{"id":213904,"date":"2026-03-21T03:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/213904\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:56:09","slug":"uta-falls-to-st-johns-in-series-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/213904\/","title":{"rendered":"UTA Falls to St. John&#8217;s in Series Opener"},"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\/21\/2026 | 2 PM (CT)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 21 (Sat) \/ 2 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 The UT Arlington Mavericks fell to St. John&#8217;s, 8\u20131, on Friday night at Clay Gould Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>St. John&#8217;s jumped out to an early lead with two runs in the first inning and added to it with a pair of late innings to create separation. UT Arlington answered with a run in the third, but the Mavericks were unable to generate enough offense to close the gap.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/harold-laracuente\/14708\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14708\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Laracuente<\/a> brought home UTA&#8217;s lone run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning after <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/ethan-ho\/14720\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14720\" target=\"_blank\">Ethan Ho<\/a> doubled and advanced into scoring position. The Mavericks finished with five hits on the night and also drew three walks, but St. John&#8217;s pitching limited the home team&#8217;s chances to build any momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Ho led UTA with a two-hit effort, while <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jackson-hill\/14683\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14683\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Hill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xavier-melendez\/14685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14685\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Melendez<\/a> each added a hit. The Mavericks also worked several deeper at-bats throughout the game, but the Red Storm were able to keep the damage limited after the third inning.<\/p>\n<p>PITCHING PROFILE<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caylon-dygert\/14681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14681\" target=\"_blank\">Caylon Dygert<\/a> made the start for UTA and worked six innings, allowing eight hits and two earned runs while striking out three. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/landon-murphy\/14726\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14726\" target=\"_blank\">Landon Murphy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/merek-sears\/14688\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14688\" target=\"_blank\">Merek Sears<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/jacob-gabler\/14719\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14719\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob Gabler<\/a> handled the final three innings in relief, with Sears striking out two over 1.2 innings.<\/p>\n<p>ON DECK<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUT Arlington and St. John&#8217;s continue the series Saturday 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 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; &#13; &#13; Next Game: St. John&#8217;s 3\/21\/2026 | 2 PM (CT) &#13; Mar. 21 (Sat) \/ 2&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-213904","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\/213904","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=213904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}