{"id":177044,"date":"2026-02-23T22:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177044\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:10:11","slug":"uta-hosts-dallas-baptist-tuesday-night-in-a-metroplex-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/177044\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA Hosts Dallas Baptist Tuesday Night in a Metroplex Matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ARLINGTON, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington Mavericks continue their homestand Tuesday night as they welcome Dallas Baptist University to Clay Gould Ballpark for a 6 p.m. first pitch on Feb. 24 in a midweek non-conference matchup.<\/p>\n<p>UTA enters the contest at 2-5 overall and looking to build consistency as the early season schedule continues to test the Mavericks. Dallas Baptist comes in at 4-3 on the year, including a perfect 4-0 mark at home, though the Patriots were swept on the road last weekend at UTSA.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUT Arlington enters Tuesday&#8217;s matchup averaging over\u00a05.0 runs per game, backed by a team on-base percentage near\u00a0.400\u00a0through seven contests.&#13;<br \/>\n\tRedshirt junior catcher\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/zach-mazoch\/14706\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14706\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Mazoch<\/a>\u00a0has been one of the most productive bats in the lineup, hitting\u00a0.500\u00a0with multiple multi-hit performances and a team-leading on-base percentage above\u00a0.560.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior infielder\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xavier-melendez\/14685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14685\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Melendez<\/a>\u00a0is hitting above\u00a0.350\u00a0and has reached base in every game this season, reinforcing the depth in the middle of the order.&#13;<br \/>\n\tOn the mound, the Mavericks&#8217; pitching staff has recorded better than a strikeout per inning, highlighting swing-and-miss potential as UTA looks to tighten situational execution.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>LIVE COVERAGE<br \/>\nUTA vs. Dallas Baptist \u2013 6 p.m. CT<br \/>\nClay Gould Ballpark (Arlington, Texas)<br \/>\nLive Stats: Available via UTAMavs.com<br \/>\nESPN+<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Mavericks head to Arkansas on Friday for a road series against the #6 ranked Razorbacks.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>#BuckEm<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE MAVS<br \/>\nFor the latest news on UTA Baseball, log on to UTAMavs.com or stay connected 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; Story Links&#13; &#13; ARLINGTON, Texas\u00a0\u2013 The UT Arlington Mavericks continue their homestand Tuesday night as they welcome&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-177044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}