Recap | Box Score

UTA (6-9) 13, Minnesota (12-7) 5
Arlington, Texas â€" Clay Gould Ballpark
March 14, 2018

Team Records and Series Notes

• UTA is 6-9 and Minnesota is 12-7.
• The Mavs lead the series 4-0, winning the first meeting since 2009.
• The Mavericks will return to action on Friday, opening a three-game conference series with Georgia State at 6:30 p.m. at Clay Gould Ballpark.

Team Notes

• UTA Coach Darin Thomas has a 302-289 career record in his 11th year.
• • Thomas ranks second in UTA history in career wins.
• UTA is 2-6 in March.
• UTA is 2-4 when hitting at least one homer.
• The Mavs are 2-3 in night games.
• The Mavs have turned 20 double plays on the year.
• The Mavs have double-digit runs in three games of 2018 and tied their season high with 13 runs.

Individual Notes

• Junior CF Noah Vaughan made his team-leading 54th consecutive start.
• • Vaughan has reached base safely in 13 of 15 starts in 2018.
  • Vaughan tripled for the fourth and fifth times in 2018 and the 11th time in his career.
  • • Vaughan moved into a tie for eighth in UTA career history with 11 triples, equaling Hunter Pence (2003-04).
    • His five triples in 2018 ranks seventh in UTA single-season history.
  • Vaughan was hit by his second pitch of the year and the ninth of his career.
• Senior 3B RJ Williams started his team-leading 163rd career game.
• Freshman RHP Cody Wernli made his first career start in his fourth career appearance.
• • Wernli worked a career-long two innings.
• Senior 1B Omar Salinas has reached base safely in 60 of his 65 career starts.
• • Salinas hung his second sac fly of the year and the fifth of his career.
• Junior C Jakob Nunez hit his first career homer, coming on a 2-0 count out to leftfield against a right-handed starting pitcher.
• Junior LHP Drew Gooch worked in his fourth game of the year.
• • Gooch worked a season-long two innings, his longet outing of the year since working 2.1 innings vs. Texas Tech for TCU on May 21, 2015.
• Senior LF Christian Hollie hit his first homer of the year and the sixth of his career on a first-pitch offering in the fourth inning from a left-handed releiver.
• Freshman RHP David Moffat worked in his fifth game of the year and the second relief outing of the year.
• • Moffat inherited his first three runners, allowing one to score.
• Junior DH Will Olson doubled for the second time in 2018 and the 12th time in his career.
• Senior LHP Ryan Buss appeared in his fourth game of the year and the ninth of his career.