Baseball Ready For Stern Test In No. 22 Texas Tech - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Tuesday, March 14

Lubbock, TX

6:30 PM

University of Texas Arlington

#22 Texas Tech

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By: Todd Cruff

ARLINGTON, Texas – The UT Arlington baseball team (7-8, 2-1 WAC) travels to Lubbock for a 2 game midweek series against No. 22 Texas Tech (14-3).

Game 1 will be on Tuesday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. and game 2 is slated for Wednesday, March 15, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.

UTA NOTES

The Mavericks are coming off a good week of baseball in which they won 3 of 4 games including a midweek win over then No. 10 TCU and a conference series win over Tarleton, taking 2 of 3 games.
UTA jumped up 67 spots in the latest NCAA RPI rankings, coming in at 86 this week compared to 153 last week.
Tyson Pointer looks to continue his hot streak and extend his 15-game hitting streak. Is currently tied for third nationally in doubles per game (0,67). Leads UTA with 21 hits, 10 doubles, 16 runs driven in and a .629 slugging percentage. Is second on the team with a .339 batting average and is tied for the team lead with 1 triple and 2 homeruns.
Freshman Ryan Black leads the Mavs with a .364 batting average. Has 20 hits in 55 plate appearances, 4 doubles, 2 homeruns and 13 runs driven in. Second on the team with a .545 slugging percentage.
Matt Cavanagh is hitting .306 on the year with 15 hits in 49 plate appearances while driving in 7 runs.
Garrison Berkley looks to remain hot, coming off a series in which he went 6 for 13, driving his batting average to .298. Has 17 hits in 57 at-bats with 4 doubles and 1 homerun.
UTA hadn't grounded into a double play entering the series against Tarleton, where that streak ended with the Mavs grounding into 2 double plays during the weekend.
Connery Peters has a team high 5 saves on the season, tying him for third in the national rankings.
Have a 6-5 record on the road, already tripling their road wins from the previous season.

TEXAS TECH NOTES

Coming off their first home lost this past Sunday to No. 23, Iowa. 13-1 at home on the year.
Rank in the top 10 nationally in 9 different statistical categories: No. 1 in double plays (24), No. 1 in sacrifice flies (22), No. 2 in walks (126), No. 2 in double plays per game (1.41), No. 3 in triples (11), No. 5 in runs (175), No. 7 in triples per game (0.65), No. 7 in doubles (42) and No. 8 in hits (188).
Currently checked in at No. 68 in the latest NCAA RPI rankings.
Have 5 players hitting over .300 through 17 games: Gavin Kash (.463), Dillon Carter (.400), Austin Green (.375), Kevin Bazzell (.343), and Gage Harrelson (.338).
Hitting .313 as a team with 42 doubles, 11 triples and 25 homeruns on the season.
The pitching staff has a 3.34 team ERA through 17 games.

PROJECTED PITCHING MATCHUPS

Tuesday, March 14: RHP Zane Petty (0-0, 9.00 ERA) vs RHP Andrew Lucas (0-0, 4.50 ERA)
Wednesday, March 15: TBA vs TBA

SERIES HISTORY
This will be the 29th and 30th meeting between the programs. Texas Tech leads the all-time series 22-6. This is the first meeting since 2017, a game in which the Mavericks upset the No. 4 Red Raiders in Globe Life Park by a final score of 5-1. In Lubbock, the Mavs are 1-15, with the lone victory coming back in 2013, a game the Mavs won by a final score of 13-12. Under current Texas Tech head coach, Tim Tadlock, the Red Raiders are 3-2 against the Mavs.

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