Mavericks Set To Battle A-State - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Friday, April 16

Jonesboro, AR

6:00 pm

University of Texas Arlington

Arkansas State

4/15/2021 10:51:00 AM | Baseball

By: Ian Applegate (@Ian_Applegate)

JONESBORO, Ark. - The UT Arlington will look to capture their third straight Sun Belt Conference series this weekend as they travel to Jonesboro to take on the Arkansas State Red Wolves for a three-game series beginning Friday, April 16. All games will be aired on ESPN+.

PITCHING MATCHUP
First Pitch	UT Arlington (14-18, 5-4 SBC)	Arkansas State (9-17, 4-5 SBC)
Friday, 6 p.m. CT	RHP Carlos Tavera	RHP Brandon Hudson
Saturday, 6 p.m. CT	LHP Kody Bullard	RHP Will Nash
Sunday, 1 p.m. CT	RHP David Moffat	RHP Carter Holt
ESPN+ \| Audio \| Live Stats \| Game Notes (PDF)

UTA NOTES

After going hitless in the 16 games played last season, Boone Montgomery has become the most reliable hitter for the Mavericks. The junior leads the squad in batting average (.349), slugging percentage (.560), on base percentage (.458), hits (38) and doubles (8) and runs scored (23).
The Mavericks return 90 percent of their innings pitched and 95 percent of their strikeouts from a season ago.
Carlos Tavera has been on a tear this season, leading the Sun Belt in strikeouts (59). His 14.35 strikeouts per nine innings is the 13th highest in the NCAA.
Josh Minjarez is closing in on a couple records for UTA. He has played in the 3rd most games in UTA history and is 6 shy of the record held by Darrell Preston (230, 2001-2004). His mark of 224 games played is also the 5th highest active mark in the country. He also has the 3rd most at-bats (798) and 8th most base hits (222), 7th most total bases (326), and 8th most home runs (21).
When scoring five or more runs this season, the Mavericks are 9-4. However, when scoring less than five, the Mavericks are just 5-14.
While the Mavericks have struggled in the first game of the series this season with 1-6 record, when it comes to the third game of the series, the Mavericks are 6-1.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | ARKANSAS STATE

Arkansas State pitching has struggled this season, and is last in the Sun Belt with an 8.99 ERA. It is also the third worst ERA in the country.
Tyler Duncan is second in the Sun Belt in RBI, knocking in 30 runs on the season. Duncan is also the lone qualifying batter that hits above .300.
Though not qualifying, Liam Hicks is batting .403 in his 18 games started and holds a .524 on-base percentage - highest among all Red Wolves.
Kollin Stone and Jack Jumper have combined to record the five saves for Arkansas State this season.

SERIES HISTORY
The Mavericks lead the series against Arkansas State 50-39 dating back to 1969. UTA swept the Red Wolves in 2019 in Jonesboro and have won the last six games and eight of the last ten.

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