{"id":209261,"date":"2026-03-18T03:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209261\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T03:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T03:50:07","slug":"mavericks-drop-midweek-contest-to-stephen-f-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/209261\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Drop Midweek Contest to Stephen F. Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Saint_Johns.png\" alt=\"St. John's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> St. John&#8217;s<\/p>\n<p>3\/20\/2026 | 6 PM (CT)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 20 (Fri) \/ 6 PM (CT)&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Saint_Johns.png\" alt=\"St. John's\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0St. John&#8217;s&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/st-john-s\/209\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    ARLINGTON, Texas\u00a0\u2013 UT Arlington fell to Stephen F. Austin, 4\u20131, on Tuesday night at Clay Gould Ballpark despite a 10-hit effort at the plate.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks generated traffic throughout the game but were unable to capitalize consistently, finishing with one run while leaving 15 runners on base. Stephen F. Austin scored single runs in the first and sixth innings and added two more in the seventh to create the final margin.<\/p>\n<p>UTA answered SFA&#8217;s first-inning run in the second when <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/zach-mazoch\/14706\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14706\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Mazoch<\/a> led off with a single and later came around to score on a sacrifice fly from <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-hill\/14683\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14683\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Hill<\/a> to tie the game at 1\u20131. The game remained even into the middle innings before the Lumberjacks regained the lead in the sixth and extended it in the seventh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xavier-melendez\/14685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14685\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Melendez<\/a> led the Mavericks offensively, going 4-for-5, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/noah-fields\/14710\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14710\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Fields<\/a> added a 2-for-4 night and reached base three times. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ethan-ho\/14720\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14720\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Ho<\/a> turned in a 2-for-4 performance, and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/austin-phillips\/14687\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14687\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Phillips<\/a> added a hit as UT Arlington reached double figures in the hit column but was limited to a single run.<\/p>\n<p>PITCHING PROFILE&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/landon-murphy\/14726\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14726\" target=\"_blank\">Landon Murphy<\/a> made the start for UT Arlington, allowing one run on three hits over 2.0 innings with three strikeouts and no walks. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/nick-perry\/14721\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14721\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Perry<\/a> followed with 4.0 effective innings out of the bullpen, surrendering one unearned run on three hits while striking out three.&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/michael-dobbins\/14711\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14711\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Dobbins<\/a> was charged with the loss after allowing two runs in the seventh inning. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/zach-evans\/14715\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14715\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Evans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/hayes-melville\/14686\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14686\" target=\"_blank\">Hayes Melville<\/a> combined to work the final 2.0 innings without allowing a run, keeping the game within reach. 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First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n<p>-#BuckEm-<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE MAVS<br \/>\nFor the latest news on UTA Baseball, visit UTAMavs.com or follow the Mavericks on social media.<br \/>\nX \/ Twitter: @UTAMavsBSB<br \/>\nInstagram: @UTAMavsBSB<br \/>\nFacebook: Facebook.com\/UTAMavsBSB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: St. John&#8217;s 3\/20\/2026 | 6 PM (CT) &#13; Mar. 20 (Fri) \/ 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-209261","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\/209261","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=209261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}