{"id":207100,"date":"2026-03-16T18:05:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/207100\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:05:07","slug":"uta-returns-home-for-midweek-matchup-against-sfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/207100\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA Returns Home for Midweek Matchup Against SFA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                     ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013\u00a0The UT Arlington Mavericks return to Clay Gould Ballpark on Tuesday, March 16, for a midweek non-conference matchup against the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT, with the game available on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>UT Arlington enters the contest 7\u201312 overall\u00a0after securing a series victory over No. 24 UTSA\u00a0this past weekend in San Antonio. Stephen F. Austin arrives in Arlington with a 12\u20139 record following a series loss to Southeastern Louisiana.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGAME NOTES&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tUTA returns home following its series win over the nationally ranked Roadrunners, marking the Mavericks&#8217; first series victory over a ranked opponent this season.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xavier-melendez\/14685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14685\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Melendez<\/a>\u00a0paced the Maverick offense during the series, going 7-for-15 (.467)\u00a0with a double, a home run and nine RBI\u00a0while posting a .579 on-base percentage and .733 slugging percentage.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/austin-phillips\/14687\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14687\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Phillips<\/a>\u00a0also had a strong weekend at the plate, finishing 8-for-15 (.533)\u00a0with a double, three runs scored and two RBI, recording a .563 on-base percentage and .600 slugging percentage\u00a0across the three games.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAs a team, UT Arlington is batting .254\u00a0with 170 hits, 35 doubles, and nine home runs\u00a0through 19 games.&#13;<br \/>\n\tTuesday marks the first meeting between the Mavericks and Lumberjacks this season.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>LIVE COVERAGE<br \/>\nUTA vs. Stephen F. Austin<br \/>\nClay Gould Ballpark (Arlington, Texas)<br \/>\nFirst Pitch:\u00a06\u00a0p.m. CT<br \/>\nBroadcast:\u00a0ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stats: Available via UTAMavs.com<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUT Arlington remains at home this weekend as the Mavericks host St. John&#8217;s\u00a0for a three-game series at Clay Gould Ballpark.&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>-#BuckEm-<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE MAVS<br \/>\nFor the latest news on UTA Baseball, log on to\u00a0UTAMavs.com\u00a0or stay connected on social media. Follow the Mavericks on X\u00a0@UTAMavsBSB, on Instagram\u00a0@UTAMavsBSB, and on Facebook at\u00a0Facebook.com\/UTAMavsBSB.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Story Links&#13; &#13; ARLINGTON, Texas \u2013\u00a0The UT Arlington Mavericks return to Clay Gould Ballpark on Tuesday, March&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-207100","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\/207100","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=207100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}