April 3, 2018
UTA (14-12) 12, ACU (13-13) 8
Abilene, Texas -- Crutcher Scott Field
April 3, 2018
Team Records and Series Notes
- UTA is 14-12 and ACU is 13-13.
- UTA leads the all-time series with ACU, 19-8, including an 8-3 mark in games played in Abilene. UTA has won fiv of the last seven and eight of the last 11 meetings
- The Mavs will return to action on Wednesday, with the second of a six-game road trip, traveling to face Stephen F. Austin at 7 p.m. CT. UTA will start senior righty Reid Petty in his 2018 debut.
Team Notes
- UTA Coach Darin Thomas has a 3010-291 career record in his 11th year.
- Thomas ranks second in UTA history in career wins.
- UTA is 3-6 on the road in 2018 and 20-14 over the last two years on the road.
- The Mavs are 8-9 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
- UTA has won 10 of its last 13 games.
- In midweek games, UTA is 4-2.
- UTA is 8-9 vs. non-conference foes.
- UTA is 9-5 when scoring first.
- The Mavs are 4-2 when scoring in the first inning.
- UTA is 9-4 when hitting a homer.
Individual Notes
- Junior CF Noah Vaughan made his team-leading 66th consecutive start.
- Vaughan made his 16th career start at first base and his second of 2018.
- Vaughan hit his seventh homer of the year and the 16th of his career.
- Vaughan now has 80 career RBI.
- Senior 3B RJ Williams started his team-leading 175th career game.
- Williams has played in 189 career games.
- Williams laid down his 14th career sac bunt and the second in his career.
- Williams homered for the third time in 2018 and the sixth of his career.
- Three homers in a season is a career high for Williams.
- Sophomore Zac Cook made his first career start in centerfield.
- Cook has made starts at DH, second base, shortstop, third base, leftfield, centerfield and rightfield in his career.
- Cook stole his seventh base of the year and the 10th of his career.
- Cook was hit by his fifth pitch of the year and the eighth of his career.
- Cook doubled for the fourth and fifth times in 2018 and has 14 in his career.
- Cook has seven two-out hits and five two-out RBI.
- Freshman RHP Cody Wernli made his third start in his sixth appearance.
- The Mavs are 3-0 in Wernli's starts.
- Junior C Will Olson hung his second sac fly of the year and the fourth of his career.
- Junior DH Jakob Nunez doubled for the third and fourth times in 2018.
- Junior LHP Drew Gooch worked in his seventh game of 2018.
- Gooch has inherited four runners in relief in 2018, allowing two to score.
- Freshman RF David Renning has reached base safely in all seven of his starts.
- Renning tripled for the first time in his career.
- Junior RHP Dylan Schneider pitched in his eight game of the year and the 52nd of his career.
- Schneider is 1-0 on the year and 3-3 in his career.
- Senior LHP Ryan Buss worked in his 10th game of the year and the 14th of his career.
- Senior RHP Daniel James pitched in his ninth game of the year and the 73rd of his career.
