UT Arlington Baseball Drop Series Finale Against Houston - University of Texas Arlington Athletics

Sunday, April 28

Houston, TX

1 PM

University of Texas Arlington

18-26

Houston

22-22

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UT Arlington	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	8	1
Houston	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	2	X	10	14	0

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4/28/2024 4:02:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Marshall Wolfe

HOUSTON – The UT Arlington Maverick baseball team fell to the Houston Cougars 9-4 in the final game of the non-conference weekend series at the Don Sanders Field at the Darryl & Lori Schroeder Park this Sunday.

GAME FLOW
The Cougars scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st to take an early 2-0 lead, however the Mavs were able to claw back with a run in the top of the 2nd after Parker Airhart scored on a balk.

The Mavs tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the 3rd inning after Tyson Pointer recorded an inside-the-park home run to right field. In the bottom of the 3rd however, the Cougars scored 4 runs to take a 6-2 lead by the end of the frame.

Houston scored another run in the bottom of the 5th to increase its lead to 7-2, however, Parker Airhart blasted a 2-run homerun in the top of the 6th inning to cut the Cougars lead down to 7-4. The Cougars took a run back in the bottom of the 6th to jump out to a 4-run, 8-4 lead.

The Cougars picked up another two runs in the bottom of the 8th to increase its lead to 10-4, which is where the game stayed until the final out.

PITCHING PROFILE

Caden Noah got his 6th start of the season and was able to pitch 2.1 innings and allowed a walk and was able to pick up a strikeout on the first batter he faced.

Nicholas Robb came in for relief in the 3rd inning and pitched for 4.2 innings allowing just 5 hits in the 20 batters he faced. The Freshman from Keller, Texas also struck a batter out and allowed just 1 walk.

BOX SCORE NUGGETS

Tyson Pointer had his third-straight multi-hit game with a 3-for-4 outing in the series finale. He also recorded an inside the park homerun in the 3rd inning for his 8th homerun of the season.
Both Tate Bethel and Parker Airhart had multi-hit games each slashing 2 hits in the outing. Airhart also accounted for one of two Maverick homeruns with a 2-run blast in the 6th inning.

ON DECK
The Mavs will head to Waco, Texas for the final game of its long 8-game road stretch against the Baylor Bears on Tuesday, April 30 at 6 p.m.

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