ARLINGTON, Texas – Three UTA errors over the ninth and 10th inning lifted Texas State to a 5-1 comeback win over the Mavericks in 10 innings, on Friday night at Clay Gould Ballpark.

UTA (21-32, 11-18 Sun Belt Conference) entered the ninth inning with a 1-0 lead, seeking to post its first 1-0 win in four years. A one-out single, passed ball on a dropped third strike and error opened the gates for the tying run to score and force extras. A pair of errors led to four runs in the 10th inning as Texas State (27-26-1, 15-14 Sun Belt) rallied past the Mavs to clinch the series.

LEADING THE MAVS
UTA saw RJ Williams, Noah Vaughan and Easton Johnson each collect two-hit games. Will Olson, Zac Cook and Christian Hollie each added knocks. Omar Salinas went 3-for-5 with a double. 

ON THE MOUND
UTA starter Ka'ikepono Anderson worked 5.2 shutout innings, allowing four hits and one walk, striking out five. After a two-out runner advanced to third in the sixth inning, the Mavs turned to junior righty Logan Austin in relief. Austin got a ground ball to escape the jam in the sixth and worked 2.2 innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run, walking one and striking out three. Daniel James (1-5) came on in a first-and-third, one-out situation in the ninth inning with the go-ahead run on third. James escaped the jam but allowed four runs on three hits over two outs. David Moffat also worked in relief.

Texas State starter Connor Reich worked 5.1 innings, allowing eight hits and one run, walking one and striking out one. Kyle Bradford came on in relief in the sixth inning, working one complete inning, allowing a hit. Broc Bosse worked in the seventh tossing 1.2 innings with only a hit and walk allowed, striking out two. Braden Pearson (3-2) opened the bottom of the ninth and finished off the 10th for the win.

NEXT
The series will conclude with the regular-season finale at 2 p.m. CT at Clay Gould Ballpark. The game will be broadcast live on UTAMavs.com, with the Voice of the Mavs, Josh Sours, calling the action.
 
HOW THEY SCORED
The Mavs broke through in the bottom of the sixth inning, getting a one-out single from Hollie into the right-centerfield gap. Vaughan then lined a single up the middle to put runners on first and second with one out for Salinas. Salinas pulled an RBI single through the gap in the right side, allowing Hollie to motor home for a 1-0 lead.

Texas State tied the game in the top of the ninth inning, getting a one-out single up the middle from Ryan Newman, who took second after the single was misplayed in the outfield. Austin then got a looking third strike on Dylan Paul with Newman on second but Olson was crossed up, with the ball skidding to the backstop to allow Newman to take third and Paul to reach. Jared Huber then tied the game with a first-and-third squeeze bunt.

After the Mavs stranded a pair in the bottom of the ninth inning, Texas State opened the 10th with a single to leftfield from Jonathan Ortega. Luke Sherley then laid down a sac bunt in front of the plate with the throw to get the lead runner pulling Josh Minjarez off the base. Jaylen Hubbard then doubled past the drawn-in third baseman – playing for the bunt – to score Ortega. Derek Scheible then grounded a two-run error to score Sherley and Oretega. Newman followed with RBI double to centerfield.

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