{"id":250341,"date":"2026-04-15T03:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/250341\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:41:08","slug":"mavericks-fall-10-5-at-dallas-baptist-in-midweek-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/250341\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks Fall 10-5 at Dallas Baptist in Midweek Matchup"},"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\/04\/Sac-State.png\" alt=\"Sacramento State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Sacramento State<\/p>\n<p>4\/17\/2026 | 6 PM (CT)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Apr. 17 (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\/04\/Sac-State.png\" alt=\"Sacramento State\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Sacramento State&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/opponent-history\/sacramento-state\/136\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    DALLAS, Texas \u2013 The UT Arlington Mavericks dropped a midweek contest to Dallas Baptist 10-5 on Tuesday night at Horner Ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>UTA struck first in the opening frame when <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/harold-laracuente\/14708\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14708\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Laracuente<\/a> scored on an RBI single by <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xavier-melendez\/14685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14685\" target=\"_blank\">Xavier Melendez<\/a> to give the Mavericks an early 1-0 lead. Dallas Baptist responded with two runs in the bottom of the first and added two more in both the second and third innings to build a 6-1 advantage.<\/p>\n<p>The Mavericks rallied in the fourth inning with a four-run frame. <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/clark-springs\/14718\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14718\" target=\"_blank\">Clark Springs<\/a> singled to left center before <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/preston-knott\/14707\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14707\" target=\"_blank\">Preston Knott<\/a> delivered a two-run home run to right field. After <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/harold-laracuente\/14708\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14708\" target=\"_blank\">Harold Laracuente<\/a> walked and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/hank-harp\/14722\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14722\" target=\"_blank\">Hank Harp<\/a> singled, both <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/caylon-dygert\/14681\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14681\" target=\"_blank\">Caylon Dygert<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/xander-mcafee\/14684\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14684\" target=\"_blank\">Xander McAfee<\/a> drove in runs on fielder&#8217;s choices to cut the deficit to 6-5.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Baptist pulled away with four runs in the sixth inning to account for the final margin. UTA finished with nine hits on the evening, with Melendez, Harp, Laracuente, Springs and Knott each recording a hit for the Mavericks.<\/p>\n<p>Pitching Profile<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/dylan-skolfield\/14723\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14723\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Skolfield<\/a> took the loss after allowing two runs on two hits over one inning. The Mavericks used six relievers, with <a href=\"https:\/\/utamavs.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/landon-murphy\/14726\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14726\" target=\"_blank\">Landon Murphy<\/a> working two innings and allowing no earned runs.<\/p>\n<p>On Deck<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUT Arlington returns to Clay Gould Ballpark this weekend to open a Western Athletic Conference series against Sacramento State. First pitch Friday is scheduled for 6 p.m.&#13;\n<\/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. 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: Sacramento State 4\/17\/2026 | 6 PM (CT) &#13; Apr. 17 (Fri) \/ 6&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151],"class_list":["post-250341","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\/250341","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=250341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}