March 25, 2017 Recap | Box Score
UTA (12-12, 3-2) 3, Georgia Southern (13-10, 2-3) 4
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, Texas
Postgame Notes
Team Records and Series Notes
• UTA is 12-12, 3-2 in the Sun Belt and Georgia Southern is 12-10, 2-3 in the Sun Belt.
• The all-time series with GS and UTA is 4-4, with GS leading 3-2 mark in games played in Arlington. • The series will conclude on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. CT at Clay Gould Ballpark. The Mavs will start junior southpaw Jakob Hernandez (2-0, 3.48 ERA) vs. GS sophomore righty Chase Cohen (1-2, 4.64 ERA). The game will be broadcast live on the UTA Radio Network, with the Voice of the Mavs, Josh Sours, calling the action live on UTAMavs.com.
Team Notes
• The Mavs are 5-6 when scoring first.
• UTA is 3-7 when playing at Clay Gould Ballpark.
• The Mavs are 10-9 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
• UTA is 7-6 in day games.
• On Saturdays, UTA is 2-4.
• UTA is 2-1 in its orange/blue uniform top and white pinstripes combination.
• The Mavs are 9-5 in March.
• Mavs head coach Darin Thomas has a 279-266 all-time record in his 10th year.
Individual Notes
• Senior LF Quintin Rohrbaugh made his team-high 82nd consecutive start.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in 74 of 82 starts and in 23 of 24 starts in 2017.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in a team-leading 17 straight games.
o Rohrbaugh was hit by the fourth pitch of the year and the seventh of his career.
• Junior RHP Trae Patterson made his sixth start of the season.
o Patterson picked off his first runner of the year. o Patterson has four quality starts.
o UTA is 2-4 in Patterson's starts.
• Senior 3B Brady Cox has reached base safely in 113 of 140 career starts and in 17 of 21 starts in 2017. o Cox has 159 career hits.
• Junior 2B Easton Johnson has reached base safely in 18 of 23 starts.
• Sophomore RF Aaron Funk has reached base safely in all 11 starts in his NCAA career, including 10-of-10 in 2017.
• Junior 1B Omar Salinas has reached base safely in 19 of 20 starts.
o Salinas earned his first career start in the field.
• Sophomore C Will Olson has reached base safely in 16 of 17 starts in 2017 and in 21 of 28 career starts.
• Sophomore CF Noah Vaughan belted his fifth homer of the year, a team high. o Vaughan has seven career homers.
o Vaughan tied his career high with three hits.
o Vaughan has reached base safely in 16 of 23 starts in 2017 and in 52 of 63 career starts.
o Vaughan has three multi-hit games in 2017 and in 13 in his career.
• Junior SS RJ Williams has reached base safely in 95 of 118 career starts and in 13 of 18 starts in 2017.
• Senior RHP Austin Gardner appeared in his 10th game of the year and the 22nd of his career.
• Junior LHP Adam Meyer appeared in his 12th game of the year and the 23rd of his career.
• Sophomore RHP Dylan Schneider pitched in his team-leading 14th game, appearing in his 42nd career game.