Box Score

Facing the top team in the Western Athletic Conference on Friday night at Clay Gould Ballpark, Dallas Baptist (23-23, 9-10) fell to UT-Arlington (25-21, 13-6) by a score of 6-1. DBU starter Jake Johansen was handed the loss after throwing 5.1 innings, striking out seven, and giving up six runs on nine hits. Five of those hits came in the decisive sixth inning but it was the lack of opportunistic offense that set the tone for the Patriots. Twice in the early innings DBU had a runner at third base, once with no outs and once with one out and, in both innings, the Patriots were unable to move the go-ahead run ninety feet and it was that inability that kept the game tied until UTA got to Johansen for the win in the sixth.   
 
Chane Lynch gave DBU an early lead in the second inning with his fifth homerun of the season, a solo shot to rightfield with two outs in the second inning. That lead would not last long as UTA tied the score in the third after a leadoff single and a two-out hit.
 
The Patriots had chances in the third and the fourth innings to get back on top. In the third, they had Jaime Garrido at third with one out but were unable to score him. In the fourth, the Patriots squandered two hits and a stolen base. Austin Listi led off the inning with a walk, stole second, and moved to third with nobody out on a Lynch infield single. At third he would stay, however, as Nash Knight and Jaime Garrido struck out in successive at-bats and Boomer Collins grounded into an inning ending fielder's choice to keep the game tied.
 
Johansen surrended only the single run through five innings of work, but the sixth inning would end his night. The Mavericks scored four runs off the righthander as a leadoff walk was followed by five hits which forced Johansen to hand the ball to Aaron Gilbreath with one out. Gilbreath would walk his first batter of the inning before a two-out, two-strike wild pitch would allow in the fifth run of the frame for UTA. After going to sixth tied at 1-1, DBU would come to bat in the seventh down, 6-1.
 
That is where the game would end as DBU dropped back to .500 on the season and under that mark in WAC play. DBU and UTA will square off again on Saturday at 2:00 pm with Cy Sneed scheduled to take the hill for the Patriots. The Patriot Pregame Show will begin at 1:35 pm at dbupatriots.com/showcase.