ARLINGTON, Texas -- ULM jumped out to an early 3-0 lead, but the Warhawks could not complete the late comeback as they fell to UT Arlington, 10-8, Friday night at Clay Gould Ballpark.
The Warhawks (12-19, 4-6) plated the game's first run as Dalton Herrington delivered a two-run homer to right to put ULM in front, 2-0. Keelin Rasch followed with a solo blast to put the Warhawks ahead 3-0 after the top of the first.
UTA (13-17, 5-5) responded with three runs over the next two innings to even the game at 3-all. After the Warhawks took a 4-3 lead in the fourth, the Mavericks scored six of the next seven runs to take a 9-5 lead after five complete innings.
ULM tallied a single run in each of the final three innings, but could not add any other runs as they dropped the opener to UTA.
Chris Hunt (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing nine runs (six earned) in 4.1 innings of work. ULM's 4-5-6 hitters of Stawychny, Herrington and Rasch combined for eight hits, six runs and six RBI.
Zach Hobbs (2-0) earned the win in relief after allowing just one run in two innings of work.
Due to the threat of inclement weather in the Arlington area on Sunday, the two teams will conclude the series tomorrow afternoon with a twinbill starting at 2 p.m.
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Post-Game Notes:
· Chris Hunt made his fourth consecutive Friday night start as he took the hill in the series opener at UT Arlington.
· Dalton Herrington and Keelin Rasch hit back-to-back homers in the first inning… It marked the second straight conference game that the Warhawks accomplished the feat… Prior to last weekend's finale vs. UALR, ULM last hit back-to-back homers since May 18, 2010 (Judd Edwards & Nick Wade).
· Justin Stawychny hit a homer over the left field wall in the seventh inning to give the junior outfielder three homers over his last two league games.
· Dalton Herrington made it two homers in the game to mark the second straight conference game that the Warhawks had a player hit two homers in a single game.
· ULM and UTA combined for 29 total hits Friday night which tied the mark of 29 hits in the finale against UL-Lafayette.
· ULM and UTA combined for six homers, falling just one home run shy of tying a Sun Belt Conference high in 2014.
Scoring Summary:
· ULM 2, UTA 0; Top 1 – Dalton Herrington homered to right field; Justin Stawychny scored from first.
· ULM 3, UTA 0; Top 1 – Keelin Rasch homered to left center.
· ULM 3, UTA 1; Bottom 1 – Ryan Bottger homered to right center.
· ULM 3, UTA 2; Bottom 2 – Eric Tate homered to left field.
· ULM 3, UTA 3; Bottom 2 – Matt Shortall reached on fielder's choice to third base; Peter Cuomo scored from third.
· ULM 4, UTA 3; Top 4 – Jacob Stockton singled to right center; Keelin Rasch scored from second.
· UTA 5, ULM 4; Bottom 4 – Levi Scott singled through the left side; Derek Miller scored from third (unearned), Matt Shortall scored from second (unearned).
· UTA 6, ULM 4; Bottom 4 – Eric Tate singled through the right side; Greg McCall scored from second (unearned).
· UTA 6, ULM 5; Top 5 – Justin Stawychny singled to left field; Cody Stone scored from second.
· UTA 8, ULM 5; Bottom 5 – Matt Shortall singled to right center; Peter Cuomo scored from third, Derek Miller scored from second.
· UTA 9, ULM 5; Bottom 5 – Greg McCall singled through the left side; Matt Shortall scored from third.
· UTA 9, ULM 6; Top 7 – Justin Stawychny homered to left.
· UTA 10, ULM 6; Bottom 7 – Matt Shortall sacrifice fly to center field; Ryan Bottger scored from third.
· UTA 10, ULM 7; Top 8 – Josh Faciane sacrifice fly to center; Chet Simoneaux scored from third.
· UTA 10, ULM 8; Top 9 – Dalton Herrington homered to right field.
