March 14, 2018 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.