THE RUNDOWN
Under Major-League lights on Tuesday, the Patriots (4-0) toppled the UT Arlington Mavericks (1-3), 14-3, in seven innings at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Each player for DBU reached base at least once in the win.
 
The scoring spree began in the second inning. Nate Rombach singled, and Luke Heefner doubled to set the stage for an RBI single by Kodie Kolden. Kolden was tagged out in a rundown between first and second on the play, but Nathan Humphreys still drove in Heefner with a double to left-center field.
 
Back-to-back walks by Grant Jay and Tom Poole loaded the bases for Jace Grady, who followed suit with a full-count walk of his own to score Humphreys.
 
Jack Hagan relieved an injured Cade McGlade following the Grady walk only to give up a grand slam to Miguel Santos for the final four of seven runs in the frame.
 
The Patriot offensive onslaught was revived in the fourth with a 6-spot to reach a 13-run total. Miguel Santos earned his fifth RBI of the day and 12th in the last two games with an RBI single to allow Ethan Mann to score from second.
 
With runners Santos and Rombach on the corners, Heefner, Kolden, and Humphreys strung together three straight hits, capped off by a Humphreys round-tripper to deep right-center field.
 
The Mavericks avoided a shutout with two runs in the bottom half of the fourth courtesy of a Tyson Pointer double and Ben Lumsden sacrifice fly. 
 
They would also score a run in the sixth, but that tally was matched by a Mann sac fly in the top of the seventh, the final inning in a run-rule win for DBU.
 
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Tuesday was the Patriots' second consecutive run-rule victory.
- Miguel Santos' second-inning grand slam was his second grand slam in as many games.
- DBU has now won four of the last five meetings versus UTA.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
.500 - The fourth through eighth spots in the Patriot lineup had a .500 batting average (10-20).
10 - Grant Jay's perfect on-base streak came to an end after 10 straight plate appearances reaching base to start his career. He went 0-1 with the streak-ending groundout to third and three walks.
17 - Zach Heaton's 3.0 innings of scoreless baseball makes it 17.0 innings without the blemish of a run for DBU starting pitchers.
 
UP NEXT
The Patriots ready for a home series against Austin Peay this weekend, with games at the usual start times on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
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