Tuesday, February 21
Arlington, TX
6:30 PM
University of Texas Arlington
vs
Dallas Baptist
Mavs Prepare For Staunch Test Against DBU & No. 8 TCU
2/20/2023 7:45:00 PM | Baseball
ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington baseball team take on Dallas Baptist at Globe Life Field on Tuesday night before traveling to Fort Worth to take on the 8th ranked TCU Horned Frogs.
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UTA NOTES
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | DBU
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | #8 TCU
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UTA NOTES
- First year head coach Clay Van Hook picked up his first career victory as the skipper of the Mavericks this previous Sunday.
- The Mavs already have half of their total wins on the road from the previous year.
- As a team, the Mavs have hit 9 doubles on the year so far, which has them ranked 23rd nationally & 2nd in the WAC. Averaging 3 double per game has the Mavs ranked 17th nationally while leading the WAC.
- Steven Saunders has started off the season hot, leading the Mavs offensively with 5 hits in 11 at-bats for a .455 batting average, a team high .636 slugging percentage & an even .500 on-base percentage.
- Freshman Ben Lumsden hit the 1st homerun of the year for the Mavs, as well as his career, & has driven in 3 runs which leads UTA.
- Matt Cavanagh & Tyson Pointer each have 5 hits in 12 at-bats for a .417 batting average & .583 slugging percentage.Â
- Sam Crowell has 3 hits in 10 at-bats with 2 doubles, 2 walks and has been hit by 1 pitch for an even .300 batting average & .500 slugging percentage to go along with a .462 on-base percentage.
- Zach Henry leads the Mavs in drawing 5 walks on the season, which has him ranked 33rd nationally, as well as averaging 1.67 walks per game which ranks him 26th nationally. Also has a team high .533 on-base percentage.
- Caden Noah picked up the 1st victory on the mound for the Mavericks while Connery Peters picked up the 1st save of the year for UTA.
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | DBU
- Started off the season 3-0, with a sweep over Fordham.
- Averaging 13 runs scored per game.
- Miguel Santos in 3 games is hitting .385 with 5 hits, 2 of them via homeruns, & driving in 9 runs.
- As a team, hitting .354 with 35 hits, 10 of them being doubles while 6 are homeruns. Also driven in 33 runs & walked 26 times compared to 16 strikeouts.
- Has a 2.16 earned run average as a team, giving up 15 hits & 6 runs to go along with 37 strikeouts.
KNOW YOUR OPPONENT | #8 TCU
- Is 2-1 on the season, coming off a loss to Missouri this past Sunday by a final score of 8-9 in 10 innings. Defeated previously ranked #8 Arkansas by a final score of 18-6 & #10 Vanderbilt by a final score of 11-4.
- Brayden Taylor & Austin Davis both have a batting average over .500 as well as a slugging percentage over .900 as they both have 7 hits apiece.
- Averaging 12 runs scored per game.
- Hitting .360 as a team, scoring 37 runs on 40 hits.
- The pitching staff has a 5.46 earned run average, striking out 29 & walking 11.
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