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No. 23 UTA (29-18, 19-5 Sun Belt) 2, Arkansas State (22-24, 10-14 Sun Belt) 0
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Tomlinson Stadium • Jonesboro, Ark.
Postgame Notes

Team Records and Series Notes
• UTA is 29-18, 19-5 in the Sun Belt Conference. Arkansas State is 22-24, 10-14 in the Sun Belt.
• The Mavs lead the all-time series with Arkansas State, 44-37 but trail the series in Jonesboro, 19-13.
• UTA will return to action with a three-game series vs. the defending national champions, Coastal Carolina, starting on Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Clay Gould Ballpark.

Team Notes
• UTA is 16-5 on the road and 18-6 in game away from Clay Gould Ballpark.
• The Mavs have won 10 consecutive Sun Belt games to equal the program record of 10 straight conference wins, set in 1992, 2006 and 2014.
• With its 16th road win of the year, UTA extended its school record for road wins.
• The Mavs are 11-1 on the road in Sun Belt play.
• UTA is 9-2 on Sundays.
• The Mavs are 17-7 when scoring first.
• UTA is 23-14 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
• UTA is 3-1 in May and 27-11 since March.
• The Mavs are 9-5 in their blue jersey top and white pants uniform combination.
• UTA head coach Darin Thomas has a 295-272 all-time record in his 10th year.
• UTA is 107-2 over the last four years when holding an eighth-inning lead, including 29-0 in 2017 and in 30 consecutive.

Individual Notes
• Senior LF Quintin Rohrbaugh made his team-high 105th consecutive start.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in 97 of 105 career starts and in 45 of 46 starts in 2017.
o Rohrbaugh has reached base safely in 40 straight games.
• Junior LHP Jakob Hernandez made his 12th start of the year.
o UTA is 9-3 in Hernandez's career starts.
o Hernandez worked his eighth quality start.
o Hernandez is 6-0 in 2017.
• Freshman DH Zac Cook has reached base safely in 16 of his 19 starts.
• Junior 1B Omar Salinas has reached base safely in 39 of 42 career starts.
• Sophomore CF Noah Vaughan has reached base safely in 72 of his 86 career starts and in 36 of his 46 starts in 2017.
• Senior 3B Brady Cox has reached base safely in 131 of his 163 career starts and in 35 of 45 starts in 2017.
o Cox has a team-high and season long nine-game hitting streak.
o Cox stole his second base of the year and the sixth of his career.
o Cox doubled for the ninth time in 2017 and the 26th time in his career.
• Junior SS RJ Williams has reached base safely in 115 of his 141 career starts and in 33 of 41 starts in 2017.
o Williams stole his fourth base of the year and the 15th of his career.
• Senior RHP Austin Gardner worked in his team-high 24th game of the year and the 36th of his career.
• Junior RHP Daniel James worked in his 18th game of 2017 and the 61st of his career.
o James has 13 saves in 2017 and 16 in his career, one shy of the program record set by Jason Watkins (1992).
o James ranks tied with David Sobczak (1996-98) for fifth in UTA career history with 16 saves.