DBU (30-12) VS. UT ARLINGTON (28-17)
April 30 | Arlington, Texas | Clay Gould Ballpark

DBU Game Notes - (PDF)

MULTIMEDIA COVERAGE
Live Video: Live Video
Live Audio: Live Audio
Live Stats: UTA Live Stats
Twitter: DBU_Baseball
Facebook: DBU Baseball

PROBABLE STARTERS
DBU – RHP Parker Towns (1-1, 5.09 ERA, 17.2 IP, 7 BB, 14 K)
vs.
UTA – LHP Nick Skeffington (0-0, 2.45 ERA, 3.2 IP 2 BB, 0 K)

PATRIOTS BASEBALL ON THE AIR
Join Reagan Ratcliff and Brendan Smith on the Patriot Broadcasting Network for all the live play-by-play action as DBU closes the month of April at UT Arlington.

The Warm-Up Show on the PBN begins 30 minutes prior to first pitch, as Ratcliff and Smith breakdown DBU's matchups versus the Mavericks and talk with Patriot coaches and players leading up to game time. The PBN will also look back on the career of Patriot Baseball legend Brandon Bantz.

PATRIOT STORYLINES
- The Patriots are coming off a series win over Illinois State and are undefeated on Sundays in 2019. After Sunday's win, DBU has now won at least 30 games in 15 out of the 16 seasons in the Division I era.
 
- DBU dropped two spots from No. 29 to no. 31 in the RPI after taking two of three from Illinois State at home.
 
- Tuesday's game will be the Patriots' ninth road game in the month of April. DBU is 4-4 away from Horner Ballpark in April.

- DBU's weekend rotation has been a strength this season, anchored by seniors Jordan Martinson and MD Johnson. Martinson is fifth in DBU's Division I era in wins with 18, while Johnson is second with 26 wins and third in strikeouts at 242.
 
- Led by Bryce Ball's 10 blasts, the Patriots lead the MVC with 50 home runs and 1.16 home runs per game.
 
- Patriot pitching is ranked No. 10 in the nation in strikeouts per nine innings (10.1) and No. 17 in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.88), leading the Missouri Valley Conference in both categories. MD Johnson and Jordan Martinson are tied for the MVC lead in strikeouts at 78. Johnson leads the MVC in strikeout-to-walk ratio at 5.20 and leads the Valley and is ninth in the nation with a WHIP of 0.87.
 
- DBU is 86-33 in Missouri Valley Conference games since joining the MVC in 2014 and has finished first or second in the regular season standings each season.
 
- Jackson Glenn has reached base in each of the last 12 games. Jimmy Glowenke and Blayne Jones have each reached base in 10 straight.
 
- The Patriots are 64-for-78 stealing bases on the season, paced by Augie Isaacson's 22 steals in 25 attempts. Isaacson is tied for second in DBU's Division I era in single-season steals, four short of Devlin Granberg's program record of 26 set in 2018.

SCOUTING UT ARLINGTON
- The Mavericks were swept by Appalachian State over the weekend in Boone, North Carolina and have lost four straight entering Tuesday's game.

- UTA dropped from No. 55 to No. 79 in the RPI after dropping three to the Mountaineers.

- The Mavericks are second in the Sun Belt Conference's West Division at 14-7 in league games.

- UTA pitching allows the fewest walks in the SBC, at 3.59 per nine innings. Weekend starter David Moffat is fifth in the conference and leads the team at 2.20 walks per nine.

- Connor Aube is 20^th nationally and leads the conference with 17 doubles on the season.

- With a nation-leading 16 saves on the season, Andrew Gross is two shy of the Sun Belt Conference record for saves in a season.

- UTA is 5-5 in midweek games in 2019.

- The Mavericks lead the Sun Belt and are 13^th in the country with 41 double plays turned this season.

SERIES HISTORY
The Patriots are 41-35 all-time against UTA dating back to 1969, although the series dates back to at least 1920, when the institutions were known as Decatur Baptist College and Grubbs Vocational College. The Mavericks won the first game between the two teams this season by a score of 9-0 at Horner Ballpark on March 26.

ON DECK
DBU travels to Springfield, Missouri, to take on Missouri State in a three-game series Thursday through Saturday at Hammons Field.