{"id":262248,"date":"2026-04-11T05:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262248\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T05:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T05:22:11","slug":"mavericks-fall-9-1-in-series-opener-at-california-baptist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262248\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Fall 9-1 in Series Opener at California Baptist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CBU logo.png\" alt=\"California Baptist\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at California Baptist<\/p>\n<p>4\/11\/2026 | 7 PM (CT)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 11 (Sat) \/ 7 PM (CT)&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/CBU logo.png\" alt=\"California Baptist\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0California Baptist&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/california-baptist\/2417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    RIVERSIDE, Calif.\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington Mavericks dropped the opening game of their Western Athletic Conference series to California Baptist 9-1 on Friday night at James W. Totman Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>UTA (13-19, 2-2 WAC) trailed 2-0 after the first inning as California Baptist&#8217;s Connor Ross delivered a two-run double to give the Lancers an early advantage. CBU added two more runs in the second inning and four in the fourth to build a commanding lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks broke through in the seventh inning when <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/alex-bustamante\/14704\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14704\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Bustamante<\/a> drove in <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/austin-phillips\/14687\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14687\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Phillips<\/a> with a sacrifice fly to center field, but UTA was unable to generate additional offense against the Lancer pitching staff. California Baptist added a run in the eighth inning to account for the final margin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/noah-fields\/14710\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14710\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Fields<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/hank-harp\/14722\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14722\" target=\"_blank\">Hank Harp<\/a> each recorded a hit for the Mavericks, who were limited to eight hits on the evening. California Baptist finished with 11 hits.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>Pitching Profile<\/p>\n<p>Junior <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caylon-dygert\/14681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14681\" target=\"_blank\">Caylon Dygert<\/a> took the loss after allowing eight runs on eight hits over 3.1 innings. Graduate right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/nick-perry\/14721\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14721\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Perry<\/a> worked 4.2 innings in relief, allowing one run on three hits.<\/p>\n<p>On Deck<\/p>\n<p>UT Arlington and California Baptist continue their series Saturday at 7 p.m. CT at James W. Totman Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>-#BuckEm-<\/p>\n<p>Follow the Mavs<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news on UTA Baseball, visit UTAMavs.com or follow the Mavericks on social media. Follow the Mavericks on X @UTAMavsBSB, on Instagram @UTAMavsBSB, and on Facebook at Facebook.com\/UTAMavsBSB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at California Baptist 4\/11\/2026 | 7 PM (CT) &#13; Apr. 11 (Sat) \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-262248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-california-headlines","10":"tag-california-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}