark.
• The Mavs are 5-6 in night games.
• UTA is 4-3 on Fridays.
• The Mavs are 5-5 when scoring first and 4-3 when scoring in the first inning.
• UTA is 2-3 vs. a left-handed starting pitcher.
• UTA is 4-4 when hitting a homer.
• The Mavs hit their second first-inning homer of the year and for the second straight game.
• UTA turned its league-leading 21st and 22nd double play of the year.
• The Mavs are 3-2 in their all-white uniform combination.
• The Mavs are 9-4 in March.
• Mavs head coach Darin Thomas has a 278-266 all-time record in his 10th year.
• UTA is 89-2 over the last four years when holding an eighth-inning lead, including 12-0 in 2017 and in 13 consecutive.

Individual Notes
• Senior LF Quintin Rohrbaugh made his team-high 81st consecutive start.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in 73 of 81 starts and in 22 of 23 starts in 2017.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in a team-leading 16 straight games.
o Rohrbaugh homered for the third time in 2017 and the fifth time in his career.
o Rohrbaugh has a team-high 12 two-strike hits.
o Rohrbaugh has a team-leading 14 two-out hits and seven two-out RBI.
o In his career, Rohrbaugh has 42 two-out hits and 24 two-out RBI.
o Rohrbaugh has a team-high 10 multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games in 2017.
o In his career, Rohrbaugh has 33 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games.
• Senior 3B Brady Cox has reached base safely in 112 of 139 career starts and in 16 of 20 starts in 2017.
o Cox collected his ninth multi-hit game of the year.
• Senior RHP Kadon Simmons made his sixth start of the year and the and the 21st of his career, in his 22nd career appearance.
o Simmons is 3-2 in 2017 and 12-6 in his career.
o UTA is 12-9 in his career starts and 3-3 in 2017.
o Simmons has four quality starts in 2017 and 12 in his two-year career.
o Simmons has worked into the seventh inning at least in 16 of his 21 career starts and in 11 of his last 13 starts.
o Simmons worked 15.2 consecutive shutout innings pitched against Georgia Southern, dating back to a complete-game shutout in 2016.
• Sophomore C Will Olson has reached base safely in 15 of 16 starts in 2017 and in 20 of 27 career starts.
o Olson has four two-out hits in 2017 and three two-out RBI.
• Senior 1B Colton Turner laid down his first career sacrifice bunt.
• Junior 2B Easton Johnson has reached base safely in 17 of 22 starts.
o Johnson has five multi-hit games and his first since a four-hit game vs. Milwaukee on March 12.
o Johnson has seven two-out hits.
• Junior SS RJ Williams hung his second sacrifice fly of the year and the sixth of his career.
• Junior 2B Easton Johnson has reached base safely in 17 of 22 starts.
o Johnson has five multi-hit games and his first since a four-hit game vs. Milwaukee on March 12.
o Johnson has seven two-out hits.
• Junior LHP Adam Meyer appeared in his 11th game of the year and the 23rd of his career.
• Junior RHP Daniel James has appeared in four games in 2017 and in 47 in his career.
o James has six career saves and three in 2017.