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Tanner Rice Running
5
Winner Texas State TXST 27-9
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UT Arlington UTA 11-24
Winner
Texas State TXST
27-9
5
Final
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UT Arlington UTA
11-24
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas State TXST 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 14 1
UT Arlington UTA 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 2

W: Stivors, Tristan (5-1) L: Moffat, David (0-5)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Chris Alford (@chrisalford_)

Ninth Inning Sinks Mavs In Series Loss

ARLINGTON, Texas – UT Arlington baseball (11-24, 4-10 SBC) lost to the #18 Texas State Bobcats (27-9, 11-3 SBC) by a final of 5-3 at Clay Gould Ballpark on Friday night as the Bobcats claimed the series win over the Mavericks.
 
Michael Wong (ND) was the starting pitcher for the Mavs and gave up three runs on 10 hits and three walks in 5.0 innings with one strikeout.  David Moffat (4.0 IP) took the loss, giving up two runs, zero earned, on four hits and a strikeout.
 
The Bobcats began the game with four singles and a sacrifice fly to quickly grab a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
 
The Mavs cut the lead in half by plating a run in the second with three hits, including a Cade Sumbler RBI single scoring Tyler Rice after collecting a single earlier in the inning.
 
UTA continued the scoring in the bottom of the third, kicked off with a leadoff single from Tanner Rice who subsequently was able to advance to third on a failed pickoff move.  Nick Pierce pushed the run across with a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 2-2.
 
Texas State would attempt to counter in the fourth with a pair of singles to put runners on first and second with one away, but the Mavericks defense was able to support Wong with a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play.  The visitors were able to break the tie in the sixth inning for a 3-2 lead via a sacrifice fly to center field.
 
In the home half of the sixth, the Mavs pulled even with a Tyler Rice RBI single, bringing home a galloping Zach Henry from second base to knot the game at 3-3.
 
Moffat was cruising in his relief effort until the ninth inning in which four hits and an error helped two unearned runs cross the plate to finish off the Mavericks.
 
UP NEXT
UTA return to Clay Gould Ballpark on Saturday, April 16 at 2 p.m. for the final Sun Belt Conference meeting with #18 Texas State.
 
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