ARLINGTON, Texas – UT Arlington's
Morgan Rios led the Mavericks to a 3-2 victory over ULM Friday night in extra innings courtesy of a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning.
The Mavericks went head-to-head with the Warhawks as UTA ultimately came out on top to take game one of the three-game series after a stellar performance in the circle from freshman righty
Jessica Adams.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE: vs. ULM (W, 3-2)
Catcher
Morgan Rios paced UTA's offense going 3-5 at the plate with a solo home run – her third on the year.
KJ Murphy trailed Rios closely with two hits and 2 RBI as the graduate student was responsible for the two runs that tied things up in the bottom of the fifth.
Jadyn Erickson (1-4),
Meagan Smith (1-4),
Aaliyah White (1-3) and
Jessica Carreon (1-3) all contributed to the Mavs' nine hits on the night.
The Mavericks relied solely on the arm of freshman Adams as the right-hander threw a complete game across 10 innings. Adams reached a new game-high of 41 batters faced as she only allowed one walk.
The 3-2 defeat over the Warhawks gave Adams her eighth win of the season improving her record to 8-9.
PLAY BY PLAY: vs. ULM (W, 3-2)
- The Warhawks took an early 1-0 lead in their first at-bats as a sacrifice fly to left field plated their first run of the game.
- ULM extended their lead 2-0 in the fourth after a Maverick error allowed for ULM's Lourdes Bacon to come across.
- UTA was scoreless through the first four innings before Murphy knocked an RBI-double to right center that scored Cavazos and Erickson to tie the game up 2-2.
- The game went into extra innings up until the bottom of the 10th inning with one out when Rios ended the game with a walk-off home run.
- Adams earned her eighth win in the circle as the Mavs defeated the Warhawks 3-2 to take game one of the series.
ON DECK
UTA will face ULM for the second game of the series Saturday, April 2 with the first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.
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