Wednesday, May 22
Conway, S.C.
3:00 PM
University of Texas Arlington
32-24
9
vs
8
Coastal Carolina University
30-24-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| UT Arlington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
No. 4 Mavs Take Down Tourney Hosts In Extras
5/23/2019 12:04:00 AM | Baseball
CONWAY, S.C. – The UTA baseball team scored eight runs over the last three innings to win its first game of the 2019 Sun Belt Baseball Championship over the No. 5-seed Coastal Carolina, 9-8, in 10-innings on Wednesday night at Springs Brooks Stadium.
The Mavs improve to 32-24 with the win and remain in the winner's bracket heading into the third day of tourney action on Thursday (May 23). UTA will face No. 10 ULM, who defeated top-seeded Texas State, 8-0. First pitch for the matchup is set for 6:30 p.m. CT.
For UTA at the plate, Connor Aube (3-for-5, HR, RBI, 2 runs, SB) led the way with a game-high three hits, while Justin Marino (1-for-1, 2 RBIs) had a team-high two RBIs.
UTA reliever Wyatt Divis (5-0) stayed unbeaten on the season, throwing 1.2-scoreless innings out of the bullpen in the extra-inning win. Starting pitcher Drew Gooch had a solid start, allowing three runs, only one of which was earned, on seven hits, a walk, a hit batter and five strikeouts in 7.0-plus innings on the bump.
Coastal got on the board first in the top of the sixth. A single up the middle and an error on a sacrifice bunt attempt were followed by a single to right field to plate a run and put the visitors up 1-0. After a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout, CCU got a two-out, two-run single to center field to push their lead to 3-0 midway through the sixth.
The Mavs quickly answered with a solo home run from Aube in the bottom half of the inning to cut the Coastal lead to two at 3-1.
The Mavericks pushed across five runs in the bottom half of the eighth inning on three-straight singles, an intentional walk, a Coastal Carolina fielding error and a two-run pinch-hit RBI single from Marino to take its first lead of the game at 6-3.
Coastal fought back with a five-spot of its own in the top of the ninth to give the tournament hosts an 8-6 edge going into the bottom of the ninth.
A hit-by-pitch, another fielding error and a single up the middle loaded the bases for the Mavs. A wild pitch allowed one run to score from third and cut the Coastal led down to just one at 8-7. Following an intentional walk and a fly ball out to left field, another wild pitch tied the game up at 8-8.
Tied at 8-8 after nine innings of play, the Chants put the go-ahead run on base in the top of the 10th on a single. A ground out and a pop out in foul territory ended the top half of the inning.
The Mavs led off the bottom of the 10th with a bunt single from Aaron Funk. After a sacrifice bunt from Connor Aube moved Funk over to second, Zac Cook lined an RBI single through the right side of the infield to score the game-winning run and give UTA the 9-8 extra-inning win.
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The Mavs improve to 32-24 with the win and remain in the winner's bracket heading into the third day of tourney action on Thursday (May 23). UTA will face No. 10 ULM, who defeated top-seeded Texas State, 8-0. First pitch for the matchup is set for 6:30 p.m. CT.
For UTA at the plate, Connor Aube (3-for-5, HR, RBI, 2 runs, SB) led the way with a game-high three hits, while Justin Marino (1-for-1, 2 RBIs) had a team-high two RBIs.
UTA reliever Wyatt Divis (5-0) stayed unbeaten on the season, throwing 1.2-scoreless innings out of the bullpen in the extra-inning win. Starting pitcher Drew Gooch had a solid start, allowing three runs, only one of which was earned, on seven hits, a walk, a hit batter and five strikeouts in 7.0-plus innings on the bump.
Coastal got on the board first in the top of the sixth. A single up the middle and an error on a sacrifice bunt attempt were followed by a single to right field to plate a run and put the visitors up 1-0. After a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout, CCU got a two-out, two-run single to center field to push their lead to 3-0 midway through the sixth.
The Mavs quickly answered with a solo home run from Aube in the bottom half of the inning to cut the Coastal lead to two at 3-1.
The Mavericks pushed across five runs in the bottom half of the eighth inning on three-straight singles, an intentional walk, a Coastal Carolina fielding error and a two-run pinch-hit RBI single from Marino to take its first lead of the game at 6-3.
Coastal fought back with a five-spot of its own in the top of the ninth to give the tournament hosts an 8-6 edge going into the bottom of the ninth.
A hit-by-pitch, another fielding error and a single up the middle loaded the bases for the Mavs. A wild pitch allowed one run to score from third and cut the Coastal led down to just one at 8-7. Following an intentional walk and a fly ball out to left field, another wild pitch tied the game up at 8-8.
Tied at 8-8 after nine innings of play, the Chants put the go-ahead run on base in the top of the 10th on a single. A ground out and a pop out in foul territory ended the top half of the inning.
The Mavs led off the bottom of the 10th with a bunt single from Aaron Funk. After a sacrifice bunt from Connor Aube moved Funk over to second, Zac Cook lined an RBI single through the right side of the infield to score the game-winning run and give UTA the 9-8 extra-inning win.
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Pitching:
W: Divis, Wyatt (5-0)
L: Gentry, Dylan (1-1)
Batting:
RBI: Rivers, Kieton 1 ; Wright, Jake 1 ; Skeels, Kyle 1 ; Biermann, Zach 2 ; Chavers, Parker 3
SH: Rivers, Kieton 1 ; Skeels, Kyle 2
SF: Chavers, Parker 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wood, Cory 2 ; Rivers, Kieton 2 ; Wright, Jake 2 ; Skeels, Kyle 1 ; Johnson, Jared 1
CS: Chavers, Parker 1
HBP: Wright, Jake 1
Batting:
HR: Aube, Connor 1
RBI: Aube, Connor 1 ; Cook, Zac 1 ; Dominguez, Anthony 1 ; Miller, Andrew 1 ; Marino, Justin 2
SH: Aube, Connor 1 ; Childs, Phillip 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Aube, Connor 2 ; Cook, Zac 2 ; Dominguez, Anthony 1 ; Rice, Tyler 1 ; Olson, Will 1 ; Minjarez, Josh 1 ; Funk, Aaron 1
SB: Aube, Connor 1
HBP: Cook, Zac 1 ; Montgomery, Boone 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
2b
AB
5
R
2
H
2
RBI
1
AB
5
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
5
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
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