Recap | Box Score

UTA (14-14, 5-3 Sun Belt) 5, Troy (13-12, 3-5 Sun Belt) 2
Friday, March 31, 2017
Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, Texas
Postgame Notes

Team Records and Series Notes
• UTA is 14-14, 5-3 in the Sun Belt Conference. Troy is 13-12, 3-5 in Sun Belt Conference.
• The Mavs lead the all-time series with Troy, 10-3, including a 4-1 mark in games played at UTA.
• The series will conclude on Saturday at 2 p.m. CT at Clay Gould Ballpark. UTA will turn to junior southpaw Jakob Hernandez (2-0, 2.92 ERA) to start against Troy fourth-year junior righty Andrew Crane (0-0, 2.51 ERA).

Team Notes
• UTA is 5-9 in 2017 at Clay Gould Ballpark and is 822-479-1 all-time at Clay Gould Ballpark.
• UTA is 6-3 on Fridays.
• UTA is 4-0 in doubleheaders.
• UTA is 6-6 when scoring first.
• The Mavs are 12-7 in March.
• UTA is 6-7 in night games.
• The Mavs are 2-3 in its blue jersey and white pants combination.
• UTA head coach Darin Thomas has a 280-268 all-time record in his 10th year.
• UTA is 91-2 over the last four years when holding an eighth-inning lead, including 13-0 in 2017 and in 14 consecutive.

Individual Notes
• Senior LF Quintin Rohrbaugh made his team-high 86th consecutive start.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in 78 of 86 starts and in 27 of 28 starts in 2017.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in a team-leading 20 straight games.
o Rohrbaugh was hit by his fifth pitch of the year and the eighth of his career.
• Junior RHP Trae Patterson made his seventh career start.
o Patterson is 2-2 in his career. o Patterson has five quality starts.
o UTA is 3-4 in Patterson's starts.
• Junior DH Christian Hollie has reached base safely in 81 of 102 career starts and in five of seven starts in 2017.
o Hollie stole his second base of the year and the ninth of his career.
• Sophomore RF Aaron Funk singled in the fourth and has reached base safely in 14 of his 15 career starts and in 13 of 14 starts in 2017.
• Junior 2B Easton Johnson has reached base safely in 22 of 27 starts.
• Freshman 3B Zac Cook has reached base safely in nine of 10 starts.
• Junior 1B Omar Salinas hung his second sac fly of the year.
o Salinas homered for the third time in 2017.
o Salinas has reached base safely in 23 of 24 starts.
• Sophomore CF Noah Vaughan has reached base safely in 20 of 27 starts in 2017 and in 56 of 67 career starts. o Vaughan stole his fourth base of the year and the 10th of his career.
• Junior SS RJ Williams has reached base safely in 99 of 122 career starts and in 17 of 22 starts in 2017.
o Williams was hit by his second pitch of 2017 and the 18th of his career.
o Williams is now 11th in UTA history and is just one HBP shy of equaling David Newby (2006-07) for 10th.
• Senior RHP Austin Gardner appeared in his 11th game of the year and the 23rd of his career.
• Senior RHP Daniel James appeared in his seventh game of the year and the 50th of his career.
o James has five saves in 2017 and eight in his career.