Box Score HOUSTON, Texas – The UT Arlington baseball team (12-12, 3-3 WAC) won their third game of the weekend and second over Northwestern in as many days by a final score of 12-8.
The Mavs bats stayed hot, collecting 10 hits in 37 at-bats and scoring 12 runs. They also drew nine walks compared to three punch outs.
Four different Mavericks in
Garrison Berkley,
Ben Lumsden,
Cade Sumbler, and
Steven Saunders all collected two hits apiece. Berkley, Lumsden and Sumbler all scored two runs on the afternoon as well, with Saunders scoring once.
Ryan Black and
Wilson Galvan rounded out the hits for UTA, both finishing with one hit apiece. The pair finished with seven runs driven in amongst them, Galvan with five and Black with two.
Tyler Rice finished the game with three walks and one RBI, coming from a bases loaded walk.
Zach Henry came in to the game as a pinch runner for
Steven Saunders and would stay in the game, getting one at bat and drawing a bases loaded walk to finish with one RBI.
The Mavs used three pitchers on the afternoon, with
Colby Diduch getting the start on the mound. Diduch went 2.2 innings, surrendering three runs on one hit while striking out four.
Hunter Marshall came in relief of Diduch and went 1.2 innings, giving up four runs on three hits and punching out one.
Jack Hagan picked up the victory in relief, going 4.2 strong innings. Hagan gave up one run on five hits while sitting down two Wildcat batters.
UTA struck early, plating five runs in the 1st inning, thanks in large part due to a
Wilson Galvan grand slam to left field. The Mavs would add two more runs in the top of the 3rd inning to go up 7-0 before Northwestern would answer back with three runs in the bottom of the 3rd to make it 7-3.
The Mavs would respond with two more runs in the 4th to make it 9-3. Northwestern would go on to score four runs in the bottom of the 5th to make it a 9-7 ball game. In the bottom of the 7th, Northwestern would pull within one run and that would be the closest they would get as the Mavs responded with two runs in the 8th and one run in the 9th to round out the scoring for the game.
With the win, UTA matches their longest win streak of the year at four games and have won every game they've played this week.
NEXT UP
The Mavericks will wrap up their weekend on Sunday, March 26, by taking on the Cougars of Houston for the second time this week. UTA are looking to go undefeated on the week and push their winning streak to five games before welcoming TCU to Clay Gould Ballpark on Tuesday, March 28.
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