Series Info

No. 21 Texas State (9-3) at UT Arlington (9-5)

Site: Arlington, Texas - Clay Gould Ballpark

Dates: Friday, March 9 - Sunday March 11

Times: 6:30 p.m.; 2 p.m.; 1 p.m.

Live Coverage

Radio: www.txstatebobcats.com/radio & 89.9 KTSW

Live Stats: www.txstatebobcats.com/live_stats

Twitter: www.twitter.com/TxStateBaseball

Probable Pitching Matchups

March 9 - Colton Turner (Jr., LHP, 1-0, 0.44) & Collin Reynolds (Sr., RHP, 2-0, 2.70)
March 10 - Travis Ballew (Jr., RHP, 3-0, 1.33) & Lance Day (Sr., RHP, 4-0, 2.81)

March 11 - Kyle Finnegan (So., RHP, 3-0, 0.47) & TBA

 


Series Notes (PDF)

San Marcos, Texas – No. 21 Texas State will open up Southland Conference play this weekend when the Bobcats travel to UT Arlington for a three-game set with the Mavericks at Clay Gould Ballpark. The two teams will open up with a 6:30 p.m. game on Friday before playing games at 2 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Rain is in the forecast for this weekend in Arlington, so be sure to stay tuned to TxStateBobcats.com for the latest in game time changes.

The Bobcats (9-3), ranked No. 21 in the latest Baseball America poll, will look to ride the momentum of their 3-2 walkoff win over No. 4 Rice last Tuesday going into the weekend. The team has won seven straight games and will look to begin conference play with a win for the sixth straight season.

UT Arlington began the season strong with wins over ranked opponents Texas and Oklahoma, but the Mavericks are coming off a pair of losses to Wichita State during the midweek to drop to 9-5.

Colton Turner, Travis Ballew and Kyle Finnegan are in line to make starts for the Bobcats. The trio has combined for a 7-0 record and sub-1.00 ERA through nine starts.

Live coverage of the game will be available through www.TxStateBobcats.com and includes audio and live stats. The radio broadcast can also be heard locally in San Marcos on 89.9 KTSW. In addition, frequent in-game updates will be provided through the baseball Twitter account - @TxStateBaseball.

Quick Hits

• This is the first time Texas State has started conference play at UT Arlington since 1999 when the Bobcats on two of three against the Mavericks

• Last season, the Bobcats swept Texas A&M-Corpus Christi to begin conferece play as part of a 7-0 start to their Southland schedule

• Texas State has won their last five SLC openers and is 7-5 in conference openers under head coach Ty Harrington

• Texas State starting pitchers have not allowed an earned run in the past eight games

• Texas State had never had shutouts in three consecutive games prior to this season (5 straight this season)

• The Bobcats handed TCU its first shutout in its past 165 games, dating back to April 7, 2009

• Entering the 2012 season, TXST has the No. 3 ranked non-conference strength of schedule nationally

• Tyler Sibley has reached base in all 12 games this season