DALLAS – The UT Arlington Maverick baseball team will face off against the Dallas Baptist Patriots in the final midweek game of the season, tomorrow, May 6, at 6:30 p.m.
QUICK FACTS
- The Mavericks currently sit in 6th place in the WAC standings with a conference record of 13-11.
- Tyson Pointer currently leads the team with 60 total hits throughout the season. The Dallas native has also tallied the most at bats on the squad with 191 at bats and recorded a team-leading 6 stolen bases on the season, nabbing a base in all three of his attempts. Pointer, during the last conference series against Utah Valley last a week ago, he mashed 2 homeruns and recorded 4 RBIs. In the series against Houston, Pointer roped in another 2 HRs (One was inside-the-park) and was a triple shy of the cycle in Sunday's loss to Houston on April 28. Pointer also recorded 3 stolen bases in the loss to Baylor.
- Zach Norris dominated during his Friday start last week, ringing up 7 batters in 7 innings pitched. The Senior from Paris, Texas gave up just 4 hits and 0 earned runs in his start to help propel the Mavs to its first shutout win of the season. During his start, Norris also picked up his 5th win of the season, improving his record to 5-5. The senior currently sits T-5th in the conference with 60 strikeouts on the season.
- The Mavericks boast the 2nd best walks allowed per nine innings in the NCAA with a mark of 2.91. Caylon Dygert leads the way on the team with a 1.47 mark on the season, walking just 12 batters in 73.1 innings pitched and ranks 15th in the entire NCAA. Zach Norris, a native of Paris, Texas, ranks 59th in the NCAA in walks allowed per nine innings with a rate of 1.91 walks allowed per nine innings. Additionally, Norris currently ranks 57th in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio with a mark of 4.42.
- Ryan Black, the sophomore out of Grand Prairie, Texas, ranks 2nd in the WAC with 20 doubles on the season. Black also has 2 triples on the season which not only is tied for the most on the Mavs, but also ranks T-2nd in the conference.
- Ryan Ellis, who has drawn a team-leading 30 walks, ranks 4th in the conference in reaching a base on balls. During the game on Friday, Apr. 19, against Utah Valley, Ellis tied the program's single-game hitting record by racking in 5 hits in the win. The Arizona native went 5-for-5 with 3 doubles with an RBI. He also sits 2nd on the team in batting average with a mark of .310.
- Parker Airhart leads the team in homeruns with 10 longballs on the season and has also brought in the most RBIs on the team with 37. The Sugar Land, Texas native has also tallied the second most total bases on the squad with 89 throughout the season.
- Both Ryan Black and Tyson Pointer have started in all 48 games this season, the only Mavericks to do so.
OPPONENT HISTORY
This will be the 84th all-time matchup between the Hornets and the Mavericks dating all the way back to 1969.
The Mavericks hold an all-time record of 36-47 against the Patriots. The last win for UTA came on Feb. 25, 2020, in a 6-3 win in Arlington, Texas and the last Maverick victory that occurred in Dallas was on Mar. 26, 2019, in a 9-0 shutout victory.
ON DECK
The Mavs head out to Seattle for conference clash against Seattle U from May 10-12 at the Bannerwood Park just outside of the campus of Seattle U.
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