ARLINGTON, Texas - Eight seniors will be recognized this weekend as the UT Arlington baseball team hosts Louisiana for a three-game set at Clay Gould Ballpark. Josh Minjarez, Dylan Paul, Andrew Miller, Tristan Tom, Logan Austin, Wyatt Divis, Anthony Dominguez and Connor Aube will all play their final Sun Belt series at Clay Gould Ballpark, set to begin Friday, May 14.  All three games will be streamed on ESPN+ with Senior Day festivities set to begin on Sunday, May 16 at noon.
 

PITCHING MATCHUP
First Pitch	UT Arlington (23-25, 11-7 SBC)	Louisiana (26-20, 9-9 SEC)
Friday, 6:30 pm CT	RHP Carlos Tavera	RHP Spencer Arrighetti
Saturday, 6:30 pm CT	LHP Kody Bullard	RHP Connor Cooke
Sunday, 1 pm CT	RHP David Moffat	TBA
ESPN+ | Live Stats | Game Notes (PDF)

UTA NOTES

• The Mavericks currently sit in first place at 11-7 in the Sun Belt West. A series win over Louisiana would give the Mavericks the tiebreaker over the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place teams all sitting at 9-9.
• The Mavericks return 90 percent of their innings pitched and 95 percent of their strikeouts from a season ago.
• Josh Minjarez is closing in on a couple records for UTA. Against McNeese State he broke the all-time games play record, appearing in his 231st career game. His mark of 240 games played is also the 3rd highest active mark in the country. Last weekend, he broke the t at-bats  record and now sits at 858. He has the 6th most base hits (237), 4th most total bases (356), and 5th most home runs (25). Minjarez is also tied for 9th place in career doubles (38).
• Phillip Childs enters the weekend tied for the team-high 21 game reached base streak.  The only other Maverick to hit the 21 game mark is Boone Montgomery.
• Carlos Tavera has been nearly untouchable this year. He is 22nd in the nation in strikeouts (91), 28th in strikeouts per nine (12.86) and 11th in hits per game (4.95)
• In games that UTA scores at least five runs, they are 16-5.  When failing to reach the five runs mark, UTA falls to 7-20.
• When hitting at least one home run, the Mavericks are 17-6. When the Mavericks fail to hit a homer, they are just 6-19 
  
  However, when an opponent goes deep, UTA is just 6-16,  but when keeping their opponent inside the park, UTA is 17-9.

KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | LOUISIANA

• The Ragin' Cajuns are toward the top of the Sun Belt in multiple offensive categories.  Louisiana leads the conference in doubles (92), second in hits (424) and stolen bases (76), and third in batting average (.274).
• Louisiana also gets it done on the mound, leading the SBC in ERA (3.57) and hits allowed per nine innings (7.68).  Their ERA is ranked 19th in the NCAA while hits allowed is ranked 24th.
• Connor Cooke and Spencher Arrighetti have put the Ragin' Cajuns in position to win on Friday and Saturday. Cooke is third in the conference in ERA (1.91) and the pair rank second and third in the SBC in strikeouts (Arrighetti - 79/Cooke - 78).
• Four Cajuns are hitting over .300 on the season, while two more are on the precipice (Connor Kimple - .298 / Carson Roccaforte - .295)
• Ben Fitzgerald is fourth in the conference in home runs with 10 on the season.

SERIES HISTORY
Louisiana leads the all-time series 31-22, but the Mavericks own the series in Arlington 12-10.  UTA has won four of their last five meetings, including a sweep in 2019.

2021 BASEBALL HOME GAME SPECTATOR POLICY
Due primarily to COVID-related space constraints, general-public spectators are not permitted at home UTA baseball games this season. UTA and the visiting team will be permitted a pass list – those individuals on the team-approved list will be allowed to attend. Those spectators will be seated in pods of four (4) socially-distanced seats, labeled for home or visiting team.
 
Guests are permitted to bring their own drinks and food as concessions will not be available. However, alcohol is not permitted. Tailgating is also prohibited.
 
The Mocek Patio down the left-field line will be closed to the public; this space will be allocated for expanded visiting dugout seating.
 
There will be no post-game guest interaction inside Clay Gould Ballpark. There will be a designated area outside the stadium for those on the pass list to meet with student-athletes.
Dogs are welcome, and a short online waiver – which is good for the entire season – can be completed upon arrival.
 
Mask wearing and social-distancing measures are in place whenever on campus, and Sun Belt Conference and university COVID protocols must be followed.
 
BASEBALL HOME GAME COVERAGE
For the first time in department history, UTA Athletics will broadcast nine (9) home baseball games exclusively on ESPN+ and the ESPN App. For all other home games not on ESPN+, there will be a live audio broadcast on UTAMavs.com. Live stats will be available for each game as well, in addition to social-media coverage and postgame content.
 
Due to contractual obligations between the Sun Belt Conference and ESPN, beginning in 2020-21 all live UTA Athletics game broadcasts must be shown on ESPN+ and adhere to minimum standards. Infrastructure is not in place to reach those standards; thus, there will be no live video broadcasts aside from the aforementioned nine (9) ESPN+ contests set forth in the Sun Belt-ESPN contract utilizing third-party equipment. UTA Athletics' goal is to have full ESPN+ capabilities beginning in the 2022 season.
 
ESPN+ SCHEDULE
Apr. 9 – vs. Coastal Carolina
Apr. 10 – vs. Coastal Carolina
Apr. 11 – vs. Coastal Carolina
Apr. 30 – vs. Little Rock
May 1 – vs. Little Rock
May 2 – vs. Little Rock
May 14 – vs. Louisiana
May 15 – vs. Louisiana
May 16 – vs. Louisiana

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