Recap | Box Score

UTA (18-16, 9-4 Sun Belt) 2, Little Rock (13-21, 5-8 Sun Belt) 0
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Clay Gould Ballpark • Arlington, Texas
Postgame Notes

Team Records and Series Notes
• UTA is 18-16, 9-4 in the Sun Belt Conference. Little Rock is 13-21, 5-8 in the Sun Belt.
• The Mavs lead the all-time series with Little Rock, 13-4, including a 9-1 mark in games played in Arlington.
• The series will resume on Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT at Clay Gould Ballpark. The Mavs will turn to junior righty Trae Patterson (3-2, 2.73 ERA) vs. Little Rock junior right-hander Ryan Lemoine (1-3, 8.62 ERA). The game will be broadcast live on UTAMavs.com, with the Voice of UTA Baseball, Josh Sours, calling the action.

Team Notes
• The Mavs turned their 34th double play of the year.
• UTA is 10-6 when it scores first.
• The Mavs are 4-3 in two-run games and 8-8 in one or two-run games.
• UTA is 6-11 at Clay Gould Ballpark in 2017.
• All-time, the Mavs are 879-531-1, including an 821-479-1 mark in games played at Clay Gould Ballpark.
• UTA is 4-3 in Sun Belt home games.
• UTA is 1-0 in shutouts.
• The Mavs are 8-8 in night games.
• UTA is 8-3 on Fridays.
• The Mavs are 15-12 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
• UTA is 4-2 in April.
• UTA head coach Darin Thomas has a 284-270 all-time record in his 10th year.
• UTA is 96-2 over the last four years when holding an eighth-inning lead, including 18-0 in 2017 and in 19 consecutive.

Individual Notes
• Senior LF Quintin Rohrbaugh made his team-high 92nd consecutive start.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in 84 of 92 career starts and in 33 of 34 starts in 2017.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in a team-leading 27 straight games.
o Rohrbaugh has a six-game hitting streak, equaling his season long.
o Rohrbaugh has five steals in 2017 and nine in his career.
o Rohrbaugh has 21 two-out hits in 2017 and 49 in his career.
o Rohrbaugh has 11 two-out RBI in 2017 and 28 in his career.
o Rohrbaugh tripled for the second time in 2017 and the sixth time in his career.
o Rohrbaugh tied his season high with three hits, the third time with three knocks in 2017.
o Rohrbaugh has eight career games with at least three hits.
• Junior 2B Easton Johnson had a third-inning single and has reached base safely in 25 of his 31 career starts.
• Sophomore C Will Olson has reached base safely in 29 of 37 career starts and in 24 of 26 starts in 2017.
o Olson has eight two-out hits.
o Olson threw out his team-high sixth runner stealing.
• Sophomore RF Aaron Funk has reached base safely in 18 of his 19 starts in his career and in 17 of 18 starts in his career.
• Senior 3B Brady Cox has reached base safely in 119 of 150 career starts and in 23 of 32 starts in 2017.
• Sophomore CF Noah Vaughan has reached base safely in 61 of his 73 career starts and in 25 of 33 starts in 2017.
o Vaughan has 12 two-out hits and 11 two-out RBI in 2017.
o Vaughan has 25 two-out hits and 21 two-out RBI in his career.
• Senior RHP Kadon Simmons made his ninth start of the year, appearing in his 10th game.
o Simmons has appeared in 26 games with 24 starts.
o Simmons is 5-2 in 2017 and 14-6 in his career.
o Simmons ranks fifth in UTA career history with a 2.99 ERA.
o UTA is 14-9 in his career starts and 5-3 in 2017.
o Simmons has six quality starts in 2017 and 14 in his two-year career.
o Simmons has worked into the seventh inning at least in 18 of his 24 career starts and in 13 of his last 16 starts.
o Simmons started 21 of 27 hitters faced with a first-pitch strike.
• Junior RHP Daniel James appeared in his 11th game of the year and the 54th of his career.
o James has eight saves in 2017 and 11 in his career.
o James is tied with Chad Nack (2012-15) for fifth in career history in saves.
o With eight saves, James is tied with David Sobczak (1999) and Adam Boydston (2012) for fourth in UTA single-season history.