Box Score Feb. 17, 2018
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ARLINGTON, Texas - Three UTA relievers combined to toss five shutout innings to help push the Mavericks to a 6-3 win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, on Saturday afternoon at Clay Gould Ballpark.
UTA (1-1) bounced back in its second game of the year with the series-evening win. After Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (1-1) used a ninth-inning grand slam to take the opener on Friday, 9-7, the Mavs rebounded to post the win on Saturday behind a six-run third inning and strong relief outings from their bullpen.
ON THE MOUND
UTA starter Ka'ikepono Anderson made his NCAA debut. Anderson worked four innings, allowing seven hits and three runs, walking one and striking out one. In a jam in the fifth inning to start, UTA turned to lefty Drew Gooch (1-0) in relief. Gooch worked two innings, allowing a hit and walk, striking out one in his first pitching appearance since he was a sophomore at TCU in 2016.
After Gooch's two strong innings, Dylan Schneider started the seventh on the mound for the Mavs. Schneider worked 1.2 shutout innings, allowing a hit and walk before giving way to lefty Adam Meyer. Meyer tossed the final two innings to earn his third career save.
Aaron Hernandez (0-1) made the start for the Islanders, coming off an electric summer in the prestigious Cape Cod League. He flashed a fastball that reached as high as 97 mph and worked 2.1 innings, allowing six hits and six runs, walking five and striking out one.
TAMU-CC used Cody Lecompte, Tate Gillespie, Payton Bauer, John Gaddis and Will Floyd in relief of Hernandez.
LEADING THE MAVS
The Mavs had seven hits in the game and drew nine walks, striking out just four times. UTA got two-RBI games from Noah Vaughan and Josh Minjarez, with RJ Williams adding a pair of hits, including a double. UTA also got an RBI from each Omar Salinas and Will Olson, with Vaughan, Olson, Christian Hollie and Phil Berthiaume each notching hits.
NEXT
The series will conclude on Sunday at 1 p.m. CT at Clay Gould Ballpark. UTA will start freshman right-hander David Moffat.
HOW THEY SCORED
Bottom third: Funk led off the inning with an eight-pitch at-bat, drawing a walk and Williams followed with a single. Vaughan then cleared the duo off the bases with his seventh career triple, laced into the right-centerfield gap. Salinas followed with a run-scoring groundout to force home Vaughan and Hollie extended the inning after reaching base on a dropped third strike. Olson scored Hollie with a RBI double into the opposite-field gap, with Cook and Nunez each drawing walks to load the bases. Minjarez spanked a two-run single through hole on the left side to give the Mavs a 6-0 lead.
Top fourth: TAMU-CC answered in the top of the fourth inning as Nick Anderson belted a two-run homer. Andruid Martinez then forced in a third run on a RBI groundout after a pair of one-out singles.
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