ARLINGTON, TEXAS – The UT Arlington Maverick baseball team lost game one of the series against the GCU Lopes 7-5 this Friday at Clay Gould Ballpark.
 
GAME FLOW
The Lopes jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd, however, the Mavs answered right back in the bottom of the inning with a run of its own after Cason Gregory plated Parker Airhart with an RBI single.
 
The Lopes plated two runs in the top of the 3rd inning to take a 3-1 lead, but the Mavs once again answered right back in the bottom of the 4th inning after plating 3 runs. First, the Mavs scored a run after a throwing error from GCU's defense, then JD Moreno blasted a double to right center to plate Garrison Berkley and Gregory to jump out to a 4-3 lead after 4 innings.
 
In the top of the 6th inning, the Lopes took back the advantage after plating 3 runs to jump out to a 6-4 lead. In the bottom of the 7th inning, Tyson Pointer crushed a solo homerun to center field to shorten the Lopes lead to just one run.
 
The Lopes plated another run in the top of the 8th to climb to a 7-5 lead, which is where the game finished.
 
PITCHING PROFILE
Zach Norris was tabbed as the starter for the Mavericks for the ninth time this season and was able to pitch for 5.1 innings. The Paris, Texas native struck out three batters and allowed 9 hits in the 26 batters he faced.
 
Jacob Hasty, who came in for relief in the 5th inning, pitched for the rest of the game and was able to collect a strikeout while allowing just 4 hits and one earned run in the 16 batters he faced.
 
ON DECK
The Mavericks will play in game two of the series against the Lopes tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Clay Gould Ballpark.
 
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